Week 2: ASU 48 Lenoir-Rhyne 7
Record Crowd at Kidd-Brewer Stadium 28,802

Update: September 11, 2007

All photos and illustrations by Rick Drummond©2007
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See links to article references at the end of the article.

Quarterback Trey Elder was named Southern Conference Co-Offensive Player of the Week with 300 yards total offense this week against Lenoir-Rhyne. The team scored on each of its first 5 possessions. He completed 9 of 13 passes and had rushed for 90 yards.

The warm blue-sky afternoon was perfect for the record crowd at Kidd Brewer Stadium. The extensive pre-game show featured video highlights of the historic win at the University of Michigan the previous week. The stadium, the campus and the town of Boone were filled with pride for the accomplishments of this now nationally-famous team.

This was the first meeting of the two teams since 1982. Lenoir-Rhyne coach, Fred Goldsmith, is the 18th head coach of the school. He was hired in November, 2006 after a successful 47-14 record at Franklin High School in Franklin, North Carolina. In the 1990s, Goldsmith coached at Duke University and Rice University. In 1992, he was the Sports Illustrated National Football Coach of the Year.

Kidd Brewer stadium opened in September 1962 and is nicknamed "The Rock". It is the home of not only the Appalachian State University Football team but also the Field Hockey and Track & Field teams.

The stadium was originally called Conrad Stadium. It was renamed in 1988 in honor of the successful ASU head football coach, Kidd Brewer. Brewer was a successful athlete at Duke. His 1937 football team at Appalachian State was unbeaten and unscored upon.

The stadium is the highest collegiate football stadium east of the Mississippi River and was the first in the Carolinas to install artificial turf (1970).

The facility is currently in the midst of a renovation.

Many fans prepared for last Saturday's game against Lenoir-Rhyne by purchasing and wearing the latest t-shirts displaying the ASU - Michigan final score. Some t-shirts referred to some viewers' lack of knowledge about the location of Appalachian State, some referred to the reported $400,000 paid to ASU to play Michigan and all celebrated the unprecedented success of ASU's football program.

(photo at left by Pat Johns ©2007 All Rights Reserved)

"Over the past two decades, Jerry Moore has become the face of Appalachian football. But over the past two seasons, Moore has also become the model for coaching success on a national level, as the head coach of the Mountaineers earned his second-straight American Football Coaches Association National Coach of the Year award in 2006.
Despite the success that Moore has enjoyed at nearly every stop of his 46-year coaching career, the 2005 and ‘06 seasons have cemented his place among the sport’s all-time greatest mentors. "

     ~GoASU.com (see link below)

More signs of ASU pride :

2007 Appalachian State Football Schedule

Some interesting links related to this story :

• GoASU.com
• SportsIllustrated.com
• Appalachian State University
• The Appalachian Student Newspaper
• CSTV.com