Chants Open Sun Belt Play Saturday at App State

CONWAY, S.C. – For the third-straight season, the Coastal Carolina football team will open up Sun Belt Conference play on the road, this year traveling to Boone, N.C. for a Sun Belt Saturday afternoon showdown at Appalachian State on Sept. 28. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. ET on ESPN+ and WRNN Hot Talk 99.5 FM.

Series Versus the Mountaineers
• Coastal Carolina is 0-5 all-time versus Appalachian State on the football field, including going 0-2 in Sun Belt play.

• The Chanticleers are 0-4 all-time at Kidd Brewer Stadium, including playing three games as FCS members in 2005, 2006 and 2012.

Date	Location	Result
9-17-05	at App State	L, 30-3
11-25-06	at App State	L, 45-28
9-29-12	at App State	L, 55-14
10-21-17	at App State	L, 37-29
11-03-18	at Coastal Carolina	L, 23-7

A Lot on the Line
• Coastal Carolina has a lot on the line heading into its Sun Belt Conference opener at Appalachian State this Saturday afternoon (Sept. 28).

• The Chanticleers are on a three-game winning streak, matching the program's longest winning streak as an FBS member (2017).

Current Winning Streak

Date	Opponent	Result
9-7-19	at Kansas	W, 12-7
9-14-19	Norfolk State	W, 46-7
9-21-19	at UMass	W, 62-28

Sun Belt Conference Openers
• Coastal is 1-1 in Sun Belt Conference openers since joining the league in 2017.

• The Chants will be looking to win back-to-back conference openers with a win at Appalachian State this weekend, having defeated Louisiana 30-28 (Sept. 22, 2018) in last year's conference opener.

• Coastal will be opening up Sun Belt play for the third-straight year on the road when the Chants kickoff at Kidd Brewer Stadium on Saturday.

Sun Belt Conference Openers

Date	Opponent	Result
9-30-17	at ULM	L, 51-43
9-22-18	at Louisiana	W, 30-28

Sun Belt Struggles
• Heading into their third season as members of the Sun Belt Conference, the Chanticleers are 4-12 overall in conference play having gone 2-6 in each of their first two years (2017 and 2018).

• Dating back to last season, the Chants have lost four-straight conference games and will look to snap that streak this weekend.

Current Sun Belt Conference Losing Streak

Date	Opponent	Result
11-3-18	vs. App State	L, 23-7
11-10-18	vs. Arkansas State	L, 44-16
11-17-18	vs. Georgia Southern	L, 41-17
11-23-18	at South Alabama	L, 31-28

• The Chanticleers' last conference win was a 37-34 victory on the road at Georgia State on Oct. 27, 2018.

Love on the Road
• Coastal is 2-0 on the season in true road games with wins at Kansas (Sept. 7) and at UMass (Sept. 21).

• The Chants are 7-3 over their last 10 road games dating back to the end of the 2017 season (a 13-7 road win at Idaho on Nov. 18, 2017).

One for the Record Books
• The Coastal offense turned in a performance for the record books in the 62-28 road win at UMass (Sept. 21) last weekend in Amherst, Mass.

• The 62 points scored by the Chants in the win are the most in a single game since posting 70 points in the win over Charleston Southern in 2010 (Nov. 20, 2010) and are the sixth-most points scored in a game in program history.

• The 42 points in the first half tied the school record set back at North Greenville in 2003 (Sept. 25) for the most points scored in a single half in CCU's annals.

• Coastal's offense totaled 636 total offensive yards on the day, the fifth-most in a single-game in program history, and the most since the program-record 690 total yards at Charlotte in 2014 (Nov. 18).

• CCU's nine total touchdowns were tied for the third-most in CCU history, while the six rushing scores are tied for fifth all-time in program history.

Two for 100, Alex
• In the win at UMass, CJ Marable tallied 15 carries for 100 yards and two scores while quarterback Bryce Carpenter led the way with a career-high 102 rushing yards on 12 carries. It was the first 100-yard rushing game for the sophomore quarterback.

• Marable and Carpenter became the first Chants' duo to record 100-plus rushing yards in a single game since 2016 (Kenneth Daniels (133) and Ryan Lee (121) at Monmouth (11-05-16)) and just the seventh tandem all-time in CCU history.

Totally Offensive
• Over the last two games, the Chants' offense has been clicking on all cylinders by totaling 1,157 total yards, an average of 578.5 yards per game.

Total Offensive Yards - Last Two Games

Opponent	Rushing Yards	Passing Yards	Total Yards
Norfolk State	401	120	521
at UMass	334	302	636

Fourth Down Success
• CCU was solid on fourth downs in 2018, as the offense ranked first in the Sun Belt and 10th nationally in fourth-down conversions at 11-of-16 (69 percent).

• The success has continued in the 2019 season thus far, as the Chants are a perfect 8-of-8 on fourth-down attempts this year, which is tied for the best percentage in the nation with just 14 other schools.

Leaders of the Pack
• The Coastal defense ranks among the league and nation's best in several different statistical categories after four weeks of the season.

STATISTIC	#	Sun Belt	NCAA
Total Defense (YPG)	254.3	1st	8th
Passing Yards Allowed (YPG)	147.5	1st	11th
Interceptions	5	1st	12th
Scoring Defense (PPG)	18.0	1st	28th
Rushing Defense (YPG)	106.8	3rd	34th
First Downs Defense	62	3rd	40th
Third-Down Pct. Defense	33.3%	2nd	45th
Red-Zone Defense (PCT)	77.8%	5th	50th

Scouting the Mountaineers
• Picked to win the Sun Belt Conference East Division in the 2019 Sun Belt Preseason Coaches' Poll, Appalachian State is 3-0 on the season and is coming off a 34-31 road win at North Carolina last weekend in Chapel Hill.

• The Mountaineers offense is averaging 44.0 points per game, which ranks 13th nationally, and 429.0 yards per contest, an average of 6.8 yards per play.

• One of just 14 teams that are perfect on fourth-down attempts this season (2-for-2), App State is 13-of-14 (93 percent) in red-zone scoring on the year which is first in the Sun Belt and 23rd nationally.

• The Mountaineers have turned the ball over just once all season long (1 INT, 0 fumbles) and are led by preseason all-conference performers in QB Zac Thomas (50-73-1, 556 yds., 5 TD) and RB Darrynton Evans (52 carries, 411 yds., 7 TD).

• The App State defense has forced six turnovers on the year (3 INTs, 3 fumbles) which gives the Mountaineers a 1.67 turnover margin, which ranks sixth nationally.

• Led by LB Jordan Fehr's team-high 28 tackles (1.0 TFL), 12 total players have registered at least a 0.5 tackle-for-loss on the season to give the Mountaineers 24 TFL overall and an average of 8.0 TFL per game which is first in the Sun Belt and 16th nationally.

• App State has recorded 9.0 sacks on the year, which also ranks first in the Sun Belt and 20th nationally at 3.0 sacks per contest.

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