Postgame Notes from App State’s Win vs. Oregon State

Football
10/4/2025 11:46:00 PM

POSTGAME NOTES: App State 27, Oregon State 23
 
Facing the westernmost opponent to ever go to Boone, App State received its first assembly towards Oregon State (and its first towards a Pac-12 opponent) to enhance to 3-2 on the season.
 
App State received a Saturday residence recreation for the 14th straight time. The Mountaineers have received 9 of their final 10 residence video games relationship again to 2023.
 
This was the thirteenth straight sellout at The Rock. The attendance of 35,021 was the sixth-largest in Kidd Brewer Stadium historical past.
 
App State received the turnover battle (3-0), snapping a three-game streak of turning the ball over greater than its opponent.
 
Over the final 10 seasons, App State ranks prime 10 amongst all FBS applications with 96 wins.
 
App State’s residence successful proportion since becoming a member of the FBS ranks in 2014 improved to 84.3% (59-11), which is eighth-best within the nation throughout that span.
 
Quarterback JJ Kohl and vast receiver Davion Dozier each made their first collegiate begins.
 
DEFENSE
 
App State’s protection produced three takeaways (two interceptions, one fumble restoration) and allowed Oregon State to attain on solely two of 5 red-zone probabilities.
 
For the third time in 5 video games, the Mountaineer protection held its opponent beneath 100 dashing yards (98).
 
Colton Phares led the workforce with a career-high 10 tackles, together with 1.5 TFLs, and was instrumental within the protection developing with a string of giant performs to curb Oregon State’s late comeback try. He got here down with an end-zone interception on a third-and-goal cross early within the fourth quarter earlier than teaming with Myles Farmer to close down the Beavers’ fourth-and-goal run try on the aim line with 1:49 left within the recreation.
 
After Oregon State superior to App State’s 1-yard line with 2:24 left within the recreation and trailing by solely six factors, the Mountaineers stopped the Beavers on three straight goal-line rush makes an attempt. Myles Farmer was in a single the third-and-goal and fourth-and-goal tackles after earlier within the recreation forcing a fumble on a kickoff.
 
The last game-sealing play got here from freshman cornerback Juan Berchal who introduced the hit keep on with a Beaver receiver that compelled the ball up within the air and into the palms of Zyeir Gamble for a game-ending interception within the recreation’s closing seconds.
 
App State’s protection had only one sack within the recreation, but it surely got here at a vital time. On a Beaver first down from the App State 25 and solely 29 seconds left within the contest, Rondo Porter burst by the road and tackled Maalik Murphy for a 13-yard loss on the play that instantly preceded the game-ending interception.

OFFENSE

 

JJ Kohl engineered scoring drives in every of his first three drives as App State’s beginning quarterback – the primary a area aim adopted by back-to-back touchdowns. He completed the sport with 218 yards on 13-of-28 passing with each a passing landing and dashing landing and no turnovers.

 

Rashod Dubinion carried the ball 19 occasions for 98 yards and a landing. He’s rushed for 95+ yards in all 5 video games to rank among the many nation’s dashing leaders.

 

In his first collegiate begin, Davion Dozier had 4 catches for 140 yards (35-yard common) and a landing.

 

True freshman working again Jaquari Lewis produced season highs in dashing makes an attempt (10) and yards (42).

 

SPECIAL TEAMS

 

Dominic De Freitas scored 9 factors – connecting on area targets of 49 and 45 yards and changing 3-of-3 PATs – within the 4-point App State victory. His 49-yarder that opened the day’s scoring was the longest by a Mountaineer since Michael Hughes’ game-winning 54-yarder at ULM in 2023.

 

On the kickoff instantly after De Freitas’ first area aim, Myles Farmer stripped the ball from the Oregon State kick returner, and it was recovered by Ronnie Porter to arrange the Mountaineers’ first landing drive of the sport.