Postgame Notes from App State’s Win vs. Marshall

Football
11/22/2025 8:17:00 PM

POSTGAME NOTES: App State 26, Marshall 24
 
App State snapped a four-game dropping streak and moved to inside a win of bowl eligibility at 5-6 on the season.
 
App State improved its lead towards Marshall within the all-time collection to 17-11, together with 11-3 in Boone. The house group has received every of the final six years.
 
The Mountaineers pressured three turnovers and allowed no takeaways. They at the moment are 4-0 when profitable the turnover battle, 1-4 when dropping and 0-2 when turnovers are tied.
 
Attendance at a sold-out Kidd Brewer Stadium was 31,322. It was the fifteenth sellout within the final 16 house video games and the twenty third straight crowd above 30,000.
 
DEFENSE
 
Defensive coordinator DJ Smith‘s unit allowed solely three factors and created two takeaways after halftime.
 
Two of the sport’s most impactful performs had been fourth-quarter takeaways during which Caleb Sandstrom pressured and recovered a fumble on the 5:33 mark after which Colton Phares did the identical with 0:55 left to seal the App State victory.
 
Emory Floyd recorded his first collegiate interception after a cross deflected off a Marshall receiver’s arms.
 
App State sacked Marshall quarterbacks twice within the sport – by Dylan Manuel and Aiden Benton. It was Benton’s team-leading fourth of the season.
 
OFFENSE
 
True freshman Jaquari Lewis rushed 33 occasions for a career-high 175 yards and two touchdowns. The landing runs of 18 and 5 yards had been his fifth and sixth scores of the season. He additionally had 5 catches for 39 yards to whole 214 all-purpose yards.
 
Lewis ran for the second-most yards by an App State freshman. Jalin Moore holds the freshman file of 244, which he set towards Idaho on Nov. 14, 2015.
 
Lewis’ 20-yard acquire on a fourth-and-1 late within the second quarter arrange a landing on the following play to chop the Mountaineers’ deficit to 5 factors.
 
David Larkins caught 4 passes for 27 yards, together with a 19-yard landing catch that pulled the Mountaineers to inside one rating at 21-16 within the first half’s last minute.
 
JJ Kohl returned to the beginning lineup and accomplished 19 of 27 passes for 134 yards and a landing, with no turnovers.
 
Sam Mbake had a career-high seven catches (for 39 yards), together with a key third-down conversion throughout what proved to be the game-winning drive with lower than 5 minutes remaining within the sport.
 
SPECIAL TEAMS
 
Dominic De Freitas made subject targets of 32 and 23 yards. His 23-yarder with 2:02 left within the fourth quarter proved to be the sport winner. The true freshman has made 15 of 18 field-goal makes an attempt, together with every of his final eight. He has made all 10 makes an attempt from inside 40 yards.
 
DeNigel Cooper blocked a subject purpose for the second time this season when he bought a hand on Marshall’s 28-yard try early within the fourth quarter that may have given the Herd a four-point benefit.
 
Ian Ratliff punted six occasions for a 47.7-yard common, together with a career-long 70-yarder that got here to relaxation at Marshall’s 1-yard line.