On a rainy, grey afternoon in an empty Kidd Brewer Stadium, App State rushed for over 300 yards and four touchdowns en route to a 35-20 season-opening victory over Charlotte.
“Great win for our program. Very proud of our guys today…We had the motto today (and) all camp: no excuses,” head coach Shawn Clark said. “It didn’t matter if it was no fans in the stands, four inches of water, three turnovers, it didn’t matter.”
The Mountaineers were led on offense by 279 combined rushing yards and four touchdowns from the running back trio of senior Marcus Williams Jr.