The 2019 football season and the Eliah Drinkwitz era opened with a 42-7 Mountaineer win over East Tennessee State on Saturday at Kidd Brewer Stadium.
In their first drive, App State was forced to punt the ball away after running just three plays. After that, the Mountaineers took control for nearly the entire game.
The offense came to life in the second drive of the game. They jumped out to a 7-0 lead on a 1-yard rushing touchdown from junior quarterback Zac Thomas with just under three minutes left in the first quarter. From there, the Mountaineers never trailed, leading 21-0 before ETSU put their first points on the board.