App State·Sun Belt

2017 — The Winning Chapter

App State's 2017 season (9-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-4
Final result Bowl season Won the Dollar General Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +3.9 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Georgia 10-31 W vs Sava Sta 54-7 W @ Texa Sta 20-13 L vs Wake For 19-20 W vs New Sta 45-31 W @ Idaho 23-20 W vs Coas Car 37-29 L @ Massac 27-30 L @ UL Mon 45-52 W vs Geor Sou 27-6 W @ Geor Sta 31-10 W vs Louisi 63-14 W @ Toledo 34-0 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: App State 63, Louisiana 14. A 49-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: App State 10, Georgia 31. A 21-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: App State beat Toledo 34-0 in the postseason.

"Go Apps"
— App State fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What it meant

2017 is a middle chapter for App State — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.