App State·Sun Belt

2023 — The Winning Chapter

App State's 2023 season (9-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-5
Final result Bowl season Won the Cure Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +2.1 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Gardne 45-24 L @ UNC 34-40 W vs East Car 43-28 L @ Wyoming 19-22 W @ UL Mon 41-40 L vs Coas Car 24-27 L @ Old Dom 21-28 W vs Sout Mis 48-38 W vs Marshall 31-9 W @ Geor Sta 42-14 W @ Jame Mad 26-23 W vs Geor Sou 55-27 L @ Troy 23-49 W vs Miam (OH 13-9 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2023.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2023 season's largest margin: App State 42, Georgia State 14. A 28-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: App State 23, Troy 49. A 26-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: App State beat Miami (OH) 13-9 in the postseason.

"Go Apps"
— App State fanbase voice · 2023· synthesized
What it meant

2023 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.