Date: Saturday, Sept. 21
Contest: Appalachian State (1-1, 0-0) at Liberty (1-1)
Time: 3:30 p.m.
Place: Williams Stadium in Lynchburg, Va.
TV: CSS.THE GAME: Liberty will play host to its second Southern Conference team in three weeks when Appalachian State pulls into Lynchburg … The Flames faced Western Carolina in their opener, losing 23-3 … App leads the series that started in 1987 by a 6-2 count … Only one previous game was played in Lynchburg with the Mountaineers claiming a 28-12 win in 1999 … The teams met last year in Boone with the Mountaineers claiming a 46-26 victory.
THE COACHES: Appalachian State head coach Jerry Moore (Baylor ’61) is in his 14th season as the head coach of the Mountaineers and has a record of 108-52 … Moore is in his 21st season as a college head coach with a record of 135-100-2 … Moore’s 108 career wins at Appalachian is the most among active SoCon coaches and the second-most of any coach in SoCon history … Only Wallace Wade’s 110 wins at Duke between 1931-50 stands ahead of Moore … Moore was the SoCon coach of the year in ’91, ’94 and ’95.
GAME NOTES: Appalachian State, which has a current four-game winning streak versus Liberty, hopes to increase it without the help of quarterback Joe Burchette … Burchette, the preseason All-Southern Conference QB, will miss his third consecutive game as a result of off-season back surgery … Davon Fowlkes is fifth in the country with a 25.2 PR average.

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