Rick Beasley had the most yards on receptions in 1979, with 1,205 yards.

	NAME	REC YDS	SEASON	TM	GP	REC	AVG	REC YDS/G	REC TD	RUSH YDS	ATT	YPC	RUSH YDS/G	RUSH TD
1	Rick Beasley R. Beasley	1,205	1979	APP	11	74	16.3	109.5	12
2	James Murphy J. Murphy	1,067	1979	USU	11	63	16.9	97.0	6	105	5	21.0	9.5	1
3	Gerald Harp G. Harp	1,009	1979	WCU	11	57	17.7	91.7	10	36	4	9.0	3.3	0
4	Wayne Baumgardner W. Baumgardner	1,000	1979	WAKE	11	55	18.2	90.9	8
5	Gerald Lucear G. Lucear	964	1979	TEM	11	45	21.4	87.6	13
6	Ken Thompson K. Thompson	918	1979	USU	11	48	19.1	83.5	11
7	Steve Coury S. Coury	842	1979	ORST	11	66	12.8	76.5	5
8	Howard Robinson H. Robinson	840	1979	LAM	11	59	14.2	76.4	12	9	2	4.5	0.8	0
9	Sam Greene S. Greene	821	1979	UNLV	12	40	20.5	68.4	9	142	12	11.8	11.8	0
10	Stephen Stapler S. Stapler	794	1979	SDSU	11	37	21.5	72.2	5
11	Preston Brown P. Brown	786	1979	VAN	11	52	15.1	71.5	3	22	3	7.3	2.0	0
12	Mark Nichols M. Nichols	773	1979	SJSU	11	29	26.7	70.3	11	28	3	9.3	2.5	0
13	Arnold Thomas A. Thomas	737	1979	ETSU	11	40	18.4	67.0	5
14	Lloyd Jones L. Jones	735	1979	BYU	11	33	22.3	66.8	2
15	Ken Margerum K. Margerum	733	1979	STAN	11	41	17.9	66.6	10	11	1	11.0	1.0	0
16	Dan Pittman D. Pittman	733	1979	WYO	12	41	17.9	61.1	6	16	6	2.7	1.3	0
17	Matt Bouza M. Bouza	717	1979	CAL	11	52	13.8	65.2	4
18	Art Monk A. Monk	716	1979	SYR	11	40	17.9	65.1	3	35	8	4.4	3.2	0
19	Rich Horner R. Horner	712	1979	HARV	9	40	17.8	79.1	7
20	Sidney Snell S. Snell	706	1979	VT	11	43	16.4	64.2	7	85	18	4.7	7.7	0
21	Tom Parm T. Parm	701	1979	EMU	11	41	17.1	63.7	3
22	Doug Donley D. Donley	690	1979	OSU	11	33	20.9	62.7	5	35	6	5.8	3.2	0
23	Tony Hunter T. Hunter	690	1979	ND	10	27	25.6	69.0	2
24	Anthony Hancock A. Hancock	687	1979	TENN	11	34	20.2	62.5	4	6	2	3.0	0.5	0
25	Stacey Bailey S. Bailey	674	1979	SJSU	11	44	15.3	61.3	3

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More Appalachian State Stats

Team Leaders

PASS

1,206

Singleton

RUSH

220

Lewis

REC

326

Pickett

Team Rankings

PPG

34.8

49th

OPP PPG

22.3

73rd

RUSH YDS/G

145.0

107th

PASS YDS/G

319.3

12th

2026 SBC Standings

	TEAM	CONF	OVERALL
1	Appalachian State	0-0	3-1
2	James Madison	1-0	4-0
3	Louisiana	0-0	3-1
4	Georgia State	0-0	3-1
5	South Alabama	0-0	2-2

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Sat 10/10	ODU	@	APP	1:00 PM
Fri 10/16	APP	@	CCAR	8:00 PM
Thu 10/22	JMU	@	APP	7:00 PM
Sat 10/31	APP	@	GASO	1:00 PM
Sat 11/7	GAST	@	APP	1:00 PM

Last Game

Appalachian State

3 - 1

Final

NC State

2 - 2

Sat 26 Sep 2026

CFB 2026 Leaders

Pass Yards Leaders

1,499

Maiava

1,428

Jennings

1,423

Atkinson

Rush Yards Leaders

644

Sheppard

600

Baugh

592

Riley

Rec Yards Leaders

617

Smith

585

Legree

564

Toney

Pass TD Leaders

14

Taylor

14

Mensah

14

Maiava

Rush TD Leaders

11

Baugh

9

Hawkins

9

Knight

Rec TD Leaders

7

Duff

7

Dixon

7

Smith

QB Rating Leaders

228.2

Mensah

209.1

Stockton

204.6

Hoover

Sack Leaders

7.0

Simmons

7.0

Umanmielen

6.5

Hopkins

CFB 2026 Rankings

PPG Rankings

54.8

53.5

51.8

48.0

47.5

45.0

Opp PPG Rankings

8.0

8.3

8.5

9.0

9.8

10.3

Total Yards Rankings

588.8

548.3

544.5

533.3

532.8

523.8

Rush Yards Rankings

355.7

333.7

319.0

294.8

281.5

281.3

Pass Yards Rankings

386.3

365.3

365.0

361.3

347.3

347.0

Sack Leaders

18.0

17.0

15.0

CFB 2026 Standings

	Southeastern	W	L	PCT
1	Alabama	4	0	1.000
2	Florida	4	0	1.000
3	Georgia	4	0	1.000
4	Mississippi State	4	0	1.000
5	Ole Miss	3	1	.750
6	Kentucky	3	1	.750
7	Missouri	3	1	.750
8	Tennessee	3	1	.750
9	Texas	4	0	1.000
10	Vanderbilt	3	1	.750
11	Oklahoma	2	2	.500
12	Auburn	3	1	.750
13	LSU	3	1	.750
14	South Carolina	2	2	.500
15	Texas A&M	2	2	.500
16	Arkansas	2	2	.500

	Sun Belt	W	L	PCT
1	Appalachian State	3	1	.750
2	James Madison	4	0	1.000
3	Louisiana	3	1	.750
4	Georgia State	3	1	.750
5	South Alabama	2	2	.500
6	Marshall	3	1	.750
7	Troy	2	2	.500
8	Arkansas State	2	2	.500
9	Georgia Southern	1	3	.250
10	Louisiana Tech	1	2	.333
11	Old Dominion	1	3	.250
12	Southern Miss	1	3	.250
13	Coastal Carolina	1	3	.250
14	Louisiana-Monroe	0	4	.000

	Pac-12	W	L	PCT
1	Boise State	3	1	.750
2	Colorado State	2	2	.500
3	Fresno State	2	1	.667
4	Oregon State	2	2	.500
5	San Diego State	1	3	.250
6	Texas State	2	2	.500
7	Washington State	1	3	.250
8	Utah State	1	3	.250

	Big 12	W	L	PCT
1	BYU	3	0	1.000
2	Texas Tech	4	0	1.000
3	Arizona State	2	1	.667
4	Cincinnati	4	0	1.000
5	Kansas State	3	1	.750
6	Utah	4	0	1.000
7	West Virginia	3	1	.750
8	Baylor	3	1	.750
9	Colorado	2	2	.500
10	Iowa State	2	2	.500
11	Oklahoma State	3	1	.750
12	TCU	2	2	.500
13	UCF	3	1	.750
14	Arizona	3	1	.750
15	Houston	3	1	.750
16	Kansas	1	2	.333

	Mid-American	W	L	PCT
1	Eastern Michigan	2	3	.400
2	UMass	4	0	1.000
3	Central Michigan	2	2	.500
4	Toledo	3	1	.750
5	Western Michigan	2	2	.500
6	Akron	1	3	.250
7	Ball State	1	3	.250
8	Buffalo	2	2	.500
9	Kent State	2	2	.500
10	Miami (OH)	2	2	.500
11	Ohio	2	2	.500
12	Bowling Green	0	4	.000
13	Sacramento State	1	4	.200

	Big 10	W	L	PCT
1	Indiana	4	0	1.000
2	USC	4	1	.800
3	UCLA	4	0	1.000
4	Iowa	4	0	1.000
5	Michigan	3	1	.750
6	Nebraska	4	0	1.000
7	Penn State	3	1	.750
8	Washington	3	0	1.000
9	Illinois	2	2	.500
10	Maryland	2	2	.500
11	Michigan State	2	2	.500
12	Minnesota	2	1	.667
13	Ohio State	3	1	.750
14	Oregon	3	1	.750
15	Wisconsin	3	1	.750
16	Northwestern	2	1	.667
17	Purdue	1	3	.250
18	Rutgers	1	3	.250

	Conference USA	W	L	PCT
1	Liberty	3	1	.750
2	Delaware	2	2	.500
3	Middle Tennessee	2	2	.500
4	Jacksonville State	3	2	.600
5	Florida International	2	2	.500
6	Kennesaw State	1	3	.250
7	Missouri State	1	3	.250
8	New Mexico State	1	3	.250
9	Sam Houston	1	3	.250
10	Western Kentucky	1	3	.250

	Atlantic Coast	W	L	PCT
1	Miami	4	0	1.000
2	Clemson	3	1	.750
3	Duke	4	0	1.000
4	Pittsburgh	4	0	1.000
5	Louisville	2	2	.500
6	Virginia	3	1	.750
7	SMU	3	1	.750
8	California	2	2	.500
9	Virginia Tech	4	0	1.000
10	Boston College	2	2	.500
11	Georgia Tech	1	2	.333
12	North Carolina	2	1	.667
13	Wake Forest	3	1	.750
14	Florida State	2	2	.500
15	NC State	2	2	.500
16	Stanford	1	2	.333
17	Syracuse	1	2	.333

	Independent	W	L	PCT
1	Notre Dame	4	0	1.000
2	UConn	2	2	.500

	American Athletic	W	L	PCT
1	South Florida	4	0	1.000
2	Florida Atlantic	3	1	.750
3	UAB	2	2	.500
4	Army	2	1	.667
5	Tulsa	3	1	.750
6	Memphis	3	1	.750
7	UTSA	3	1	.750
8	East Carolina	2	2	.500
9	North Texas	2	2	.500
10	Rice	1	2	.333
11	Temple	1	3	.250
12	Tulane	2	2	.500
13	Charlotte	0	4	.000
14	Navy	1	2	.333

	Mountain West	W	L	PCT
1	North Dakota State	4	0	1.000
2	UNLV	2	2	.500
3	New Mexico	3	1	.750
4	San Jose State	2	2	.500
5	Nevada	1	2	.333
6	UTEP	1	3	.250
7	Wyoming	2	2	.500
8	Northern Illinois	0	4	.000
9	Air Force	1	1	.500
10	Hawai'i	1	3	.250