The Appalachian State Mountaineers (3-2, 2-0 Sun Belt) came out of their Sun Belt matchup against the New Mexico State Aggies (2-4, 0-2 Sun Belt) with a 45-31 win to improve to 22-2 over their last 24 Sun Belt games and 41-13-2 in their annual homecoming games.
Appalachian was coming off of a bye week after a tough loss to Wake Forest and the highlight of the game proved to be the strong showing from the Mountaineers’ dynamic cornerback duo of sophomore Clifton Duck and junior Tae Hayes, who combined for an eye-popping six interceptions, which broke the school record set in 1973 and 2008.