BOONE, N.C. — Another game of opportunity slipped through Appalachian State’s grasp on Saturday afternoon before a record-setting football crowd of 34,658 fans at Kidd Brewer Stadium and a national-television audience on ESPN.
But this time, it was a pair of momentum-snuffing big plays at the beginning of both halves — instead of the end of the game — that sent the Mountaineers spiraling to the 45-10 loss to the No. 25-ranked Hurricanes.
Miami tailback Mark Walton (16 carries, 130 yards and two TDs rushing) silenced the overflow crowd with an 80-yard scoring scamper on the first play from scrimmage for the Hurricanes.