BOONE, N.C. — App State head coach Shawn Clark has stressed the importance of this weekend's sold-out return to Kidd Brewer Stadium — the first game with no crowd-size restrictions at the Rock in 651 days.
For a deeper history lesson, consider that the App State-Elon game Saturday at 3:30 p.m. will be played 11,704 days removed from another important date: the Sept. 2, 1989 debut of Jerry Moore.
The Mountaineers were officially the home team when they opened the 2021 season with a win against East Carolina in Charlotte's Bank of America Stadium, and their second straight game in an NFL venue ended with a narrow loss at top-25 opponent Miami.