BOONE, N.C. — The wind was howling through Kidd Brewer Stadium, the temperature had plummeted from the 70s on Friday to near freezing by game-time Saturday afternoon and snow flurries danced through the air.
But for tailback Marcus Cox and the Appalachian State football team, senior day at the rock couldn’t have been much more perfect.
Cox ran 21 times for 153 yards and three touchdowns and smashed Kevin Richardson’s all-time school rushing record to guide the Mountaineers to a 42-17 Sun Belt Conference victory over Louisiana-Monroe before 18,699 fans at the Rock.
His final carry on this chilly afternoon resulted in a quick burst through the line on ASU’s bread-and-butter inside zone read play, with Cox scampering 25 yards into the end zone for the Mountaineers’ sixth and final touchdown of the day.