Appalachian St. gets late TD, edges James Madison

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Team Stat Comparison
1st Downs	25	15
Total Yards	436	330
Passing	124	126
Rushing	312	204
Penalties	2-10	4-30
3rd Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
4th Down Conversions	0-0	0-0
Turnovers	3	2
Possession	40:27	19:33

Air/Ground Leaders
James Madison Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Landers 10/15 124 1 1 Baker 0/1 0 0 0	Appalachian State Passing   C/ATT YDS TD INT Edwards 12/17 126 0 0
James Madison Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Landers 29 129 0 0 Yancey 17 73 1 0	Appalachian State Rushing   CAR YDS TD LG Edwards 20 132 3 0 Richardson 14 55 1 0
James Madison Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Baker 4 43 0 0 Williams 2 43 0 0	Appalachian State Receiving   REC YDS TD LG Jackson 4 47 0 0 Batichon 2 28 0 0

Scoring Summary
FIRST QUARTER				JMU	APP
	TD	10:12	Griff Yancey 10 Yd Pass From Rodney Landers (Dave Stannard Kick)	7	0
SECOND QUARTER				JMU	APP
	TD	12:14	Armanti Edwards 4 Yd Run (Julian Rauch Kick)	7	7
	TD	08:55	Griff Yancey 5 Yd Run (Dave Stannard Kick)	14	7
	TD	05:47	Kevin Richardson 1 Yd Run (Pat Blocked)	14	13
	TD	03:09	Armanti Edwards 1 Yd Run (Pat Failed)	14	19
THIRD QUARTER				JMU	APP
	TD	04:29	Dave Stannard 7 Yd Run (Pat Failed)	20	19
FOURTH QUARTER				JMU	APP
	TD	07:37	Jamal Sullivan 2 Yd Run (Dave Stannard Kick)	27	19
	FG	04:51	Julian Rauch 44 Yd	27	22
	TD	01:10	Armanti Edwards 5 Yd Run (Two-Point Conversion Failed)	27	28

BOONE, N.C. (AP) -- Armanti Edwards' 5-yard touchdown run with just over a minute left put Appalachian State ahead, and its defense preserved the win with a late fumble recovery in a 28-27 win over James Madison Saturday in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.

The Mountaineers (10-2), who started with the season with a stunning win at Michigan, kept their season alive with late-game heroics after a surprising move by James Madison coach Mickey Matthews.

Facing a fourth-and-1 from its own 32, Matthews decided to go for it. Quarterback Rodney Landers was stopped for no gain, giving the Mountaineers the ball with 2:35 left.

Edwards later converted a fourth-and-4 from the 25 with a 20-yard pass to Devon Moore. On the next play, Edwards scampered in for the score.

James Madison (8-4) then drove to the Appalachian 9. But Jamal Sullivan fumbled and it was recovered by Pierre Banks with 22 seconds left.

Edwards rushed for 132 yards and three touchdowns and passed for 126 yards as Appalachian State advanced to play Eastern Washington, which took a 44-15 victory over McNeese State in the FCS -- formerly Division I-AA -- playoffs.

Landers passed for 124 yards and a touchdown and rushed for 129 yards for the Dukes, who won the championship in 2004 before Appalachian's consecutive titles.