2022 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

The 2022 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mountaineers were led by third-year head coach Shawn Clark. Appalachian State played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium on the school's Boone, North Carolina, campus, and competed as a member of the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference.

The Mountaineers finished the season 6–6, going 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place in the conference's East Division. Despite finishing the season with 6 wins, the Mountaineers were not bowl eligible as two of their wins came against FCS opponents.

Coaching changes
On February 9, 2022, offensive coordinator Frank Ponce was hired as the quarterbacks coach for the Miami Hurricanes. On February 21, Kevin Barbay was hired to be the Mountaineers' new offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach. Barbay previously served in the same role for the Central Michigan Chippewas.

Media poll
The Sun Belt media days were held on July 25 and 26. The Mountaineers were predicted to finish in first place in the Sun Belt's East Division. Appalachian State also received 10-of-14 first place votes.

Sun Belt Preseason All-Conference teams
Offense

1st team
 * Camerun Peoples – Running back, RS-JR
 * Cooper Hodges – Offensive lineman, RS-JR

2nd team
 * Chase Brice – Quarterback, RS-SR
 * Nate Noel – Running back, SO
 * Damion Daley – Offensive lineman, RS-JR

Defense

2nd team
 * Nick Hampton – Linebacker, RS-JR
 * Trey Cobb – Linebacker, SR
 * Steven Jones Jr. – Defensive back, RS-SR

Schedule
All conference games were announced March 1, 2022.

North Carolina
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At No. 6 Texas A&M
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This was Appalachian State's first win over an AP Top 10 team since a 34–32 victory over Michigan in 2007.

Troy
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College GameDay traveled to Boone, North Carolina for the first time.

The two teams went back and forth for most of the game, with the largest lead being only 7 points. The Trojans took a 28–24 lead early in the 4th quarter, a score that would stand for almost ten minutes. On their second-to-last offensive drive, the Mountaineers marched down to the Trojans' 2-yard line, but could not convert on 4th down and turned the ball over on downs. Troy could not pick up a 1st down and decided to go for it on 4th. On 4th down, Trojan quarterback Gunnar Watson intentionally ran out of his own end zone for a safety. On the kickoff, Ahmani Marshall returned the kick to the Mountaineers' 47-yard line with just 0:15 left to play. On the final play of the game, Chase Brice threw a Hail Mary pass that Troy's defense tried to knock down, but Christian Horn caught the deflected pass and ran it in for the game-winning touchdown.

James Madison
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The Citadel
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At Texas State
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Georgia State
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Robert Morris
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At Coastal Carolina
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At Marshall
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Old Dominion
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At Georgia Southern
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