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Appalachian State's Devon Moore outruns Delaware for a touchdown during the first quarter of the FCS championship game on Friday.

Edwards had 495 yards total offense in the Mountaineers’ semifinal victory over Richmond. He was 9-of-15 for 198 yards and ran 18 times for 89 more against Delaware.

He started by connecting with CoCo Hillary on a 41-yard pass on his first throw. His second throw was a 19-yard TD to senior running back Kevin Richardson that made it 7-0.

The Blue Hens lost starting left guard Corey Nicholson to a broken left ankle on first-and-goal on the next drive. A play later, they thought Cuff had tied it up with his 4-yard run only to have the TD wiped off the board by a review that put him down at the 1.

“From the box, our guy said, ‘Hey, he’s in.’ They thought they saw the TV review and thought he was in. We thought we were getting our extra point ready,” Keeler said. “They only overturn those things if they’re definitely not in. He probably definitely wasn’t in.”

Appalachian State stopped Cuff, who came in with 34 TDs rushing, short on third down, and Flacco overthrew Josh Baker in the end zone on fourth down. The Mountaineers scored in five plays when Devon Moore ran 46 yards untouched for a TD and a 14-0 lead.

The Blue Hens couldn’t stop Appalachian State even when the Mountaineers tried to give them the ball.

Richardson fumbled heading into the end zone, but freshman tight end Daniel Kilgore pulled the ball away from Delaware end Matt Marcorelle for a TD and a 21-0 lead early in the second quarter. The Blue Hens finally scored on a 39-yard TD pass from Flacco to Mark Duncan late in the half.

Appalachian State answered in only 21 seconds when Edwards found Dexter Jackson on a 60-yard TD for the 28-7 halftime lead.

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