Aguilar accounts for 4 TDs as Appalachian State swamps East Tennessee State 38-10

Updated Aug. 31, 2024 6:57 p.m. ET

Associated Press

BOONE, N.C. (AP) — Joey Aguilar threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more and Appalachian State opened the football season with a 38-10 win over East Tennessee State on Saturday.

Aguilar hit Christian Horn for an 83-yard score on the Mountaineers second snap of the season and went on to finish 22 of 37 for 326 yards. Devontae Houston scored on an 80-yard run late in the second quarter for the FCS Buccaneers before Aguilar capped an 80-yard drive with a 1-yard plunge as Appalachian State scored on its first three possessions and led 17-7 at the half.

A 34-yard TD pass to Eli Wilson, and another 1-yard Aguilar plunge were sandwiched around Makai Jackson's 47-yard run as the Mountaineers scored touchdowns on three-straight possessions to lead 38-10.

Houston finished with 126 yards on the ground for East Tennessee State.

Appalachian State outgained ETSU 500-305.

First year ETSU coach Tre Lamb opened the season at Appalachian State last year as the coach of Gardner-Webb, which fell 45-24 before going on to the FCS playoffs.

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