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GREENVILLE, S.C. -- Armanti Edwards ran for four touchdowns and threw for two more in Appalachian State's sixth straight victory, a 52-27 win over Furman on Saturday.

Edwards was 25-for-36 passing for 355 yards and ran for 106 yards on 13 carries to help the Mountaineers (6-2, 5-0 SoCon) extend their conference winning streak to 17 games.

The Mountaineers jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the second quarter after Edwards threw a 16-yard touchdown to Ben Jordan and added rushing scores of 3 and 4 yards.

Edwards later added a 1- and a 5-yard touchdown.

Edwards connected with CoCo Hillary on a 21-yard passing score to increase Appalachian State's lead to 49-20 in the third. Matt Cline had eight catches for 122 yards.

Furman's Jordan Sorrells threw for 165 yards and two TDs for the Paladins (4-4, 3-3).

Appalachian State 14 21 17 0 -- 52

Furman 0 13 14 0 -- 27

App--Jorden 16 pass from Edwards (Vitaris kick)

App--Edwards 3 run (Vitaris kick)

App--Edwards 4 run (Vitaris kick)

Fur--Uhaa 4 run (Cesari kick)

App--Edwards 1 run (Vitaris kick)

Fur--C.Anderson 33 pass from Sorrells (run failed)

App--D.Moore 4 run (Vitaris kick)

App--Edwards 5 run (Vitaris kick)

Fur--Mims 72 pass from Sorrells (Cesari kick)

App--Hillary 21 pass from Edwards (Vitaris kick)

Fur--Forcier 25 run (Cesari kick)

App--FG Vitaris 25

A--11,211.

Appalachian State Furman

First downs 27 18

Rushes-yards 39-178 34-185

Passing 376 165

Comp-Att-Int 26-38-0 10-21-1

Return Yards 47 25

Punts-Avg. 3-47.0 5-41.6

Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-1

Penalties-Yards 6-60 7-53

Time of Possession 33:59 26:01

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING--Appalachian St., Edwards 13-106, D.Moore 11-37, C.Baker 6-19, Cadet 7-16, Chisholm 1-0, Cline 1-0. Furman, Uhaa 19-114, Forcier 6-41, Mims 2-21, Cunningham 2-14, Maples 1-7, Lenard 1-3, Sorrells 3-(minus 15).

PASSING--Appalachian St., Edwards 25-36-0-355, Cadet 1-2-0-21. Furman, Sorrells 10-17-1-165, Forcier 0-4-0-0.

RECEIVING--Appalachian St., Cline 8-122, Hillary 6-83, Quick 4-70, Jorden 3-40, Elder 3-35, Presley 1-21, D.Moore 1-5. Furman, Mims 5-102, Webb 2-27, C.Anderson 1-33, Cunningham 1-4, Uhaa 1-(minus 1).