Armanti Edwards had already beaten Richmond with his feet once, and Appalachian State's dynamic dual-threat quarterback beat them with his arm Saturday night.

Edwards threw a perfectly placed 4-yard touchdown pass to Matt Cline with 10 seconds to play, capping a wild last few minutes and giving Appalachian State a 35-31 victory against the defending champion Spiders in the Football Championship Subdivision quarterfinals.

"Armanti put it where it needed to be, low and outside," Cline said of the catch that got to him just past the outstretched arms of diving safety Michael Ireland for the winner.

The Mountaineers (11-2), who had won three straight national championships before getting knocked out by the Spiders in last year's quarterfinals, exacted their revenge after Richmond had taken the lead on a remarkable strip and fumble return by Eric McBride with 3:26 left.

Their 11th consecutive victory earned them a trip to Montana to face the top-seeded Grizzlies next Saturday, a spot in the national championship game awaiting the winner.

The finish was wild, beginning with McBride's strip that looked like it might rescue the Spiders after their offense stalled in the fourth quarter, and their defense struggled.

"I kind of put to use what the coaches taught us," the junior linebacker said.

On the play, the Spiders punted and Travaris Cadet fielded it inside his 10 for the Mountaineers. While he was trying to return it, McBride stripped the ball from his arms and took it 8 yards into the end zone, a stunning play that gave Richmond a 31-28 lead.

But the Mountaineers had plenty of time, and used almost all of it in driving 70 yards before Edwards rifled the third-down pass to Cline, just out of the diving Ireland's reach.

"He threw the ball where only one guy could catch it," Richmond coach Mike London said.

Edwards, who ran for a Division I-record 313 yards and had 495 total yards in a playoff victory against the Spiders two years ago, ran for just 51 this time on an ailing right knee. But he ran for TDs of 3 and 16 yards, and completed 21 of 33 passes for 216 yards.

He was 5-for-6 for 46 yards on the winning touchdown drive.

"The last thing we said to Armanti _ you've got to throw the ball," Appalachian State coach Jerry Moore said he told the 2008 Walter Payton Award winner before the last drive.

The touchdown capped a 21-point fourth quarter for the Mountaineers, who hadn't led until Edwards' second scoring run, from 3 yards out with 4:27 remaining, gave them a 28-24 edge.

That was before McBride's big play, and the Mountaineers' stunning reply.