The Schedule GAME 1 AT #6 LSU • AUG. 31 AT #6 LSU • SATURDAY, AUG. 31 • 7:30 PM (ET) • TIGER STADIUM (102,231) 7:30 PM (ET) | ESPNU Tiger Stadium; Baton Rouge, La. GEORGIA #6 LSU SERIES: First Meeting SOUTHERN TIGERS MAINE • SEPT. 7 6:00 PM | ESPN+ EAGLES Allen E. Paulson Stadium; Statesboro, Ga. Location: ..............................................Statesboro, Ga. Location: ...........................................Baton Rouge, La. SERIES: GS leads, 3-0 Enrollment: ......................................................26,500 Enrollment: ......................................................31,527 AT MINNESOTA • SEPT. 14 2019 Record: ......................................................... 0-0 2019 Record: ......................................................... 0-0 3:30 PM | Big Ten Network 2019 Conference Record: ....................... 0-0 Sun Belt 2019 Conference Record: ...............................0-0 SEC TCF Bank Stadium; Minneapolis, Minn. Head Coach: ..........................................Chad Lunsford Head Coach: ............................................... Ed Orgeron SERIES: First Meeting Record at GS (Years): ..............12-7 (Second Full Year) Record at LSU (Years): ..............24-9 (Third Full Year) Career Record (Years):.......................................Same Career Record (Years): .......40-36 (Seventh Full Year) LOUISIANA • SEPT. 28 TBA | TBA Allen E. Paulson Stadium; Statesboro, Ga. INSIDE THE SERIES SERIES: Tied, 1-1 Overall: First Meeting AT SOUTH ALABAMA • SEPT. 6 Current Streak: N/A 7:30 PM (ET) | ESPNU Last Meeting: N/A Ladd-Peebles Stadium; Mobile, Ala. SERIES: GS leads, 5-0 Facts Maybe Only We Find Interesting: This will be the first meeting between LSU and Georgia Southern in football although the Eagles have played 13 games against other current SEC members … LSU’s radio COASTAL CAROLINA • SEPT. 19 broadcaster Chris Blair spent 10 years calling Georgia Southern’s games before making the move to Baton Rouge TBA | TBA following the 2015 GS football season … The 10 largest crowds the Eagles have ever played in front of were all at Allen E. Paulson Stadium; Statesboro, Ga. SERIES: GS leads, 4-1 SEC venues, including the top crowd of 101,821 at Alabama on Nov. 19, 2011 … The last time Georgia Southern played a game in August was at NC State in 2014 … The Eagles are 3-5 all-time in August … The last SEC team NEW MEXICO STATE • SEPT. 26 Georgia Southern played was Auburn in 2017 … GS is 1-2 against Florida, 0-1 against Alabama and Ole Miss, TBA | TBA 0-2 against Auburn and 0-6 against Georgia … This will be the 10th time in program history the Eagles open the Allen E. Paulson Stadium; Statesboro, Ga. season at a Power 5 opponent … LSU will be the 11th AP Top 10 team the Eagles have ever faced … Georgia SERIES: GS leads, 4-1 Southern is 3-4 all-time in games played in Louisiana … This is the only scheduled game on natural grass for GS AT APPALACHIAN STATE • OCT. 31 this season … This is the first of three games for GS against teams from Louisiana (ULM, Louisiana). 8:00 PM | ESPNU Kidd Brewer Stadium; Boone, N.C. COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF SERIES: APP leads, 19-14-1 10 The 10 largest crowds the Eagles have ever played in front of were all at SEC venues, including an announced attendance of 101,821 at Alabama in 2011, which stands as the largest crowd GS has ever AT TROY • NOV. 9 played in front of. 3:30 PM (ET) | TBA 9 Georgia Southern has opened its season nine prior times with a Power 5 opponent, last in 2017 at Auburn. Veterans Memorial Stadium; Troy, Ala. SERIES: Troy leads, 12-6 8 The Eagles have played just eight previous games in the month of August. 7 Georgia Southern has played seven previous games in the Bayou State, winning three of them. The last ULM • NOV. 16 came in 2018 when the Eagles fell at ULM. TBA | TBA 6 Six Eagles will take the field Saturday as graduates of Georgia Southern. They are, in alphabetical order: Allen E. Paulson Stadium; Statesboro, Ga. SERIES: GS leads, 5-3 Tyler Bass, Jay Bowdry, Lane Ecton, Jake Edwards, Colby Ransom and Alex Smith. 5 The Eagles have won just five of their 14 contests that have been broadcast on ESPNU, 1-7 on the road. AT ARKANSAS STATE • NOV. 23 4 Senior All-American kicker Tyler Bass (19) needs four field goals of 40 yards or longer to set a new school 3:00 PM (ET) | TBA record in the category (22 by David Cool). Centennial Bank Stadium; Jonesboro, Ark. SERIES: Tied, 2-2 3 Georgia Southern ended the 2018 season on a three-game winning streak, including a win in the Raycom Media Camellia Bowl, to lead the nation in a +7 1/2 win difference from 2017 to 2018. GEORGIA STATE • NOV. 30 2 The past two “Voice of the Eagles” will be on the call for the game, Danny Reed for Georgia Southern and TBA | TBA Chris Blair for LSU. Allen E. Paulson Stadium; Statesboro, Ga. 1 The Eagles have one AP Top 25 win in program history, a 34-14 win over No. 25 Appalachian State last SERIES: GAST leads, 3-2 season at home on a Thursday night (Oct. 25). SIX FCS NATIONAL TITLES | ELEVEN CONFERENCE TITLES GSEAGLES.COM SETTING THE SCENE 2019 SUN BELT STANDINGS QUICK FACTS EAST GENERAL INFORMATION Team Conf. Overall School ....................................Georgia Southern University Appalachian State 0-0 0-0 Abbreviation ..................................................GS (not GSU) Coastal Carolina 0-0 0-0 Location ..................................................... Statesboro, Ga. Georgia Southern 0-0 0-0 Founded ................................................December 1, 1906 GEORGIA SOUTHERN at LSU Georgia State 0-0 0-0 Enrollment ..............................................................26,500 Troy 0-0 0-0 Nickname ................................................................Eagles KICKOFF: 6:30 PM (CT)/7:30 PM (ET) Mascots .......................... GUS (mascot) and Freedom (live) WEST Colors ........................................Blue (PMS 282) and White SITE: Tiger Stadium; Baton Rouge, La. (capacity: 102,321) Team Conf. Overall Secondary Colors ........Gray (PMS 429) and Gold (PMS 872) Louisiana 0-0 0-0 Home Stadium .............Allen E. Paulson Stadium (25,000) RANKINGS: Arkansas State 0-0 0-0 Playing Surface .....................Shaw Sports Turf (Legion 41) Georgia Southern: NR (AP) | NR (Coaches) ULM 0-0 0-0 Conference ............................................................Sun Belt LSU: No. 6 (AP) | No. 6 (Coaches) South Alabama 0-0 0-0 President ...................................................Dr. Kyle Marrero Texas State 0-0 0-0 Athletics Director .......... Tom Kleinlein (pronounced KLINE-line) TELEVISION: ESPNU (National) PROGRAM HISTORY Mike Couzens, play-by-play THIS WEEK IN THE SUN BELT First Year of Football ....1924 (no football from 1942-1981) Kirk Morrison, analyst Thursday, August 29 Modern Era Record (%) .......................326-142-1 (.696) ^ Ed Aschoff, sideline Texas State at Texas A&M Paulson Stadium Record (%) .....................192-40 (.828) ^ Saturday, August 31 No. Years in NCAA FCS Playoffs .......................................19 On ESPNU: 5-9 ETSU at Appalachian State All-Time Playoff Record .............................................45-13 (last: 34-14 win over #25 App. State, 2018 at Paulson Stadium) SMU at Arkansas State Previous Bowl Games .....2 (2015 GoDaddy; 2018 Camellia) 4-2 home; 1-7 road Eastern Michigan at Coastal Carolina ^ - three wins vacated by NCAA Georgia Southern at LSU RADIO: CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY Georgia State at Tennessee Georgia Southern Sports Network (Regional) I-AA National Titles (6) ............1985, ‘86, ‘89, ‘90, ‘99, 2000 Mississippi State vs. Louisiana (at New Orleans) Danny Reed, play-by-play Conference Championships (11) South Alabama at Nebraska Terry Harvin, analyst Southern.. 1993, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99, 2000, ‘01, ‘02, ‘04, ‘11, ‘12 Campbell at Troy Russ Brown, sideline Sun Belt ................................................................2014 Grambling at ULM Bowl Wins (2) .................GoDaddy (2015); Camellia (2018) • All Georgia Southern football games can be heard throughout Georgia on the Georgia Southern Sports Network through Learfield/IMG College. GEORGIA SOUTHERN COACHES/STAFF SPEED CHART • Georgia Southern games are broadcast on 27 affiliates ON THE FIELD across the state. Coverage for all GS football games begins two hours before kickoff with the Eagle Tailgate Show. 2019 GS Radio Network Affiliate List (Football Games Only; other stations may carry basketball and baseball games, as well as coaches shows) 106.9-FM ......................... WGSW .......................Americus 104.9-FM & 1090-AM ........ WBAF......................Barnesville 98.5-FM & 1350-AM .......... WFNS .......................Blackshear Chad Lunsford Scot Sloan Chris Foster Lamar Owens 1440-AM ......................... WGMI ..........................Bremen Head Coach Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Assoc. Head Coach/Running Backs Wide Receivers 103.7-FM & 790-AM .......... WSFN .......................Brunswick 1230-AM ......................... WBLJ .............................Dalton 102.1-FM & 102.1-HD2 ..... WDBG ...........................Dublin 102.3-FM ......................... WSIZ ....Fitzgerald/Jacksonville 105.5-FM ......................... WIFO ...............................Jesup 620-AM ........................... WTRP........................ LaGrange 100.9-FM ........................ WLYU .................. Lyons/Vidalia 97.3-FM & 1370-AM ......... WFDR ....................Manchester 1150-AM ......................... WXKO.............................Macon 95.5-FM ..........................