The Schedule CAMPBELL • SEPT. 12 VS. LOUISIANA TECH • WEDNESDAY, DEC. 23, 2020 • 3:00 PM (ET) • MERCEDES-BENZ SUPERDOME (73,208) W, 27-26 Allen E. Paulson Stadium; Statesboro, Ga. GEORGIA LOUISIANA TOP SCORER: Alex Raynor - 9 (2 FG, 3 PATs) SOUTHERN TECH AT #19 LOUISIANA • SEPT. 26 L, 18-20 EAGLES BULLDOGS Cajun Field; Lafayette, La. TOP SCORERS: J.D. King/Khaleb Hood - 6 (1 TD) Location: ..............................................Statesboro, Ga. Location: .................................................... Ruston, La. Enrollment: ......................................................26,500 Enrollment: ......................................................11,197 AT ULM • OCT. 3 2020 Record: ......................................................... 7-5 2020 Record: ......................................................... 5-4 W, 35-30 Malone Stadium; Monroe, La. 2020 Conference Record: ....................... 4-4 Sun Belt 2020 Conference Record: ...........................4-2 C-USA TOP SCORER: Wesley Kennedy III - 12 (2 TDs) Head Coach: ..........................................Chad Lunsford Head Coach: .................................................Skip Holtz Record at GS (Years): ...............26-18 (Third Full Year) Record at LA Tech (Years): .......... 61-40 (Eighth Year) UMASS • OCT. 17 W, 41-0 Career Record (Years):.......................................Same Career Record (Years):.................149-111 (21st Year) Allen E. Paulson Stadium; Statesboro, Ga. TOP SCORER: Beau Johnson - 12 (2 TDs) INSIDE THE SERIES AT #25 COASTAL CAROLINA • OCT. 24 Overall: First Meeting L, 14-28 Brooks Stadium; Conway, S.C. Biegnets For Your Consumption: This will be Georgia Southern’s fourth bowl game since moving up to the FBS TOP SCORERS: J.D. King/W. Kennedy III - 6 (1 TD) and becoming eligible in 2015 … GS won the 2015 GoDaddy Bowl over Bowling Green and the 2018 Camellia Bowl over Eastern Michigan … The Eagles fell in the Cure Bowl last season to Liberty … Georgia Southern SOUTH ALABAMA • OCT. 29 W, 24-17 is 16-9 all-time against current members of Conference USA with all 25 games coming against C-USA East Allen E. Paulson Stadium; Statesboro, Ga. teams … Georgia Southern is 18-6 all-time at neutral sites, including six games in FCS National Championship TOP SCORER: Wesley Kennedy III - 12 (2 TDs) games, four of which the Eagles won … GS is 4-6 all-time in games played in the state of Louisiana in the TROY • NOV. 7 modern era, but has never played in New Orleans … Georgia Southern split a pair of games in the Pelican W, 20-13 State earlier this year, falling to Louisiana (20-18) on a last-second, 53-yard field goal, and holding on to beat Allen E. Paulson Stadium; Statesboro, Ga. ULM (35-30) with a last-second goal line stop … The Eagles are 11-8 all-time against teams from Louisiana TOP SCORERS: Green, Raynor, Werts - 6 … Sixth year cornerback Ephraim Kitchen Jr. transferred from Louisiana Tech after graduating from there TEXAS STATE • NOV. 14 earlier this year … Freshman quarterback Sam Kenerson is the lone player on Georgia Southern’s roster from W, 40-38 the Bayou State, hailing from Baton Rouge … GS is 10-8 all-time in domes … Skip Holtz coached UConn Allen E. Paulson Stadium; Statesboro, Ga. TOP SCORER: Shai Werts - 18 (3 TDs) against Georgia Southern in the 1998 NCAA I-AA playoffs in Statesboro, falling 52-30 to the Eagles. AT ARMY WEST POINT • NOV. 21 COUNTDOWN TO KICKOFF L, 27-28 10 This will be the 10th time Louisiana Tech has played a Sun Belt team in football with the Bulldogs owning Michie Stadium; West Point, N.Y. TOP SCORER: Werts, Wright, Brown, Canteen - 6 a 9-0 record in those games. 9 Georgia Southern has played an FBS-high nine one-possession games this season, winning five of them. AT GEORGIA STATE • NOV. 28 The only three games not to be decided late were UMass (41-0 win), Coastal Carolina (28-14 loss) and L, 24-30 Center Parc Stadium; Atlanta, Ga. Florida Atlantic (20-3 win). TOP SCORER: Logan Wrights - 12 (2 TDs) 8 The Mercedes-Benz Superdome will be the eighth different dome Georgia Southern has played in. The Eagles are 10-8 in domes, last playing in one in 2016 at the Georgia Dome, a 30-24 loss. FLORIDA ATLANTIC • DEC. 5 W, 20-3 7 Georgia Southern has won seven or more games 30 times in 39 seasons since restarting football in 1982. Allen E. Paulson Stadium; Statesboro, Ga. 6 Louisiana Tech has won six consecutive bowl games, the longest active streak in college football. TOP SCORER: Alex Raynor - 8 (2 FGs, 2 PATs) 5 The Eagles have scored five non-offensive touchdowns this season: two via punt return, one via APP STATE • DEC. 12 interception return, one via blocked punt recovery and one via fumble return. L, 26-34 4 This will be the Eagles’ fourth bowl game in program history, and their third in a row. Allen E. Paulson Stadium; Statesboro, Ga. 3 After forcing just one turnover over the first three games, the Eagles have forced 21 turnovers over the TOP SCORER: Alex Raynor - 8 (2 FGs, 2 PATs) past nine games, including multiple turnovers in six straight. VS. LOUISIANA TECH • DEC. 23 2 The only two FBS teams to play the usual 12-game regular season schedule this year are Georgia Southern R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl and Texas State. The Eagles are the only team in the FBS to also add a bowl game to the slate. 3 PM (ET)/2 PM (CT) | ESPN Mercedes-Benz Superdome; New Orleans, La. 1 Georgia Southern is tied for first in the FBS with 14 runs of 30 yards or longer, led by quarterback Shai SERIES: First Meeting Werts with five of those runs. SIX FCS NATIONAL TITLES | ELEVEN CONFERENCE TITLES GSEAGLES.coM SETTING THE SCENE 2020 SUN BELT STANDINGS QUICK FACTS EAST GENERAL INFORMATION Team Conf. Overall School ....................................Georgia Southern University Coastal Carolina 8-0 11-0 Abbreviation ..................................................GS (not GSU) App State 6-2 8-3 Location ..................................................... Statesboro, Ga. Georgia Southern 4-4 7-5 Founded ................................................December 1, 1906 GEORGIA SOUTHERN vs. LOUISIANA TECH Georgia State 4-4 5-4 Enrollment ..............................................................26,500 R+L CARRIERS NEW ORLEANS BOWL Troy 3-4 5-6 Nickname ................................................................Eagles Mascots .......................... GUS (mascot) and Freedom (live) KICKOFF: 3:04 PM (ET)/2:04 PM (CT) WEST Colors ........................................Blue (PMS 282) and White Team Conf. Overall Secondary Colors ........Gray (PMS 429) and Gold (PMS 872) EAGLES ON ESPN: 11-2 (1-0 this season) Louisiana 7-1 9-1 Home Stadium .............Allen E. Paulson Stadium (25,000) South Alabama 3-5 4-7 Playing Surface .....................Shaw Sports Turf (Legion 41) SITE: Mercedes-Benz Superdome; New Orleans, La. (73,208) Texas State 2-6 2-10 Conference ............................................................Sun Belt RANKINGS: Arkansas State 2-6 4-7 President ...................................................Dr. Kyle Marrero Louisiana Tech: NR (AP) | NR (Coaches) ULM 0-7 0-10 Athletics Director ........................................... Jared Benko Georgia Southern: NR (AP) | NR (Coaches) THE SUN BElt IN THE POSTSEASON PROGRAM HISTORY TELEVISION: Monday, December 21 First Year of Football ....1924 (no football from 1942-1981) ESPN App State vs. North Texas • Myrtle Beach Bowl Modern Era Record (%) .......................340-153-1 (.691) ^ Matt Barrie, play-by-play Wednesday, December 23 Paulson Stadium Record (%) .....................203-42 (.829) ^ Mike Golic Jr., analyst Georgia Southern vs. Lousiana Tech • New Orleans Bowl No. Years in NCAA FCS Playoffs .......................................19 Dawn Davenport, sidelines Friday, December 25 All-Time Playoff Record .............................................45-13 Coastal Carolina vs. Liberty • Cure Bowl Previous Bowl Games ....................3 (last: 2019 Cure Bowl) RADIO: Saturday, December 26 ^ - three wins vacated by NCAA Georgia Southern Sports Network (Regional/TuneIn App) Georgia State vs. Western Kentucky • Lending Tree Bowl Danny Reed, play-by-play CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY Louisiana vs. UTSA • First Responder Bowl Terry Harvin, analyst I-AA National Titles (6) ............1985, ‘86, ‘89, ‘90, ‘99, 2000 Russ Brown, sideline Conference Championships (11) Southern.. 1993, ‘97, ‘98, ‘99, 2000, ‘01, ‘02, ‘04, ‘11, ‘12 NATIONAL RADIO: Sun Belt ................................................................2014 ESPN Radio Bowl Wins (2) .................GoDaddy (2015); Camellia (2018) Sean Kelley, play-by-play Barrett Jones, analyst GEORGIA SOUTHERN COACHES/STAFF SPEED CHART ON THE FIELD ATHLETICS COMMUNICATIONS Sr. Associate AD for Communications/Creative Services Football Contact: Bryan Johnston o: 912-478-5448; [email protected] c: 912-531-3575 Director of Athletics Communications: Chad Jackson [email protected] Chad Lunsford Scot Sloan Chris Foster Dimitri Donald Associate Director: Marc Gignac Head Coach Defensive Coordinator/Safeties Assoc. Head Coach/Running Backs Wide Receivers [email protected] Assistant Director: Aaron Socha [email protected] Visual Content Manager: AJ Henderson [email protected] Digital Media Content Producer: Jeremy Wynder [email protected] Creative Media Content GA: Maurice Moses [email protected] Social Media Director: Megan Leben Kevin Whitley Ron Hudson Victor Cabral Carter Barfield [email protected] Cornerbacks