WEATHER Statesboro, Georgia ZIP: 30458 GEORGIA SOUTHERN EAGLES Enrollment: 23,134 (#3/#57) CAREER PASSING LEADERS CAREER RUSHING LEADERS CAREER RECEIVING LEADERS Phil’s Homefield Edge - 3.75 T L FINAL W 2020 Schedule Difficulty - #97 U I 1.Tracy Ham 5,757 ‘83-’86 1. Adrian Peterson 6,559 ‘98-’01 1. Monty Sharpe 1,854 ‘83-’86 R N SCORE 2. Raymond Gross 3,806 ‘87-’90 2. Jermaine Austin 5,411 ‘02-’05 2. Raja Andrews 1,538 ‘05-’08 DATE OPPONENT F E GS OPP L 3. Greg Hill 3,369 ‘96-’99 3. Jerick McKinnon 3,899 ‘10-’13 3. Tony Belser 1,472 ‘85-’88 Bonus: Georgia Southern is just 1-5 in road openers, with their lone win coming at SAla in ‘16. Sep. 5 The Eagles have 6 FCS nat’l titles and since moving up to the FBS they are 7-1 vs FCS teams. Sep. 12 Campbell A The Camels brought football back in ‘08 (no team for 58 yrs), but have yet to win more than 6 gms. These tms meet for the first time. GS is 15-10 all-time against current CUSA foes, but all 25 of those Sep. 19 Florida Atlantic A games were when the Eagles were FCS members. GS is 7-0 in non-conf home gms as an FBS team. LTH (‘17), the Eagles ran for 389 yds and were +3 in TO’s in a 34-24 win. The road team is 3-0 in the Sep. 26 at Louisiana A series with the avg MOV just in the DD’s at 10 ppg. GS defense gives up avg of 216 rush ypg in series. The Eagles are 4-1 against ULM as SBC foes, but their LTH GS was off a huge home win vs #25 Oct. 3 at ULM A App St (34-14) and trailed 27-10 at the half and fell 44-25 (573-216) for their 1st SBC loss of the ssn. Bonus: HC Lunsford is 7-1 ATS as a home favorite at Georgia Southern. Oct. 10 Bonus: HC Lunsford is 3-1 SU off a bye. These former SoCon foes (9 FCS nat’l titles comb’d) have met 34 times and GS trails 15-18-1. Oct. 14 Appalachian St (Wed) A The series is tied 3-3 and GSouthern has won 2 straight and been an underdog the last five mtgs. GS leads the series 5-1, but as SBC foes the Eagles are 2-1. LTH GS led just 13-10 at the half, but Oct. 24 at Coastal Carolina A would score four 2H TD’s to pull away w/a 41-17 victory (442-189). The Eagles have won two straight. Georgia Southern has won all six meetings in the series and were on a 5-0 ATS run until not covering Oct. 31 South Alabama A the 10 point spread LY. In the six meetings against the Jaguars GS has avg 348 rushing ypg. GS won their F/3 gms vs Troy as SBC foes (avg MOV 23.7 pts), but have lost the past 3 gms by DD’s Nov. 7 Troy (HC) A (22,14 & 21). ‘18 GS was off 44-25 loss at ULM. Troy 454-291 yard edge and Eagles would lose 35-21. GS is 3-1 all-time vs TXSt (3-0 as SBC foes) with their lone loss coming in the ‘05 FCS playoffs. Nov. 14 Texas St A Two of the 3 SBC wins vs TXSt has come by 3 pts or less. GS put up 503 rush yds in the ‘18 win. Two option offenses meeting for the first time. Eagles last faced a triple option team in Nov. 21 at Army G 2016 when they lost to GTech 35-24. The Eagles are 7-2 ATS vs non conf foes the L2Y. LTH GS snapped a 3 gm losing streak to their in-state rival. They took a 28-0 lead 3Q & won 35-14 (381-264). Nov. 28 at Georgia St A This rivalry dubbed “Modern Day Hate” is tied 3-3 with GS winning the past 2 gms by double digits (28, 21)..