Football | 10/17/2016 1:45:00 PM

The Georgia Southern football squad hops back into conference play to take on New Mexico State on Saturday, Oct. 22 in Las Cruces, New Mexico, in a contest that will be broadcast on ESPN3. Here's all you need to know about the game:

Game 7: Saturday, Oct. 22, 2016 • 8 PM (ET)/6 PM (local)
Location: Las Cruces, N.M. (Aggie Memorial Stadium; 30,343)

Records:
Georgia Southern: 3-3, 2-1 Sun Belt
New Mexico State: 2-4, 1-2 Sun Belt

Broadcast Information
Online: ESPN3/Watch ESPN
PBP: TBA; Analyst: TBA

Radio: Georgia Southern Sports Network
PBP: Danny Reed; Analyst: Terry Harvin; Sidelines: Russ Brown

GS: GAME NOTES (PDF)

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The Series
• Georgia Southern leads the all-time series with New Mexico State 2-0 after the Eagles downed the Aggies 56-26 last year in Statesboro. The Eagles jumped out to a 28-0 lead in the first half with touchdown runs from four different players and finished with 507 yards and seven touchdowns on the ground.

• In 2014, L.A. Ramsby ran for a career-high 136 yards and his 7-yard touchdown run with 11:37 left in the third quarter gave the Eagles their first lead of the night as they came from behind to beat NMSU 36-28 in Las Cruces. 

• Kevin Ellison put the game out of reach after an Aggie touchdown late in the fourth quarter with a 32-yard run up the middle with 2:41 remaining.

• The Aggies jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter, but the Eagles scored 29 unanswered points to take their first lead of the game, a 29-14 advantage in the third quarter.

Road Warriors
• Georgia Southern is in the final part of a tough four-game road stretch as it heads to Las Cruces for Saturday's game. The Eagles are the only FBS squad to play four consecutive road games this year.

• Eight other FBS schools - Arkansas State, Army, Georgia State, Idaho (twice), UL Monroe, UMass, South Alabama and UTSA - will play three straight road games at some point this season.

• The Eagles' 40-day span between home games from Sept. 17 to Oct. 27 is the second-longest in the FBS this year, only behind Idaho's 42-day span late in the season.

Kickin' Koo
• Senior kicker Younghoe Koo is making the most of his senior season as the New Jersey native is now 10-for-10 on the season on field goal attempts and has made all 14 PATs.

• Koo hit a career-long 53-yard field goal at Arkansas State while making all four of his attempts. In last week's game at Georgia Tech, he made a 44-yard field goal.

The Dynamic Duo
• When counting only his FBS yards, Kevin Ellison passed the 2,000-yard rushing mark against Western Michigan, joining Taysom Hill of BYU as the only active QBs to rush for that many yards. SInce hitting the mark, three other FBS quarterbacks have hit the 2,000-yard mark. Ellison's freshman year, he ran for 886 yards while the Eagles were still in the FCS.

• Ellison was joined in Week 1 by Favian Upshaw in the 1,000 yard club. They're the only active quarterback teammates to both rush for over 1,000 yards in their career.

• Ellison (2,960) and Upshaw (1,263) have combined to run for 4,223 yards in their career. This leads FBS quarterback duos.

Running Toward Success
• Since joining the FBS in 2014, are 21-4 when outrushing their opponents, 0-6 when being outrushed and 0-0 when the rushing total is even.

• Since 2014, GS is 21-1 when rushing for 300 yards or more. The Eagles are 13-0 when rushing for 400 yards or more, 4-0 when rushing for 500 yards or more and 1-0 when rushing for 600 yards or more.

• The Eagles are 19-4 when rushing 50 times or more in a game over the past two-plus seasons.

• Additionally, GS is 18-6 when holding the time of possession battle advantage in that span.