Football | 11/14/2016 2:30:00 PM

The Georgia Southern football squad hits the road for its sixth road game in eight games to take on in-state rival Georgia State in a Sun Belt Conference match-up on Saturday, Nov. 19. The two teams will kick off at 2 p.m. inside the Georgia Dome and the contest will be broadcast online on ESPN3. Here's all you need to know about the game:

Game 11: Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016 • 2 PM 
Location: Atlanta, Ga. (Georgia Dome; 71,228)

Records:
Georgia Southern: 4-6, 3-3 Sun Belt
Georgia State: 2-8, 1-5 Sun Belt

Broadcast Information
Online: ESPN3/Watch ESPN
PBP: Matt Stewart; Analyst: Wayne Gandy

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

GS: GAME NOTES (PDF)

The Series
• Despite their proximity Georgia Southern and Georgia State have met just twice before with the Eagles winning 69-31 in 2014 in Atlanta and the Panthers winning 34-7 last season in Statesboro.

• Expect points when Georgia Southern and Georgia State two teams meet: they've combined for 141 points over their first two ever meetings the last two years.

• The road team has won each meeting.

• The Eagles play in an NFL stadium for the second time as an FBS member (also vs. Georgia St. in 2014). Prior to this, they last played in a NFL stadium in a 1997 win over USF in the old Tampa Sombrero.

Southern vs. State Rivalry Series
• The Georgia Southern Eagles and the Georgia State Panthers go head-to-head in Saturday's football game at the Georgia Dome for a "W" in the Sun Belt Conference and two points added to the winning team's current standing in the Georgia Southern/Georgia State Rivalry Series. 

• Georgia State won the inaugural series, 14-7. 

• The points-based system encompasses all sports in which the two schools compete against each other through head-to-head match-ups and conference championship finishes. 

• All head-to-head series are worth one total point. However, two points are up for grabs in Saturday's football game, as well as when the teams play each other twice in men and women's basketball, competing for one point per game. Bonus points can be received when the two schools compete against one another in a Sun Belt tournament. 

• Georgia State currently leads the rivalry 3-2. The Eagles received points from wins in men's soccer and volleyball. 

• Teams also have the opportunity to compete for an additional two points through academic achievement and community service projects.  

Georgia on Our Minds
• Saturday's contest at Georgia State is the sixth of seven games in the state of Georgia for the Eagles this season, where they are 2-2 so far. 

• Georgia Southern is 23-11-1 in the modern era against teams from the state of Georgia: 12-0 vs. Savannah State, 6-1-1 vs. Valdosta State, 2-0 vs. West Georgia, 1-0 vs. Baptist University of America (Decatur), 1-0 vs. Fort Benning, 1-1 vs. Georgia State, 0-2 vs. Georgia Tech and 0-6 vs. the University of Georgia.

• The Eagles are 201-50-1 in the modern era in games played in the Peach State.

• This will be Georgia Southern's fifth game played all-time in the Atlanta Metro area during the modern era. Georgia Southern is 2-2 in those games, beating Georgia State in 2014 and Middle Tennessee in 1995 and falling twice to Georgia Tech.

Dome Sweet Dome
    • Georgia Southern is 10-7 all-time when the roof is over its head as it will be Saturday in the Georgia Dome: Georgia Dome (2-0): def. MTSU ('95); def. Georgia St. ('14); Tacoma Dome (2-0): def. Furman (85); def. Ark St. ('86); UNI-Dome (1-0): def. Northern Iowa ('85); Kibbie Dome (1-0): def. Idaho ('15); Mini-Dome (4-4): went 4-4 against ETSU; Holt Arena (0-1): lost to Furman ('88); Fargo Dome (0-2): went 0-2 against NDSU