Georgia Southern will travel to Lafayette, Louisiana, on Saturday to take on the University of Louisiana in Sun Belt action at Cajun Field. The game will kick at 4 p.m. local time (5 p.m. Eastern) and will be broadcast online by ESPN3.
Here's all you need to know about the game:
Game 11: Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017 • 4:05 PM Central (5:05 PM Eastern)
Location: Lafayette, La. (Cajun Field; 41, 426)
Records:
Georgia Southern: 1-9, 1-5 Sun Belt
Louisiana: 5-5, 4-2 Sun Belt
Broadcast Information
Online: ESPN3/ESPN App
PBP: Bernie Guenther;
Analyst: Doug Graber
Radio: Georgia Southern Sports Network
PBP: Danny Reed;
Analyst: Terry Harvin;
Sidelines: Russ Brown
GS: GAME NOTES (PDF)
The Series
• This will be the second football meeting between Georgia Southern and Louisiana, which was the last team in the Sun Belt for the Eagles to play when they met last year in Southern's third season in the league.
• Anthony Jennings ran for 96 yards and a touchdown and threw for 210 yards to lead Louisiana to a 33-26 Sun Belt Conference football victory over Georgia Southern on a Thursday night in Paulson Stadium last season.
• GS true freshman Seth Shuman completed 21 of 36 passes for 228 yards and a touchdown in his first career start for Georgia Southern. It was the highest passing total for an Eagle in seven seasons.
• BJ Johnson III set career highs of nine receptions and 127 receiving yards, and Myles Campbell caught five passes for 41 yards and a touchdown.
Moving Up The Charts
• Senior running back L.A. Ramsby needs 89 rushing yards to pass Gerald Harris and move into 12th place all-time at Georgia Southern in career rushing yards. He enters the Louisiana game with 2,291 career rushing yards.
• Ramsby also has 37 career rushing touchdowns, tied with current San Francisco 49er rookie Matt Breida for ninth place. Hall of Famer Tracy Ham is eighth with 41.
• Senior punter Matt Flynn is seventh all-time in GS history in most career punts with 122 and is sixth in most career punt yards (4,843). He's six punts away from passing Bill Thatcher for sixth place in career punts and 495 yards from passing Scott Shelton for fifth place in career yards. His 58 punts this season are tied for the sixth most in school history. He also has 2,326 punting yards this season, the sixth most in school history and 58 punts, the tied for the sixth most in program history for a single season.
• Myles Campbell's 33 kickoff returns are tied for the fourth-most in a single season at GS and his 710 yards on the returns are the sixth most in school history. His 917 kickoff return yards are the sixth most in program history.
• Redshirt freshman Shai Werts enters Saturday's game with 797 passing yards, the second-most in program history by a freshman. Ham tallied 886 yards through the air in 1983.
Rare Air
• Freshman Shai Werts and junior Kado Brown joined an elite club at Georgia Southern when both threw for over 100 yards against South Alabama last week. Brown threw for 120 yards on 4-for-4 passing with a touchdown while Werts threw for 107 yards and a score on 7-of-13 passing.
• They become just the second duo in school history to throw for 100 yards or more in a game, joining Antonio Henton and Lee Chapple who did it against Western Carolina in 2008 at Western Carolina.
• Henton threw for 154 yards and two scores on 14-of-26 passing with two interceptions while Chapple threw for 140 yards and a score on 10-of-14 passing with two interceptions. GS won the game 38-31 in overtime.
SBC Honors For Werts
• Georgia Southern freshman quarterback Shai Werts has been honored by the Sun Belt Conference for his play in last Saturday's win over South Alabama. The Clinton, South Carolina, native was named the league's offensive player of the week after helping lead the Eagles to their first win of the season. FULL RELEASE
Countdown to Kickoff
10: The Georgia Southern defense allowed just 10 total first downs to South Alabama in last week's win.
9: Tyler Bass has made nine consecutive field goals, including six from 40 yards or longer during the streak.
8: The Eagles had seven pass break ups last week against South Alabama, the most since recording eight against Bowling Green in the 2015 GoDaddy Bowl.
7: Georgia Southern has lost seven consecutive true road games dating back to last season.
6: Six different GS receivers have caught a touchdown pass this season.
5: The Eagles have played five previous games in the state of Louisiana, winning two of them.
4: GS scored on all four of its red zone opportunities last year against the Ragin' Cajuns.
3: Senior linebacker Chris DeLaRosa has three career fumble recoveries, tops among active players on the roster.
2: L.A. Ramsby scored two touchdowns via the rush in last year's game against UL in Paulson Stadium.
1: Last week's 52-0 win over South Alabama was the first shutout of an FBS opponent in Georgia Southern history.
