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PAULSON STADIUM PARKING & GATE INFORMATION [Game Day at Paulson]
STUDENT INFORMATION: [STUDENT ENTRY WITH ID] [STUDENT TAILGATE ZONE]
GAME INFORMATION
ULM (Sun Belt) at Georgia Southern (Sun Belt)
Site: Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, Georgia (capacity 25,000)
Date/Time: Saturday, November 29th // 6 p.m. ET
Tickets: Order tickets on line at GSEagles.com/fbtix, email tickets@georgiasouthern.edu, call 1-800-GSU-WINS or purchase in person at the Cowart Building Monday-Wednesday 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Friday from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. to take advantage of several ticket specials.
Streaming: ESPN3
Talent: Matt Stewart (pbp), Rocky Boiman (analyst) and Danielle Percival (sideline)
Radio: Georgia Southern Radio Network
Radio Flagship/Local: 103.7 FM & 102.1 WZAT
Georgia Southern Radio Network Affiliates
Audio Streaming: GSEagles.com
Radio Talent: Chris Blair (pbp); Terry Harvin '91 (analyst); Ryan Chambers (sideline)
Live Stats: GSEagles.com
Social Media: Twitter @GSAthletics_FB // Facebook.com/GSAthletics
Gameday Gear: Georgia Southern adidas Fan Zone // Shop Georgia Southern
PROMOTIONS
22 Seniors Honored in pre-game ceremony
Fan Appreciation Night Ticket Specials
Georgia Southern University Appreciation
$5 Tickets for Basketball Doubleheader with Football Ticket
Cheerleader for a Day
Bulloch Telephone & Walker Pharmacy Customer Ticket Specials
TEAM INFORMATION
Coaches: ULM Coach Todd Berry (56-93, 13th year) / Coach Willie Fritz (184-70-1, 22nd year)
Statistics: ULM // Georgia Southern
Rosters: ULM // Georgia Southern
Media Guides: ULM // Georgia Southern
Game Notes: ULM // Georgia Southern
Conference Release: Sun Belt
SERIES INFORMATION
All-Time Series: The series is tied at 2-2
Last Time Out: The Warhawks upset the top-ranked Eagles 21-13 at Malone Stadium in 1991 when both were members of the FCS.
HASHTAGS
Eagle fans are encouraged to use the following #hashtags on social media when watching and listening to their Eagles play this season:
#WARHAWKWIPEOUT
#PACKPAULSON
#JOINTHEJOURNEY
#TRUEBLUE
#HAILSOUTHERN
#EAGLENATION
#GATAINSIDE GEORGIA SOUTHERN FOOTBALL WITH WILLIE FRITZ – MOVES TO TUESDAY NIGHT THIS WEEK
The next edition of the weekly radio show "Inside Georgia Southern Football" with Coach Willie Fritz airs this Tuesday, November 25th, from 7-8 p.m. Eastern Time from Wild Wing Cafe on Hwy. 67 in Stateboro. "Voice of the Eagles" Chris Blair and Coach Fritz will preview Georgia Southern's ULM game, review the last week of practice and answer questions from the Eagle Nation. Fans can call 1-855-478-4040 or tweet to @GaSouthernRadio.com. The broadcast will be aired on affiliates of the Georgia Southern Radio Network with on-demand listening available on GSEagles.com.
AUDIO BROADCAST OF GEORGIA SOUTHERN-ULM
An audio broadcast of Saturday's game is available as part of GS All-Access on GSEagles.com with packages varying from a day to a full year. A single-day pass is $5.95 and content can be accessed on all Windows, OSX, iOS and Android devices. Eagle Football fans can catch all the action, as well as pre-game and post-game shows on the Georgia Southern Radio Network. The pre-game show begins two hours before kickoff. A complete listing of affiliates is available in the link in the game summary.
QUICK HITSTwenty-two Eagles will be playing their final home game at Allen E. Paulson Stadium on Saturday... The Eagles are 25-4 in designated "Senior" games and have won the last five straight... With Appalachian State dealing UL Lafayette a loss last Saturday, Georgia Southern is guaranteed a share of the 2014 Sun Belt Conference Championship... Of those schools that began their first year of FBS play with a conference affiliation, Georgia Southern became only the third to win a league title in its inaugural season, joining Nevada (1992) and Marshall (1997)… For Coach
Willie Fritz, it is his first conference title in his first year at any school... Two other coaches, Paul Johnson (1997) and Mike Sewak (2002) won conference titles in their first seasons as the head coach at Georgia Southern... With eight wins, the Eagles have recorded the most wins by a Sun Belt Conference team in its inaugural season in the league... Georgia Southern also owns the best-ever start in league play by a team in its first year of membership with a 7-0 mark... Only two other teams have posted better records in their first year in FBS with Marshall (1997) going 10-3 and Florida Atlantic with a 9-3 mark in 2004... In games following an open week, Georgia Southern is 25-10 while Coach Fritz is 11-4 in games following a bye week, including an October 25 win at Georgia State (open week Oct. 18)... The Eagles play their first game at Paulson Stadium in nearly a month with the last home game a win vs. Troy on October 30th... The last time the Eagles played a game on November 29th was in 1997, a home NCAA FCS playoff win over Florida A&M (52-37).
THE COACHESGeorgia Southern Head Coach
Willie Fritz began his 22nd year as a head coach in 2014 and has led Georgia Southern Football team into a successful first year as an FBS program. With a perfect 7-0 record in the Sun Belt Conference going into Saturday's final game, the Eagles are guaranteed at least a share of the league championship. The Shawnee Mission, Kansas, native has developed winning programs and cultivated success at each of his head coaching stops. He won two national championships at Blinn College, guided Central Missouri to 11 winning seasons and led Sam Houston State to back-to-back national championship appearances. He was selected as the Liberty Mutual Coach of the Year at the FCS level in 2012 and was recognized nationally in 2011 as the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) Coach of the Year. His 97-47 mark in 13 seasons as the Mules' head coach ranked Fritz as the winningest coach in the program's 118-year history where he was the only coach to ever win seven or more games in eight consecutive seasons.
Todd Berry, a 30-year coaching veteran, is in his fifth year as head coach of the ULM Warhawks. He posted the eighth-best record in Illinois State history during his four-year tenure leading the Cardinals. His Illinois State team made back-to-back appearances in the NCAA FCS playoffs and his 1999 team posted an 11-2 record before falling to Georgia Southern, the eventual national champion, in the semifinals at Allen E. Paulson Stadium that season. He became the 32nd head coach at Army in 2000 then the offensive coordinator for the Warhawks for the 2004 and 2005 seasons. A year at Miami as the quarterbacks coach led to a position as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at UNLV before he returned in 2010 as ULM's head coach.
Twenty-two seniors will play in their final game at Allen E. Paulson Stadium
this evening:
No. Name, Pos., Hometown (High School)
26
Tray Butler, TE, Stockbridge, Ga. (Woodland)
30
Valdon Cooper, CB, Elberton, Ga. (Elbert County)
74
Logan Daves, OL, Blue Ridge, Ga. (Fannin County)
35
Ean Days, RB, Kingsland, Ga. (Camden County)
91 *
Justice Ejike, DL, Covington, Ga. (Newton County)
58
Garrett Frye, OL, Cumming, Ga. (South Forsyth)
40
Edwin Jackson, LB, Atlanta, Ga. (Westlake)
70
Raymond Klugey, OL, Norcross (Norcross)
64
Hunter Lamar, OL, Statesboro, Ga. (Statesboro)
76 *
Trevor McBurnett, OL, Lawrenceville, Ga.
69
Cole Peeples, OL, Conyers, Ga. (Heritage)
43
Dennis Pritchard, RB, Auburn, Ga. (Apalachee)
75
Manrey Saint-Amour, OL, Suwanee, Ga. (North Gwinnett)
28 *
Devin Scott, RB, Tucker, Ga. (Tucker)
80
Kentrellis Showers, WR, Dublin, Ga. (West Laurens)
29 *
Deion Stanley, S, Dry Branch, Ga. (Twiggs County)
17
Brandan Thomas, RB, Milledgeville, Ga. (Baldwin)
84
Dylan Turner, TE, Augusta, Ga. (Greenbrier)
9
Zach Walker, WR, Wrightsville, Ga. (Johnson County)
93
Rashad Williams, DE, Roswell, Ga. (Dunwoody)
21
Nick Wright, CB, Lithonia, Ga. (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
11
Ezayi Youyoute, QB, Wauchula, Fla. (Hardee County)
*expected to graduate in December 2014
SERIES RECORD VS. ULM
The Warhawks and Eagles meet for the fifth time with the series record tied at 2-2. Each team has won their games at home with ULM upsetting the then-top-ranked Eagles 21-13 at Malone Stadium in 1991. The two teams met in back-to-back years in 1987 and 1988 and 1990 and 1991 with Georgia Southern winning two-straight in the series with wins at Paulson Stadium in 1988 and 1990.
ULM Coach Todd Berry has made one previous visit to Paulson Stadium, in 1999, when he served as the head coach of Illinois State. The Eagles took a 28-17 victory in the NCAA semifinal playoff game over Berry's third-ranked Cardinals en route to a national championship.
HOME SWEET HOME
It's been nearly a full month since the Eagles played at Allen E. Paulson Stadium, topping Troy 42-10 on October 30th. Three other season schedules kept the Eagles away from their home field longer with 35 days between home games. Four weeks went by during the 1987 campaign before Georgia Southern returned home and the fans had to wait 28 days after the season-opening game to see their Eagles play at the newly constructed Paulson Stadium in 1984.
Georgia Southern is 5-0 in "Homecoming" games after an extended leave from their home field.
30 YEARS OF PAULSON STADIUM
The dedication of Allen E. Paulson Stadium on September 29, 1984 was a fitting end to years of planning and hard work as the Georgia Southern Football program built one of the finest football facilities in America. Thirty years later, there have been major changes with the recent construction of a new mid-deck, adding more than 6,000 additional seats and a new 50,000-square foot Ted Smith Family Football Center in the east endzone. The $10 million Stadium expansion project is student-fee funded with private donations making possible the Eagle Football team's new headquarters.
One thing hasn't changed – winning. Georgia Southern has a remarkable 180-33 home record (84.9 winning percentage), ranked third in the nation, at Paulson Stadium and has won 91.7 percent of its postseason games (33-3).
