Football | 11/3/2016 2:45:00 PM

WEEK 10 NOTES
• As the birds fly, the Eagles will travel 7,822 miles (round trip, via air) in their contests away from home this season.

• Since joining the FBS in 2014, GS has the second-best record in the state of Georgia:
Georgia: 24-10
Georgia Southern: 22-11 (one win vacated by NCAA)
Georgia Tech: 18-15
Georgia State: 9-23

OLE MISS NOTES
• This will be the Eagles' first game played in the state of Mississippi. They are 2-0 all-time against teams from Mississippi, beating Mississippi College in 1992 and Jackson State in 1985, both in Statesboro.

• GS has done well traveling to SEC schools since their final year in FCS (2012):
Nov. 23, 2013 - W at Florida 26-20 (FINAL game as an FCS school)
Nov. 21, 2015 - L (OT) 23-17 at Georgia 

New Places
• Including this week, Georgia Southern has played their first ever games in three states this year: Arkansas, Michigan and now Mississippi.

RECAPPING APP STATE
• Ukeme Eligwe returned a fumble 90 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter. It was the second-longest fumble return in school history (97 yards, Rodney Oglesby vs. Valdosta State, 9/1/90) and was the first fumble return for a touchdown for an Eagle since Caleb Williams returned a fumble 62 yards at Georgia last year. He was named the Sun Belt Defensive Player of the Week for his game.

• The Eagles were held under 100 yards for the first time since Sept. 11, 2010 against Navy.

• It snapped a streak of 72 straight games where GS gained at least 100 yards rushing.

• The 65 yards rushing were the least for a GS team since joining the FBS and the fewest since the 2009 App State game (15).

KICKIN' KOO
• Senior kicker Younghoe Koo kicked a field goal against Appalachian State last week to run his streak of made field goals to 14. His 14 straight extends his school record for consecutive field goals made in a season over previous record-holder Tim Foley's (12 set in 1985).

• The school record for consecutive field goals made is 19, set by Foley. Foley made his last 12 field goals of 1985 and the first seven of 1986.

• Koo is one of three FBS kickers who have not missed a field goal and he's made the most of those three. Tyler Durbin (Ohio St.) is 11 for 11 and Rigoberto Sanchez of Hawaii has made all eight of his kicks.

• Koo (53-yarder at Arkansas State) and Sanchez (55-yarder at Michigan) are the only two of them to connect on a 50-yard field goal. Koo also has two 40-yarders compared to one for Sanchez.

• Koo was named one of 20 semifinalists for the Lou Groza Award.

RUNNING TOWARD SUCCESS
• Since joining the FBS in 2014, are 22-4 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 20-4 when rushing 50 times or more in a game over the past two-plus seasons.

• Additionally, GS is 19-6 when holding the time of possession battle advantage in that span.

MOVIN' UP THE CHARTS
• Kevin Ellison sits is fifth place at GS in career passing yards (2,933) and is 10th in rushing yards (3,098). He passed Chaz Williams for 10th place all-time at GS in the South Alabama game to join Tracy Ham, Greg Hill and Jayson Foster as the only players in the top 10 for both.

• Kevin Ellison sits in fifth place in school history in career passing yards (2,933). He's 271 yards from Kenny Robinson passing fourth place.

• Kevin Ellison has the sixth-most passing completions in GS history with 198.

• Kevin Ellison is 67 passing yards shy of becoming the third Georgia Southern quarterback with 3,000 career passing and 3,000 career rushing yards (Tracy Ham, Greg Hill). He currently has 3,098 rushing yards and 2,933 passing yards.

• BJ Johnson III became the eighth member of the 1,000-yard receiving club at Georgia Southern with his performance at Arkansas State and now has 1,097 career receiving yards. He passed Teddy Craft (1,087) for seventh place with 20 yards receiving against Appalachian State and now needs 206 yards to pass Terrence Sorrell (1,302; 1989-92) for sixth place.

• BJ Johnson III now has 72 career receptions, good for fourth place all-time at Georgia Southern. The senior passed Terrence Sorrell (70) and Corey Joyner (71) with two catches against Appalachian State. He is nine catches away from third all-time at GS (80, Tony Belser; 1985-88).

• Matt Breida has 14 games with 100+ rush yards, which is the ninth most in Georgia Southern history. He's two games from Chaz Williams (eighth) and three from Jerick McKinnon (seventh).