Georgia Southern will travel to Conway, South Carolina, on Saturday to take on Coastal Carolina University in Sun Belt action at Brooks Stadium. The game will kick at 1 p.m. and will be broadcast online by ESPN3.
Here's all you need to know about the game:
Game 12: Saturday, Dec. 2, 2017 • 1:05 PM
Location: Conway, S.C. (Brooks Stadium; 15,000)
Records:
Georgia Southern: 2-9, 2-5 Sun Belt
Coastal Carolina: 2-9, 1-6 Sun Belt
Broadcast Information
Online: ESPN3/ESPN App
PBP: Stan Lewter;
Analyst: Jeff McCarrgher
Radio: Georgia Southern Sports Network
PBP: Danny Reed;
Analyst: Terry Harvin;
Sidelines: Russ Brown
GS: GAME NOTES (PDF)
CCU: GAME NOTES (PDF)
The Series
• This will be the fourth football meeting between Georgia Southern and Coastal Carolina in a series that dates back to 2006.
• The Eagles lead the series 3-0 and have won both games played in Conway.
• The first matchup in the series came in 2006 when the 24th-ranked Eagles took down the Chanticleers 38-21 in Paulson Stadium. Lamar Lewis and Chris Covington combined for 303 rushing yards and a pair of scores in the win.
• In 2007, GS went to Brooks Stadium and came away with a 42-34 win behind a combined 459 yards rushing from Jayson Foster (253) and Lewis (206). Foster went wild, scoring a school-record six rushing touchdowns in the win. The Eagles returned to South Carolina in 2010 and downed the Chanticleers 43-26.
Moving Up The Charts
• Senior running back L.A. Ramsby needs two rushing yards to pass Gerald Harris and move into 12th place all-time at Georgia Southern in career rushing yards. He enters the Coastal Carolina game with 2,378 career rushing yards.
• Ramsby also has 38 career rushing scores, moving past current San Francisco 49er rookie Matt Breida (37) for ninth place at GS. Hall of Famer Tracy Ham is eighth with 41.
• Senior punter Matt Flynn is tied for sixth all-time in GS history in most career punts with 127 and is sixth in most career punt yards (5,018). He's 320 yards from passing Scott Shelton for fifth place in career yards. His 63 punts this season are the third most in school history. He also has 2,501 punting yards this season, the fourth most in school history.
• Myles Campbell's 34 kickoff returns are tied for the third most in a single season at GS and his 743 yards on the returns are the fifth most in school history. His 950 kickoff return yards are the fifth most in progam history.
History in the Making
• Redshirt freshman quarterback Shai Werts has enjoyed quite the rookie campaign, starting 10 of the Eagles' 11 games. He's caught fire of late, earning Sun Belt Offensive Player of the Week after leading the Eagles to a 52-0 win over South Alabama.
• The Clinton, South Carolina, native returns to his home state on Saturday to take on Coastal Carolina with 872 passing yards, the second-most in program history by a freshman, and needing 15 yards to set a new school record. Hall of Famer Tracy Ham holds the school record for freshman passing yards with 886 yards in 1983.
• Werts enters the final game of the season with 1,486 yards of total offense (872 pass, 614 rush) and needs just 157 yards to break the freshman record for total offense in a season by a quarterback. Kevin Ellison holds the record with 1,642 yards (886 run, 756 pass) set in 2013.
• Adrian Peterson holds the school's freshman record for total offense with 1,932 rushing yards in 1998.
A New Rivalry Is Born
• With the two schools located just four hours apart, Georgia Southern and Coastal Carolina have a few players who played together in high school:
• Eric Montgomery (GS) and Omar Black (CCU) - Hillgrove (GA) HS
• R.J. and Malik Murray, Cam Brown and Josh Johnson (GS) and Chance Thrasher (CCU) - Peachtree Ridge (GA) HS
• Brandon Holley (GS) and Jack Franklin (CCU) - Mill Creek (GA) HS
• Raymond Johnson III (GS) and Ky'Jon Tyler (CCU) - Sumter (SC) HS
• Dexter Carter Jr. and Kevin Ackerman (GS) and E.J. Porter (CCU) - The Bolles (FL) School
• Logan Wright (GS) and Brayden Matts (CCU) - Sandalwood (FL) HS
Countdown to Kickoff
10: Since joining the FBS in 2014, GS has lost just 10 times in 35 games when it's outrushed its opponent.
9: Malik Henry leads the Eagles with 18 receptions despite playing in only nine of the team's 11 games.
8: The cornerback duo of Monquavion Brinson (5) and Kindle Vildor (3) have a combined eight interceptions this season.
7: Georgia Southern broke a seven-game losing streak dating back to last season with its win last week at Louisiana.
6: Jayson Foster scored a school-record six rushing touchdowns in the 2007 win over CCU at Brooks Stadium.
5: Wesley Fields and L.A. Ramsby have both rushed for a team-high five touchdowns this season.
4: Georgia Southern is ranked fourth in the country in average time of possession (34:13).
3: Tyler Bass attempted a career-high three field goals at Louisiana last week.
2: L.A. Ramby needs two rushing yards to move into 12th place all-time at Georgia Southern.
1: The Georgia Southern defense has allowed just one rushing touchdown over the past two games, wins over South Alabama and Louisiana.