GAME PREVIEW: GS Heads West For Non-Conference Action
10/15/2018 1:00:00 PM | Football
Eagles looking to become bowl eligible at New Mexico State
Game 7: Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018 • 6 PM (ET)
Location: Las Cruces, New Mexico (Aggie Memorial Stadium; 30,343)
Records:
Georgia Southern: 5-1, 3-0 Sun Belt
New Mexico State: 2-5
Broadcast Information
Broadcast: AggieVision
PBP: Adam Young; Analyst: Danny Knee
Radio: Georgia Southern Sports Network
PBP: Danny Reed; Analyst: Terry Harvin; Sidelines: Russ Brown
GS: GAME NOTES (PDF)
GAME DAY PAGE
Inside The Series
Overall: Fifth Meeting (GS leads, 3-1) • 1-1 Home; 2-0 Away
Current Streak: NMSU, Won 1
Last Meeting: Oct. 14, 2017 (L, 27-35) - Allen E. Paulson Stadium | Statesboro, Ga.
Facts Maybe Only We Find Interesting: Georgia Southern leads the all-time series with New Mexico State 3-1 … Last year, the Aggies picked up their first win in the series with 35-27 win in Statesboro … The last time the two teams played in Las Cruces, Kevin Ellison rushed for 117 yards and threw for 101 yards as the Eagles topped NMSU 22-19 … Georgia Southern has lost its last 12 road non-conference games since shocking Florida 26-20 in The Swamp to end the 2013 season … The Eagles have yet to win a road non-conference game as a member of the FBS, which they joined in 2014 … The two schools will play again next year on Oct. 26 in Statesboro … Over an 11-day span, Georgia Southern will travel a combined 5,410 miles round-trip via bus or plane as they travel to Texas State and New Mexico State … This is the longest back-to-back road trip for the Eagles since playing in Reno, Nevada, and Spokane, Washington, in the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA Playoffs … A win by the Eagles makes them bowl eligible for the second time in program history.
Countdown to Kickoff
10: Ten different Eagle players have at least one career interception.
9: Georgia Southern has forced a turnover in nine consecutive games and is +11 on the season in turnover margin.
8: Punter Magill Bauerle punted eight times against Texas State, pinning the Bobcats inside the 20-yard line three times.
7: Kicker Tyler Bass has made all seven of his field goal attempts this season, including three of 40 yards or longer.
6: Junior cornerback Monquavion Brinson leads the Eagles with six pass break ups.
5: Georgia Southern has won the opening coin toss in five of its six games.
4: Logan Hunt already has four sacks in five games played after recording five all of last season in 12 games.
3: Of the nine teams in the FBS to already improve on their win total from a year ago, the Eagles are one of three teams to already improve on theirs by a nation-leading three games (Hawaii, Baylor).
2: A win would make Georgia Southern bowl eligible for the second time in program history.
1: NMSU picked up its first win in the series last year with a 35-27 victory in Statesboro, but GS still leads the series 2-1.
