GAME PREVIEW: Eagles Look to Get Back to Winning Ways
11/5/2018 1:00:00 PM | Football
Division-leading Troy comes to town for Senior Day
Game 10: Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018 • 1:05 PM (ET)
Location: Statesboro, Ga. (Allen E. Paulson Stadium; 25,000)
Records:
Georgia Southern: 7-2, 4-1 Sun Belt
Troy: 7-2, 5-0 Sun Belt
Broadcast Information
Broadcast: ESPN+
PBP: Greg Talbott; Analyst: Danny Waugh
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: Eighteenth Meeting (Troy leads, 11-6 [6-3 in modern era]) • 3-6 Home (3-2 modern); 3-5 Away (3-1 modern)
Current Streak: Troy, Won 1
Last Meeting: Oct. 27, 2017 (L, 16-38) - Veterans Memorial Stadium | Troy, Ala.
Facts Maybe Only We Find Interesting: Georgia Southern and Troy have met 17 times on the gridiron with the Trojans holding an 11-6 lead in the series that dates back to 1934, although that number is a little misleading … Since Georgia Southern re-started its football program for the 1982 season, the Eagles are 6-3 against Troy, winning four of the past five … The two teams played every year from 1934-1941 with the Trojans winning all eight contests … Outside linebackers coach Jeremy Rowell spent 15 seasons at Troy, including the final six as the defensive coordinator … From 2006-2010, the Trojans won the Sun Belt Conference title outright or shared the title each of those five seasons … Rowell also led Troy to a 19-3 regular season record as a starting quarterback in 1994 and 1995 … GS will recognize 16 seniors before Saturday's final scheduled home game … The Eagles have won six straight games at home dating back to last year's Senior Day win over South Alabama and will be looking for their 13th undefeated home season at Paulson Stadium, the first since 2014.
What's At Stake
While Georgia Southern dropped a game at ULM last Saturday, it still controls its own destiny in terms of the Sun Belt Conference Championship. If the Eagles win their final three games (Troy, Coastal Carolina, Georgia State), they will win the East via a tiebreaker over Troy or Appalachian State, who play each other in the finale. Not only would they win the East, but the Eagles would host to title game on Dec. 1 based on a better conference record than the West Division winner, which already has two losses. A loss to Troy almost assuredly eliminates the Eagles from contention. But at 7-2, the Eagles are still bowl eligible and looking for a great postseason slot.
Countdown to Kickoff
10: Corner Monquavion Brinson leads the Eagles with 10 pass breakups and has 25 for his career.
9: Nine different players have recorded a fumble recovery this season as the Eagles are +20 in the turnover margin.
8: Troy won all eight contests in the series between 1934-1941.
7: Wesley Fields has scored seven total touchdowns this season, one off his personal best of eight which he scored as a freshman in 2015.
6: Georgia Southern has won six consecutive home games, its longest streak since 2014-2015 (six).
5: After giving up 10 sacks in the first eight games combined, GS gave up five sacks to ULM alone last week.
4: Georgia Southern has won four of the past five games in the series against the Trojans.
3: Eagles' outside linebackers coach Jeremy Rowell lost just three games as Troy's starting quarterback in 1994 and 1995.
2: GS has won its past two Senior Day games, and eight of the past nine such contests.
1: Last year's game against Troy was Chad Lunsford's first game as the Eagles' interim head coach.
Senior Day
Georgia Southern will honor 16 players on Senior Day before Saturday's game. They are, in alphabetical order:
LaBaron Anthony
Kado Brown
Ian Bush
Deshon Cooper
Jeremiah Culbreth
Jake Edwards
Wesley Fields
Sean Freeman
Monteo Garrett
Drake Grall
Logan Hunt
Joshua Moon
Curtis Rainey
Tomarcio Reese
Ellis Richardson
Parker Williams
