GAME PREVIEW: Eagles and Chanticleers Set to Battle in Key SBC Game
10/14/2019 11:00:00 AM | Football
Game critical in deciding Sun Belt East
The Georgia Southern football team will return home to Allen E. Paulson Stadium for a key Sun Belt Conference matchup against Coastal Carolina. Kickoff is set for 3:05 p.m. and will be broadcast online on ESPN3. The game will also be available via radio on the Georgia Southern Sports Network. Here's all you need to know about the game:
Game 6: Saturday, Oct. 19, 2019 • 3:05 PM
Location: Statesboro, Ga. (Allen E. Paulson Stadium; 25,000)
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Records:
Coastal Carolina: 3-3, 0-2 Sun Belt
Georgia Southern: 2-3, 1-1 Sun Belt
Broadcast Information
Broadcast: ESPN3 (Online)
PBP: Greg Talbott; Analyst: Danny Waugh; Sidelines: Amy Zimmer
Radio: Georgia Southern Sports Network
PBP: Danny Reed; Analyst: Terry Harvin; Sidelines: Russ Brown
GS: GAME NOTES
CCU: GAME NOTES
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GAME DAY ROSTERS
Inside The Series
Overall: Sixth Meeting (GS leads, 4-1 • 1-0 Home; 3-1 Away)
Current Streak: GS, Won 1
Last Meeting: Nov. 17, 2018 (W, 41-17) - Brooks Stadium | Conway, S.C.
Facts Maybe Only We Find Interesting: This will be the sixth football meeting between Georgia Southern and Coastal Carolina in a series that dates back to 2006 … The Eagles lead the series 4-1 after winning last year's game in Conway, 41-17 … The first matchup in the series came in 2006 when the 24th-ranked Eagles took down the Chanticleers 38-21 in Paulson Stadium … 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 Lamar 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 … The Eagles are 65-25 against teams from the Palmetto State … GS has won six of its past eight games off a true bye week and is 9-3 in such games since 2011 … Players from the state of Georgia make up over 20 percent of CCU's roster while the Eagles have 12 players from South Carolina … The Chanticleers are the newest members of the Sun Belt, having joined fully in 2017 … The two teams have split a pair of games as Sun Belt members.
10: The Eagles' win over USA marked the first time in 10 situations under Chad Lunsford where the Eagles won after trailing going to the fourth quarter. GS trailed 14-10 and rallied to win 20-17 in double overtime.
9: The Thursday night win at South Alabama was just the Eagles' second win in nine tries when playing on the road and on ESPNU. The other came last year at Texas State.
8: Quarterback Shai Werts posted his eighth career 100-yard rushing game with his 102-yard effort at USA.
7: Kindle Vildor's two pass break ups at South Alabama gave him 21 for his career, putting him in a tie for seventh place all-time at GS with Carson Hill.
6: Jayson Foster scored a school-record six rushing touchdowns in the 2007 win over Coastal Carolina at Brooks Stadium.
5: Georgia Southern has five potential positional starters from the state of South Carolina: quarterback Shai Werts (Clinton), offensive tackle Drew Wilson (Bamberg), defensive end Raymond Johnson III (Sumter), linebacker Rashad Byrd (North Augusta) and safety Donald Rutledge Jr. (Sumter).
4: Georgia Southern is one of five FBS programs nationwide with four different 100-yard rushers on the season, joining Houston, Louisiana, South Carolina and Wyoming for the national lead.
3: For the third time in program history, the GS defense allowed just four first downs in a game when it did it against South Alabama.
2: While this will be the sixth meeting between Georgia Southern and Coastal Carolina, it will be only the second to be played in Statesboro and at Allen E. Paulson Stadium.
1: Both teams have won one game since CCU joined the Sun Belt for the 2017 season.
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