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The Georgia Southern football team, now on a three-game winning streak, looks to continue its winning ways this Thursday as it travels to Boone, North Carolina, to take on No. 20 Appalachian State at Kidd Brewer Stadium. Kickoff is set for 8:02 p.m. and will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU. 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 8: Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 • 8:02 PM 
Location: Boone, N.C. (Kidd Brewer Stadium; 30,000)

Records:
#20 Appalachian State: 7-0, 4-0 SBC
Georgia Southern: 4-3, 2-1 SBC

Broadcast Information
Broadcast: ESPNU 
PBP: Mike Corey; Analyst: Rene Ingoglia

Radio: Georgia Southern Sports Network
PBP: Danny Reed; Analyst: Terry Harvin; Sidelines: Russ Brown

GS: GAME NOTES
APP: GAME NOTES
GAME DAY PAGE

Inside The Series
Overall: 35th Meeting (App State leads, 19-14-1) • 10-6 Home; 4-13-1 Away
Current Streak: GS, Won 1
Last Meeting: Oct. 25, 2018 (W, 34-14) - Allen E. Paulson Stadium | Statesboro, Ga.

Facts Maybe Only We Find Interesting: Georgia Southern and App State have met 34 previous times with the Mountaineers holding a 19-14-1 lead in a series that dates back to 1932 … App State has won six of the past eight games played … GS has lost five games in a row at Kidd Brewer Stadium dating back to 2007 … The Eagles  have been outscored 169-66 during that span and are just 4-11 all-time at "The Rock" … GS knocked off No. 25 App last year at home 34-14 for its first win ever against a ranked opponent … This will be the sixth straight GS/ASU contest played on a Thursday night … The two schools battled as members of the Southern Conference from 1993-2013 … GS is 8-5 all-time in games played on Thursdays … The Eagles are 6-4 all-time on short rest (less than seven days) and are 3-0 all-time on Halloween … Georgia Southern head coach Chad Lunsford spent two seasons on the staff at App State as a tight ends coach (2001-2002) and GS defensive coordinator Scot Sloan was at App State from 2010-17 … This will be the 24th time in 28 meetings since 1993 that at least one of the two teams are ranked nationally (FCS or FBS) for the game …Twelve of those times, the lower ranked or unranked team won the game, including last year … The teams have played every year since 1993, including twice in 2001 … The 34 games played makes App Georgia Southern's most-played opponent in program history … Georgia Southern is the last team to beat App State as the Mountaineers have won 13 in a row.

Countdown to Kickoff
10: Kindle Vildor now has eight career interceptions, the 10th-highest total in program history.
9: Georgia Southern and Appalachian State combined to win nine FCS (I-AA) national championships.
8: The Eagles have won eight games on Thursday, most recently with a 20-17, double overtime win at South Alabama on Oct. 3 of this year.
7: Junior Shai Werts needs 67 yards rushing to become the seventh player in Georgia Southern football history to rack up 2,000 yards passing and 2,000 yards rushing in a career.
6: Georgia Southern is the only FBS program that has six different players who have recorded a 100-yard rushing game this season: Wesley Kennedy III, J.D. King, Matt LaRoche, Justin Tomlin, Shai Werts and Logan Wright.
5: Georgia Southern has lost five straight games at Kidd Brewer Stadium dating back to 2007 and has been outscored 169-66 during that span.
4: The Eagles have four non-offensive touchdowns this season, the most since 2011.
3: Wesley Kennedy III scored a career-high three touchdowns last week against New Mexico State, two on the ground and one via punt return.
2: The Eagles scored touchdowns on offense, defense and special teams against NMSU, marking the second time this season they have done that (Minnesota).
1: Last year's victory over No. 25 Appalachian State was the program's first win over a ranked team in program history.

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