GAME PREVIEW: Eagles Set For Big Battle With Arkansas State
11/18/2019 11:20:00 AM | Football
Both teams still in the hunt for division titles
The Georgia Southern football team hits the road one last tim ein the regular season this Saturday when it travels to Jonesboro, Arkansas, to take on Arkansas State at Centennial Bank Stadium. Kickoff is set for 2:05 p.m. local time/3:05 p.m. Eastern and will be broadcast online through ESPN+. 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 11: Saturday, Nov. 23, 2019 • 2:05 PM (CT)/3:05 PM (ET)
Location: Jonesboro, Ark. (Centennial Bank Stadium; 30,964)
Records:
Arkansas State: 6-4, 4-2 SBC
Georgia Southern: 6-4, 4-2 SBC
Broadcast Information
Broadcast: ESPN+ (online)
PBP: Roger Twibell; Analyst: Pete Cordelli; Sidelines: Miya Garrett
Radio: Georgia Southern Sports Network
PBP: Danny Reed; Analyst: Terry Harvin; Sidelines: Russ Brown
GS: GAME NOTES
A-STATE: GAME NOTES
GAME DAY PAGE
Inside The Series
Overall: Fifth Meeting (Series tied, 2-2) • 1-1 Home; 0-1 Away; 1-0 Neutral
Current Streak: GS, Won 1
Last Meeting: Sept. 29, 2018 (W, 28-21) - Allen E. Paulson Stadium | Statesboro, Ga.
Facts Maybe Only We Find Interesting: This will be the fifth overall meeting between the teams, with the first coming in the 1986 I-AA Championship Game which the Eagles won 48-21 for their second straight national title … In that game, quarterback Tracy Ham rushed for 180 yards and three touchdowns and completed 12-of-21 passes for 306 yards and another score … Ham is now the senior associate athletic director for external operations at GS … Last year, Wesley Kennedy III scored on a 47-yard reverse with 19 seconds left to lift the Eagles to a 28-21 win … The last time the two teams played in Jonesboro, A-State pulled out the 27-26 win after Justin Hansen hit Omar Bayless on an 8-yard touchdown pass with 9 seconds left despite the Eagle defense forcing five turnovers … GS has only played two teams from the Natural State (A-State/Central Arkansas) with an overall record of 3-3 … Two of the six meetings against Arkansas schools have been contested within the FCS Playoffs with GS going 2-0 in those games … Georgia Southern has played five one-possession games (eight points or less), winning four of them … Georgia Southern and Arkansas State are two of the five Sun Belt Conference teams that are bowl eligible.
10: Only 10 out of a possible 22 position starters have started all 10 games this year. Two of them are on offense (Drew Wilson and Colby Ransom) while the other eight are on defense.
9: Junior Shai Werts' 17 career wins as the Eagles' starting quarterback rank him ninth all-time at Georgia Southern.
8: Tyler Bass is eight field goals away from tying the school record for career field goals. Adrian Mora had 57 field goals for the Eagles and Bass enters this game with 49.
7: The Eagles have used seven different combinations in 10 games along the starting offensive line this season.
6: Only six Georgia Southern players who saw action in the 2016 game at Centennial Bank Stadium remain on the 2019 roster.
5: Georgia Southern forced five turnovers the last time the Eagles played at Arkansas State, in 2016, but scored just three points off those turnovers.
4: The Eagles have played five one-possession games (eight points or less), winning four of them. North Carolina leads the FBS with nine one-possession games.
3: Georgia Southern has scored in all three phases of the game three times this season: at Minnesota, against New Mexico State and against ULM.
2: Both teams have won two games in the series after the Eagles won last year in Statesboro, 28-21.
1: The Eagles have played only one game in the state of Arkansas, a 27-26 loss to Arkansas State in 2016.
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Georgia State - Saturday, Nov. 30 | Senior Day
Allen E. Paulson Stadium; TBA
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