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The Georgia Southern football team is slated to open its home portion of the 2019 schedule on Saturday, hosting sixth-ranked Maine of the FCS at Allen E. Paulson Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. 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 2: Saturday, Sept. 7, 2019 • 6:05 PM
Location: Statesboro, Ga. (Allen E. Paulson Stadium; 25,000)

Records:
#6 Maine: 1-0, 0-0 CAA
Georgia Southern: 0-1, 0-0 Sun Belt

Broadcast Information
Broadcast: ESPN+
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
UMAINE: GAME NOTES
GAME DAY PAGE

Inside The Series
Overall: Fourth Meeting
Current Streak: GS, won 3
Last Meeting: Nov. 28, 2011 (W, 35 - 23) - NCAA FCS Round of 16 [Statesboro]
Facts Maybe Only We Find Interesting: This will be the fourth football meeting between Maine and Georgia Southern, the first non-playoff meeting as the previous three all came in NCAA I-AA/FCS Playoffs and were played in Statesboro at Paulson Stadium … The first meeting came in 1987 in the Round of 16 with the Eagles winning 31-28 … The second meeting came in 2002 in the quarterfinals with the Eagles rolling to a 31-7 win … The last meeting came in 2011 in the quarterfinal round with GS taking a 35-23 win after the Eagles held the ball for 42:24 … GS has a 26-10 record against current members of the CAA … GS has won 22 straight games at home against non-conference opponents (including vacated wins and FCS Playoff games) dating back to a Nov. 18, 2006 OT loss to end the season to Central Arkansas … GS has won 11 of its past 12 home openers and is 28-7-1 all-time in home openers, including 28-6 at Paulson Stadium … This will be the first time GS has played back-to-back ranked teams since 2012 when it played No. 54 Old Dominion and No. 1 North Dakota State in the final two rounds of the FCS Playoffs …The last FCS ranked team Georgia Southern played was No. 16 Wofford in 2013.

Countdown to Kickoff
10: The Eagles have won their last 10 games when winning the rushing battle.
9: The Georgia Southern defense features nine players who have at least 10 collegiate starts under their belts.
8: The Eagles have played eight programs who are current members of the Colonial Athletic Association, posting a combined 27-10 record. 
7: Rashad Byrd posted 16 tackles at LSU, seven higher than his previous career high of nine last year at Clemson. Included in those 16 stops last Saturday were 3.5 tackles for loss.
6: Georgia Southern has lost just six of 34 previous home openers at Allen E. Paulson Stadium, which opened in 1984.
5: Five true freshmen - Chase Hancock, Verneal Henshaw Jr., Khaleb Hood, Treun Pace and AJ Watkins - saw the field for the Eagles at LSU last week.
4: The Eagles have won their past four games decided by 10 points or less: 2018 Eastern Michigan (2), 2018 Texas State (2), 2018 Arkansas State (7) and 2017 Louisiana (10).
3: All three previous meetings between Georgia Southern and Maine in football were played in Statesboro and in the I-AA/FCS Playoffs.
2: Anthony Beck II's 74-yard punt at LSU last week was the second-longest in school history, coming up one yard short of Kenny Worob's 75-yard against The Citadel in 1995.
1: The Eagles have lost just one home opener in the past 12 seasons, coming in 2017 to Arkansas State.

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