GAME PREVIEW: Georgia Southern Set to Battle at the Beach
10/19/2020 11:00:00 AM | Football
Eagles take on No. 25 Coastal Carolina on Saturday
Game 5: Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020 • 12 PM
Location: Conway, S.C. (Brooks Stadium; 20,000)
Records:
#25 Coastal Carolina: 4-1, 2-0 SBC
Georgia Southern: 3-1, 1-1 SBC
Broadcast Information
Broadcast: ESPNU
PBP: Courtney Lyle; Analyst: Rene Ingoglia
Radio: Georgia Southern Sports Network
PBP: Danny Reed (@GSEaglesVoice); Analyst: Terry Harvin (@TerryHarvin); Sidelines: Russ Brown
GS: GAME NOTES (PDF)
Inside The Series
Overall: Seventh Meeting (GS leads, 5-1 • 2-0 Home; 3-1 Away)
Current Streak: GS, Won 2
Last Meeting: Oct. 19, 2019 (W, 30-27, 3OT) - Allen E. Paulson Stadium | Statesboro, Ga.
Facts Maybe Only We Find Interesting: This will be the seventh football meeting between Georgia Southern and Coastal Carolina in a series that dates back to 2006 … The Eagles lead the series 5-1 after winning last year's game in Statesboro, 30-27 in triple overtime … In 2018, the last time the two teams met in Conway, Georgia Southern won 41-17 … 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, school-record 6 TDs) and Lamar Lewis (206) … The Eagles are 66-25 against teams from the Palmetto State and 27-23 in games played in South Carolina … The Eagles have 13 players from South Carolina … The Chanticleers are the newest members of the Sun Belt, having joined fully in 2017 … As Sun Belt members, GS leads the series, 2-1 … Georgia Southern has won 10 straight games in the month of October dating back to 2018 with the last loss coming to Troy in 2017 … Georgia Southern is one of just six FBS schools currently scheduled to play a 12-game slate, joining Texas State, Troy, ULM, UTEP and UTSA.
Countdown to Kickoff
- 10: Georgia Southern has won 10 straight games in the month of October dating back to 2018. The program's last loss in October came to Troy in 2017.
- 9: Shai Werts is currently ninth on the FBS active career rushing list with 2,660 yards, which is also the most among all current FBS quarterbacks.
- 8: After last week's shutout against UMass, GS has now won all eight games under Chad Lunsford when allowing less than 14 points.
- 7: This will be the seventh football meeting between Georgia Southern and Coastal Carolina.
- 6: Jayson Foster scored a school-record six rushing touchdowns in the 2007 win at Coastal Carolina.
- 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 Anthony Wilson (Columbia).
- 4: Georgia Southern has had a 100-yard rusher in each of its first four games.
- 3: Saturday will be quarterback Shai Werts' 40th career start, making him just one of three Eagles in the modern era to start 40 or more games behind or under center. Tracy Ham (1982-86) started 53 games and Raymond Gross (1987-90) started 52.
- 2: Wesley Kennedy III scored two rushing touchdowns, including the walk-off winner, on 117 yards rushing against the Chanticleers in last year's triple overtime win.
- 1: True freshman Jalen Jackson made his first career start against UMass, coming at outside linebacker.
Up Next:
Oct. 29 vs. South Alabama - Statesboro
