GAME PREVIEW: Eagles Head Out of Conference for Tilt at Army West Point
11/16/2020 11:00:00 AM | Football
Game will be Georgia Southern's first ever in New York
Game 9: Saturday, Nov. 21, 2020 • 12:00 PM
Location: West Point, N.Y. (Michie Stadium; 38,000)
Records:
Army West Point: 6-2
Georgia Southern: 6-2
Broadcast Information
Broadcast: CBS Sports Network
PBP: Ben Holden; Analyst: Ross Tucker; Sidelines: Tina Cervasio
Radio: Georgia Southern Sports Network
PBP: Danny Reed (@GSEaglesVoice); Analyst: Terry Harvin (@TerryHarvin); Sidelines: Russ Brown
GS: GAME NOTES
Inside The Series
Overall: First Meeting
Nuggets You May Want To Consume: This will be the first meeting on the gridiron between Georgia Southern and Army West Point … The game was announced on Aug. 11 after both teams lost games due to COVID-19 … Army West Point head coach Jeff Monken was the head coach at Georgia Southern from 2010-2013, going 36-16 before leaving Statesboro for West Point … Monken led the Eagles to SoCon titles in 2011 and 2012 and to a win over Florida in "The Swamp" in 2013 … Monken hired current GS head coach Chad Lunsford as the wide receivers coach and recruiting coordinator in 2013 … Army offensive coordinator/O-Line coach Brent Davis spent 13 seasons over two stints at Georgia Southern … Army special teams coordinator Sean Saturnio spent two seasons on the staff at GS as the tight ends coach … Saturday's game marks Georgia Southern's third game against one of the United States service academies as the Eagles are 0-2 against Navy … GS has lost 14 of its past 15 non-conference road games dating back to 2014 … This will be Georgia Southern's first football game ever played in the state of New York … Lieutenant General Leslie C. Smith, who currently serves as The Inspector General, Office of the Secretary of the Army, received his commission from Georgia Southern in 1983 as a Field Artillery Officer and graduated from GS in 1985 with a degree in accounting.
Countdown to Kickoff
- 10: Georgia Southern's rushing defense is ranked 10th in the FBS (92.6 ypg) and will face a stiff test against an Army rushing offense ranked second in the FBS (303.4 ypg). The Eagles have allowed just 64 yards net rushing in the past two games combined, the lowest in a two-game stretch in school history.
- 9: Nine of sophomore punter Anthony Beck II's 30 punts have been downed inside the 20-yard line.
- 8: Head coach Chad Lunsford, now in his eighth season in this current stint at Georgia Southern, came back to Statesboro after being hired by Jeff Monken in 2013.
- 7: Georgia Southern has won seven straight regular-season games against non-Power 5, non-conference opponents dating back to 2017.
- 6: Georgia Southern has played six one-possession games this season, winning five of them.
- 5: The Eagles have had an FBS-best five different players post at least one 100-yard rushing game this season: Gerald Green, Wesley Kennedy III, J.D. King, Shai Werts and Logan Wright. Army West Point has had four different players eclipse the century mark.
- 4: Freshman kicker Alex Raynor made a career-high four field goals last week against Texas State, one off the school record. He is 12 for 15 on the season now.
- 3: This will be the third game against one of the United States service academies for Georgia Southern, who has fallen two prior times to Navy.
- 2: Army West Point offensive coordinator Brent Davis had two stints as an assistant coach for Georgia Southern, first from 1997-2005 and then 2010-2013.
- 1: This will be Georgia Southern's first football game played in the state of New York.
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