GAME PREVIEW: Battle of the Birds Set For Saturday

STATESBORO - The Georgia Southern football team will take its first road trip of the season when travels to Boca Raton to take on Florida Atlantic. Kickoff is set for 3:30 p.m. on Saturday and will be broadcast by Stadium. 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. 11, 2021 • 3:30 PM
Location: Boca Raton, Fla. (FAU Stadium; 29,495)

Records:
FAU: 0-1, 0-0 Conference USA
Georgia Southern: 1-0, 0-0 SBC

Broadcast Information
Broadcast: Stadium
PBP: TBA; Analyst: TBA

Radio: Georgia Southern Sports Network
PBP: Danny Reed (@GSEaglesVoice); Analyst: Terry Harvin (@TerryHarvin); Sidelines: Russ Brown
Radio Affiliaties

GS: GAME NOTES (PDF)

Inside The Series
Overall: Second Meeting (GS leads, 1-0) • 1-0 Home; 0-0 Away
Current Streak: GS, Won 1
Last Meeting: 2020, GS won 20-3 - Paulson Stadium | Statesboro, Ga.
Of Note:

This will be the second meeting between Georgia Southern and FAU. Last season, the two teams were scheduled to play on Sept. 19, but the game was pushed back to Dec. 12 due to COVID issues within the Owls' program. Khaleb Hood's 49-yard punt return for a score and Alex Raynor's two field goals sparked a 20-3 win for Georgia Southern at Paulson Stadium.
Georgia Southern is 17-9 all-time against current teams from Conference USA after beating FAU and Louisiana Tech (New Orleans Bowl) last season. The last time Georgia Southern played at a current C-USA stadium was in 2012 at Old Dominion, a 49-35 win in the FCS Quarterfinals.
The last road game for the Eagles at a Florida school was against the University of Florida in 2013, a 26-20 victory for the Eagles in The Swamp.
Georgia Southern has 17 players on its roster from the state of Florida.

Countdown to Kickoff

10: Ten Georgia Southern players in this week's projected two-deep are from Florida. The Eagles have 17 players in all from the state of Florida.
9: Freshman kicker Britton Williams scored nine points off field goals last week, including a 49-yarder on his first collegiate attempt.
8: Georgia Southern has lost just eight times in 23 tries when playing a game in the Sunshine State.
7: Freshman Cam Ransom completed the first seven attempts of his career, including a 17-yard touchdown pass on his first official collegiate play, against Gardner-Webb before his first incompletion.
6: Six true freshman saw action in the opener last week against Gardner-Webb.
5: Georgia Southern averaged 5.6 yards per carry (65-365) in last week's win over Gardner-Webb.
4: This will be just the fourth time under Chad Lunsford the Eagles will play on natural grass in 47 games. Georgia Southern has lost its previous three games on grass, the last being in the 2019 Cure Bowl at Orlando's Exploria Stadium.
3: FAU managed just three points in its trip to Paulson Stadium last season, coming on a 26-yard field goal from Vladimir Rivas late in the third quarter.
2: This will be the second football meeting between Georgia Southern and FAU. The Eagles downed the Owls last season in Statesboro, 20-3.
1: This will be the Eagles' first trip to the south Florida area for a football game since 2004 when they beat Florida International 53-32 at FIU Stadium.

Up Next:
Sept. 18 at Arkansas - Fayetteville, Ark. - 3:00 p.m. (CT)/4:00 p.m. (ET)

Schedule

Players Mentioned

Khaleb Hood

Cam Ransom

Alex Raynor

Britton Williams

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