HUNTINGTON, W.Va. — Highlighted by a record-setting day from Camden Brown, the Georgia Southern football team closed out the regular season with one of its grittiest performances of the year, piling up more than 500 yards of offense and controlling the ball for nearly 42 minutes in a 24–19 road win at Marshall on Saturday at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. 

Georgia Southern (6–6, 4–4 Sun Belt) set the tone early with a fast start. Freshman quarterback Weston Bryan led the first scoring drive, capping a 75-yard march with a 33-yard touchdown strike to senior Marcus Sanders Jr. to give the Eagles a 7–3 lead. GS doubled that advantage late in the first quarter when JC French IV found Brown on a 14-yard touchdown that finished off a 13-play, 81-yard drive. The Eagles outgained Marshall 159 to 46 in the opening period and carried a 14–3 lead into the second quarter.

Marshall trimmed the margin with a short field goal before halftime, but the Eagles responded again when French opened the second half with a sharp touchdown drive. The junior quarterback connected with Brown for the second time on a 12-yard pass that pushed the lead to 21–6. Brown delivered one of the top individual performances of the season with nine catches for 157 yards and two touchdowns, while Sanders Jr. added eight receptions for 135 yards and a score as GS receivers consistently won one-on-one battles. Brown broke the school record for receiving yards in a season and became the first player in school history to surpass the 1,000-yard mark in receiving yards.

Tripp Bryant added a 24-yard field goal in the third quarter after another methodical drive, extending the Eagles' lead to 24–6. By that point, Georgia Southern had forced Marshall into long fields all afternoon and continued to dictate the pace behind a run game that totaled 173 yards and an offense that produced 31 first downs.

Marshall managed a late push, scoring once late in the third quarter and again with 2:19 remaining on a deep ball to cut the deficit to 24–19, but the Eagles recovered the onside kick, and Bryan rumbled several times for a first down to close it out. 

French completed 24 of 37 passes for 313 yards and two touchdowns while adding 51 rushing yards. Bryan went 2 for 2 for 42 yards and a score and added 23 yards on the ground. Freshman running backs Taeo Todd and Bryce Baker combined for 102 rushing yards, giving Georgia Southern a balanced attack throughout the game.

Defensively, the Eagles got key efforts from Justin Meyers, who led the team with eight tackles, and Ayden Jackson, who recorded an interception that set up favorable field position. GS also registered eight quarterback hurries and five pass breakups, consistently disrupting Marshall's passing game.

Georgia Southern finished with 528 total yards compared to Marshall's 372 and held the ball for more than 41 minutes, one of its most dominant time of possession performances of the season.

The Eagles now await their postseason destination after securing bowl eligibility for the fourth straight year and closing the regular season with one of their most complete offensive outings of 2025.