GAME PREVIEW: The Eagles host the Thundering Herd

After a week off, the Georgia Southern football team returns home Saturday for a conference game against Marshall at Allen E. Paulson Stadium/Evans Family Field. Kickoff is scheduled for 8:05 p.m. and will be broadcast nationally on ESPNU and streamed on the ESPN app. The game will also be broadcast on Georgia Southern Sports Network radio. Here's everything you need to know about the game:

IMPORTANT LINKS
WHITE OUT – Wear white
Looking for a cure
Hall of Fame

IMPORTANT LINKS
Tickets
Game Day Guide (PDF) – includes stadium and park maps
Clear Bag Policy (PDF)

Game 6: Saturday, October 12, 2024 • 8 p.m
Location: Statesboro, Georgia (Allen E. Paulson Stadium/Evans Family Field; 25,000)

Records:
Marshall: 3-2, 1-0 SBC
Georgia Southern: 3-2, 1-0 SBC

Information about the shipment
Broadcast: ESPNU
PBP: Lowell Galindo; Analyst: Fozzie Whittaker

Radio: Georgia Southern Sports Network
PBP: Danny Reed (@GSEaglesVoice); Analyst: Terry Harvin (@TerryHarvin); Supporting actors: Frank Sulkowski and Anthony Beck II

Radio partner (PDF)

GS: GAME NOTES (PDF)

In the series

Overall balance: Marshall leads 6-2

In Statesboro: MU leads 3-1

In Huntington: MU leads 3-1

Huff vs GS: 2:0

Helton vs. MU: 0-2

Helton vs. Huff: Huff leads 2-0

Current series: MU, won six (1993-)

Last meeting: MU 38, GS 33 (2023)

Longest GS route: Two (1989-90)

Longest MU streak Six (since 1993)

Biggest GS win: 32 points (1989 at Statesboro)

Biggest MU win: 30 points (1995 at Huntington)

GS vs. current Sun Belt members: 71-70-1

GS vs. West Virginia teams: 4-7

GS in the state of Georgia: 232-67-1

GS at Allen E. Paulson Stadium: 215-50

Helton at Paulson Stadium: 10-4

To note:

• Marshall leads the series with Georgia Southern 6-2. The Eagles won the first two games (1989, 1990), but the Thundering Herd have won the last six (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2022, 2023) to take the series lead.
• Both teams have been ranked in the I-AA Top 25 poll in five of the last eight games, including three times when Marshall was ranked No. 1 in the country.
• Marshall leads the series with the Eagles in Statesboro 3-1, but MU has actually played five games at Allen E. Paulson Stadium. The Thundering Herd lost to Youngstown State in the 1991 NCAA Division I-AA National Championship Game in Statesboro.
• Eight members of the Eagle Nation will be inducted into the Georgia Southern Athletics Hall of Fame this weekend: Leonard Bevill (fan), Caroline Bevillard (swimming and diving), Matt Easterday (baseball), Darryl Hopkins (football), Andreas Koth (men's tennis) . ), Jerick McKinnon (football), Kellie Mitchell John (women's track and field) and the late Mike Sanders (fan).
• Georgia Southern will wear a white-on-white combination at home for the second time in program history. The other time came in 2020 against UMass, when the Minutemen struggled to deliver their road uniforms on time during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Countdown to kickoff
10: Gavin Stewarts Georgia State's 53-yard field goal is tied 10– longest in program history. It was also the longest kick ever made by a kicker Clay Helton at USC or Southern.
9: Punter Alex Smith pinned nine of his 26 punts inside the 20-yard line with no touchbacks.
8: Georgia Southern is 14-3 under head coach Clay Helton in scoring eight or more points in the second quarter.
7: Seven Players have already caught at least 10 passes this season: Dalen Cobb (20), Derwin Burgess Jr. (19), Josh Dallas (16), Jalen White (12), LV Bunkley-Shelton (10), Tyler Fromm (10) and OJ Arnold (10).
6: The Eagles won the first two games of the series before Marshall came back and won the next six and now leads the series 6-2, including a 3-1 lead in Statesboro.
5: Georgia Southern's kickoff defense is scored fifth in the FBS and first in the Sun Belt Conference, allowing just an average of 10.00 yards per return.
4: Marques Watson Trent be forced fourth Career miss in Georgia State win.
3: The Eagles won three In this year's games they lost the ball less than their opponents.
2: Georgia Southern had two Backs go over 100 yards on the ground (Jalen White – 114; OJ Arnold – 110) at Georgia State, the 84th time in program history.
1: Derwin Burgess Jr. stands now First in the school record book with 32 consecutive games with a reception, over Khaleb Hoods Record of 31 set last year.

Next:
October 19 vs. James Madison – Statesboro – 4 p.m

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