2016 Georgia Southern Eagles football team
2016 Georgia Southern Eagles football | |
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Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
Record | 5–7 (4–4 Sun Belt) |
Head coach |
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Co-offensive coordinator | Rance Gillespie (1st season) |
Co-offensive coordinator | David Dean (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Spread option |
Defensive coordinator | Lorenzo Costantini (1st season) |
Home stadium | Paulson Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State + | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State + | 7 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Troy | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Lafayette | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Southern | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Monroe | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Alabama | 2 | – | 6 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia State | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas State | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by first-year head coach Tyson Summers. They finished the season 5–7, 4–4 in Sun Belt play to finish in sixth place.
Schedule
Georgia Southern announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 5 home and 7 away games in the regular season. The Eagles will host Sun Belt foes Appalachian State, Louisiana–Lafayette, Louisiana–Monroe, and Troy, and will travel to Arkansas State, Georgia State, New Mexico State, and South Alabama. Georgia Southern will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Idaho and Texas State.[1]
The team will play four non–conference games, one home game against Savannah State from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), and will travel to three road games against Georgia Tech from Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Ole Miss from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Western Michigan from the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 6:00 pm | Savannah State* | ESPN3 | W 54–0 | 21,250 | |
September 10 | 7:00 pm | at South Alabama | ASN | W 24–9 | 17,691 | |
September 17 | 6:00 pm | Louisiana–Monroe |
| ESPN3 | W 23–21 | 25,735 |
September 24 | 7:00 pm | at Western Michigan* | ESPN3 | L 31–49 | 17,209 | |
October 5 | 8:00 pm | at Arkansas State | ESPN2 | L 26–27 | 19,381 | |
October 15 | 12:30 pm | at Georgia Tech* | ACCRSN | L 24–35 | 47,609 | |
October 22 | 8:00 pm | at New Mexico State | FSAZ/FSSW | W 22–19 | 10,085 | |
October 27 | 7:30 pm | Appalachian State |
| ESPNU | L 10–34 | 23,474 |
November 5 | 12:00 pm | at Ole Miss* | ESPNU | L 27–37 | 60,263 | |
November 10 | 7:30 pm | Louisiana–Lafayette |
| ESPNU | L 26–33 | 16,786 |
November 19 | 2:00 pm | at Georgia State |
| ESPN3 | L 24–30 | 23,513 |
December 3 | 12:00 pm | Troy |
| ESPN2 | W 28–24 | 16,850 |
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Game summaries
Savannah State
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eagles | 21 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 54 |
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@ South Alabama
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Eagles | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Jaguars | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
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Louisiana–Monroe
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Warhawks | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Eagles | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
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@ Western Michigan
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Eagles | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
Broncos | 7 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 49 |
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@ Arkansas State
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Eagles | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
Red Wolves | 0 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
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@ Georgia Tech
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Eagles | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
Yellow Jackets | 21 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
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@ New Mexico State
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Eagles | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 22 |
Aggies | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 19 |
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Appalachian State
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Mountaineers | 0 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 34 |
Eagles | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
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@ Ole Miss
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Eagles | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
Rebels | 3 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 37 |
at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS
- Date: November 5
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
- TV: ESPNU
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Louisiana–Lafayette
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Ragin' Cajuns | 7 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 33 |
Eagles | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 26 |
at Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, GA
- Date: November 10
- Game time: 7:30 p.m. EST
- TV: ESPNU
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@ Georgia State
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Eagles | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
Panthers | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
- Date: November 19
- Game time: 2:00 p.m. EST
- Game weather: Played indoors (dome stadium)
- Game attendance: 23,513
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Troy
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Trojans | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Eagles | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
at Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, GA
- Date: December 3
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
- Game attendance: 16,850
- TV: ESPN2
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