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NCAA Division I-AA National Champions • 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1999, 2000Southern Conference Champions • 1993, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004

GEORGIA SOUTHERN

#6 GEORGIA SOUTHERN EAGLES (8-3)at #4 TEXAS STATE BOBCATS (9-2)Saturday, November 26 • 3:30 p.m. EST • San Marcos, TXBobcat Stadium (Astro Play/15,218 capacity)All-Time Series: First Meeting

THE GAME: Georgia Southern makes its 16th career playoff appearance,traveling to Texas State in a first round contest... For the second straightyear the Eagles receive an at-large bid... This marks the first-ever meet-ing between the Eagles and the Bobcats... GSU is 3-2 on the road thisyear, including a 2-0 mark in non-conference games... Georgia Southernenters the post-season having won seven of its last eight overall... Thiswill be the 312th game since football was re-established at GeorgiaSouthern during the 1982 season (235-75-1/.757)... Texas State, win-ners in seven of its last eight, will make its initial Playoff appearance. TheBobcats shared the Southland Conference title and also received an at-large bid as the number four seed in the field.

THE RANKINGS: Georgia Southern enters the game sixth in The SportsNetwork poll. Texas State is ranked fourth in the latest The Sports Net-work poll, receiving one first-place vote.

THE SCHEMES: Georgia Southern will line up in a spread offense anduse a multiple 4-3 when defending... Texas State will line up in a multipleoffense and a 4-2-5 alignment on defense.

THE COACHES: Head coach Mike Sewak is in his fourth year in charge ofGeorgia Southern football. He owns a 35-13 overall record (.729 winningpercentage), 23-7 in Southern Conference play (.767)... Texas State headcoach David Bailiff is 14-8 in his second year at TSU and overall.

FAST FACTS: Georgia Southern football... Last 5 Games – 4-1; Last 10Games – 7-3; Last 15 Games – 10-5... Streaks – Overall, Georgia South-ern will enter game No. 49 of the Mike Sewak Era as winners in 87 of itslast 107 games... A look at GSU month-by-month - August: 2-3 (.400);September: 62-30-1 (.672); October: 77-20 (.794); November: 69-14(.831); December: 25-8 (.758)... Following the win over South DakotaState, the Eagles clinched their ninth straight winning season and nowhas 23 winning seasons in 24 years.

Date Opponent (TV) Time/ResultS3 at Northeastern (CSS/CN8) W 41-38 OTS10 McNEESE STATE L 20-23S17 • at Wofford (CSS) L 17-21S24 • CHATTANOOGA (CSS) W 48-10O1 • at Elon W 49-7O8 • WESTERN CAROLINA {FW} (CSS) W 45-7O15 • at #19 Appalachian State (Fox South) L 7-24O22 • THE CITADEL {HC} (CSS) W 49-14O29 at South Dakota State W 55-42N5 • #1 FURMAN (Fox South) W 27-24N12 MOREHEAD STATE W 63-17N26 ât #4 Texas State (ESPN2) 3:30 p.m.D3 Î-AA Playoffs Second Round TBAD9/10 Î-AA Playoffs Semifinals TBAD16 Î-AA Championship Game 8 p.m.

FW - Family Weekend; HC - Homecoming • Southern Conference game; ^ NCAA I-AA Playoffs All times Eastern CSS - Comcast/Charter Sports Southeast FOX - Fox Sports Net South

(8-3 OVERALL, 5-2 SoCON)2005 Schedule/Results

GEORGIA SOUTHERN CONTACTSAssistant AD/Athletic Media Relations .................... Patrick OstermanAthletic Media Relations Phone (912 area code) .................. 681-0352Athletic Media Relations Fax .................................................. 681-0046Osterman’s Cell Phone .......................................................... 531-0926Osterman’s E-Mail .......................... [email protected] Coach ..........................................................................Mike SewakBest Time to Reach Coach Sewak .......................... M-Th from 1-2 p.m.Football Office Phone ............................................................. 681-5522Football Office Fax ................................................................... 681-5059Ticket Office Phone .................................... (800) GSU-WINS, 681-0123Official Athletics Website ........................ georgiasoutherneagles.com

RADIO: The game will be broadcast by the 17 station GeorgiaSouthern Radio Network, including: WFNS 1350 AM/Blackshear/Waycross; WSFN 790 AM/*Brunswick; WGFS 1430 AM/Covington; WQIL 101.3 FM/Dublin; WVOH 920 AM/Hazelhurst;WVOH 93.5 FM/Hazelhurst; WIFO 105.5 FM/Jesup; WPEH 92.1FM/Louisville; WLYU 100.9 FM/Lyons; WMOQ 92.3 FM/Monroe/Athens; WSNT 99.9 FM/Sandersville; WTKS 1290 AM/Savan-nah; WMCD 107.3 FM/Statesboro; WELT 98.1 FM/Swainsboro;WSYL 1490 AM/Sylvania; WZBX 106.5 FM/Sylvania; WTHO101.7 FM/Thomson.

Play-by-play broadcaster Nate Hirsch is in his 24th season asthe voice of the Eagles. He calls the action along with FrankInman (color commentary). The pregame show begins twohours before kickoff.

INTERNET: Follow all Georgia Southern games live on the internetat www.georgiasoutherneagles.com by clicking on LISTEN LIVE.Also, visit www.radiostatesboro.com and click on the LISTENLIVE link to hear the radio broadcast of the game.

TELEVISION: The game will be televised live nationally onESPN2. This will be one of the two I-AA First Round games toair on ESPN2. Pam Ward will do the play-by-play along withDavid Norrie as color commentator and Quint Kessenich asthe sideline reporter.

NCAA I-AA NATIONAL CHAMPION - 1985, 1986, 1989, 1990, 1999, 2000 •

HEAD COACH MIKE SEWAK

SEWAK YEAR-BY-YEAROverall Pct. SoCon Pct. Finish Postseason

2002 11-3 .786 7-1 .875 1st Semifinals2003 7-4 .636 5-3 .625 3rd2004 9-3 .750 6-1 .857 T-1st First Round2005 8-3 .727 5-2 .714 T-2ndTotals 35-13 .729 23-7 .767 2-2

2004 SoCON ‘COACH OF THE YEAR’ (Coaches)

Only one NCAA I-AA football programcan boast about winning six NationalChampionships. So when you’re associ-ated with the most dominant football pro-gram to ever compete on the I-AA level, ex-pectations run high.

MIKE SEWAK, the 2004 Southern Con-ference ‘Coach of the Year’, fully under-stands because he’s seen it first hand.

That’s why no one has higher expectations than him. For 10overall seasons at Georgia Southern, he has been a part of nineplayoff appearances, four national championships, five title gamematch-ups and seven Southern Conference titles.

In his fourth year as the Eagles’ head coach, Sewak hascompiled a 35-13 (.729) career record. During his first threeseasons as the Eagles’ head coach, Sewak has seen his Geor-gia Southern squads lead Division I (both I-A and I-AA) in rushingyards per game. He accepted the position on December 16,2001. Upon becoming GSU's eighth all-time head coach, Sewakofficially finished a five-year tenure as the offensive coordinatorand offensive line coach.

Prior to five record-setting seasons guiding the GSU offense,Sewak spent the previous two campaigns as offensive coordina-tor and line coach at Mid-American Conference-member OhioUniversity. He also served eight years at the University of Hawaiiand experienced a two-year earlier stay at Georgia Southern.

Sewak's efforts in two separate assistant tenures at GSU,beginning in 1985, resulted in an 88-14 (.863) overall record, a22-3 (.880) postseason mark and four of the record-setting sixNCAA Division I-AA National Championships. Sewak began hiscoaching career in 1982 at Hobart (N.Y.) after winning three let-ters as an offensive lineman for the University of Virginia. Heearned a bachelor's degree in psychology/economics from UVA.

SEWAK BY THE NUMBERSHome Games ....................................................................... 22-5Road Games ........................................................................ 13-8Neutral Site Games ............................................................... 0-0I-AA Playoff Games ................................................................ 2-2Overtime Games .................................................................... 1-0vs. Southern Conference Opponents ................................. 23-7vs. Non-conference Opponents .......................................... 12-6vs. Ranked Opponents .......................................................... 8-8vs. Non-Ranked Opponents ................................................ 27-5Games decided by 7 points or less .................................... 6-10Games decided by 3 points or less ...................................... 3-3August .................................................................................... 0-1September ............................................................................. 9-6October ................................................................................ 15-3November ............................................................................. 10-2December .............................................................................. 1-1

ASSISTANT COACHES AND STAFFJoe Tresey ........................ Defensive Coordinator/LinebackersMitch Ware ...... Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks, FullbacksJohn Pate ..................... Associate Head Coach/Defensive LineAndre Curtis .......................................................Defensive EndsBrent Davis ........................................................... Offensive LineDavid Durish ................................. Defensive Secondary/KickersChad Lunsford ............................................................ SlotbacksKen Oxendine .................................................... Wide ReceiversAaron Shreffler .................................................... Offensive LineScot Sloan ................................................. Defensive SecondaryLisa Kingery .......................................... Administrative AssistantBrant Berkstresser ................................... Head Athletic TrainerStewart Carter ..................... Head Athletic Equipment ManagerRoger Inman ................................... Director of Athletic FacilitiesTom Melton ..........................Head Strength/Conditioning CoachPatrick Osterman ...................Athletic Media Relations Director

GEORGIA SOUTHERN QUICK FACTSFounded ................................................................................ 1906Enrollment ......................................................................... 16,646Nickname .......................................................................... EaglesSchool Colors ...................................................... Blue and WhiteAffiliation ........................................................ NCAA Division I-AAConference ............................. Southern Conference (14th year)Stadium ............................. Paulson Stadium (18,000/built 1984)University President ....................................... Dr. Bruce F. GrubeDirector of Athletics .................................................. Sam Baker

SOCON FOOTBALL TELECONFERENCEThe Southern Conference will conduct its weekly football

coaches teleconference call each Tuesday during the regularseason. Media members interested in participating should con-tact Patrick Osterman or Bryan McGowan (SoCon Media Rela-tions) to obtain call-in phone numbers:

Jerry Moore, Appalachian State .................................. 10:00 a.m.

Bobby Lamb, Furman ................................................. 10:20 a.m.

Mike Sewak, Georgia Southern ................................ 10:40 a.m.

EAGLE RADIO AND TELEVISION SHOWSThe Coca-Cola Mike Sewak Show takes place every Monday

at 7 p.m. The call-in show, hosted by play-by-play voice Nate Hirschat RJ’s Restaurant, features player and coaches interviews.

Meanwhile, Georgia Southern Football 2005 with host BradyPocsik and Coach Sewak airs each Sunday at 10 p.m. on WTGS-TV (Channel 28/Fox Savannah). The show is also available onWPHJ Channel 46 in Vidalia, Northland Cable Channel 97 inStatesboro, Fox Sports South, Fox College Sports Atlantic and theinternet at www.georgiasoutherneagles.com.

GEORGIA SOUTHERN FOOTBALL 2005Fox 28/Savannah ............................................. Sunday 10 p.m.Fox Sports Net South ........................................ Friday 1:30 p.m.Fox College Sports Atlantic ............................... Friday 1:30 p.m.


TEXAS STATE CONTACTSHead Coach ............................................................... David BailiffOffice Phone ....................................................... (512) 245-2587Best Time to Call ....................................................... Contact SIDFootball SID .................................................................Ron MearsOffice Phone ....................................................... (512) 245-2966Cell Phone ........................................................... (512) 738-0697E-Mail ........................................................... [email protected]

Date Opponent (TV) Time/ResultS3 DELTA STATE W 32-25S10 SOUTHERN UTAH W 34-0S22 at Texas A&M L 31-44O1 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE W 42-12O8 • at Southeastern Louisiana W 30-15O15 OKLAHOMA PANHANDLE STATE W 75-7O22 • #22 NORTHWESTERN STATE W 31-16O29 • at Nicholls State L 29-32 OTN5 • McNEESE STATE W 49-7N12 • at Stephen F. Austin W 38-21N19 • SAM HOUSTON STATE W 26-23 OT

TEXAS STATE SCHEDULE/RESULTS

GSU TSUOverall Record ................................. 8-3 ......................... 9-2Conference Record ................. 5-2 (SoCon) ............. 5-1 (SLC)Scoring ........................................... 38.3 ....................... 37.9First Downs .................................... 267 .........................253Total Offense ................................. 467.1 ..................... 421.1Rushing Yards ............................... 388.8 ..................... 232.7Passing Yards ................................ 78.3 ...................... 188.4Kickoff Returns ............................... 16.3 ....................... 21.5Punt Returns ................................... 8.1 ......................... 9.1Net Punting ..................................... 37.0 ....................... 33.4Time of Possession ...................... 31:37 ..................... 33:31Third Down Conversions ....... 74-148 (50%) ....... 77-156 (49%)Fourth Down Conversions ...... 24-33 (77%) ............5-12 (42%)Turnover Margin ............................... +6 ........................... +7Points Allowed: ............................... 20.6 ....................... 18.4Total Yards Allowed ........................ 370.2 ..................... 287.0Rushing Yards Allowed ................. 181.8 ..................... 122.0Passing Yards Allowed .................. 188.4 ..................... 165.0

STATISTICAL COMPARISON

ALL-TIME SERIES HISTORY

FIRST MEETING

A LOOK AT ALL-TIME FIRST ROUND OPPONENTS:Date Opponent Result Attd.Nov. 30, 1985 JACKSON STATE W 27-0 4,128Nov. 29, 1986 N. CAROLINA A&T W 52-21 7,767Nov. 28, 1987 MAINE W 31-28 (OT) 9,440Nov. 26, 1988 THE CITADEL W 38-20 11,011Nov. 29, 1989 VILLANOVA W 52-36 10,161Nov. 24, 1990 THE CITADEL W 31-0 11,881Nov. 27, 1993 EASTERN KENTUCKY W 14-12 7,278Nov. 25, 1995 at Troy State W 24-21 6,000Nov. 29, 1997 FLORIDA A&M W 52-37 10,409Nov. 28, 1998 COLGATE W 49-28 7,676Nov. 27, 1999 NORTHERN ARIZONA W 72-29 7,140Nov. 25, 2000 McNEESE STATE W 42-17 5,350Dec. 1, 2001 FLORIDA A&M W 60-35 9,884Nov. 30, 2002 BETHUNE-COOKMAN W 34-0 7,395Nov. 27, 2004 NEW HAMPSHIRE L 23-27 6,053Nov. 26, 2005 at Texas State

All-Time Georgia Southern Playoff Record: 38-9 (.809 winning percentage all-time leader in I-AA) (15 more playoff victories than next closest)I-AA Playoff Appearances: 16th (Tied for 2nd most appearances - Eastern Kentucky, 17)National Semifinal Appearances: 10 (Most recent, 2002)National Title Game Appearances: 8 (Most recent, 2000)National Titles: 6 (Most recent, 2000) (Next closest, Youngstown State with 4)

SCOUTING THE BOBCATS: Texas State, making its first-ever play-off appearance, won seven of its last eight and got into the post-season receiving an at-large bid... They and Georgia Southernhave two common opponents this season, South Dakota Stateand McNeese State. Georgia Southern lost at home to McNeesein the second game 23-20 and won at SDSU 55-42 while TexasState defeated the Jackrabbits 42-12 and MSU 49-7 both in SanMarcos... This marks the first-ever meeting between GS and TexasState (9-2), co-champions of the Southland Conference. Thegame will showcase the Eagles’ top-ranked rushing offense(388.8 yards per game) which also ranks seventh nationally scor-ing 38 points per game against a TSU team that ranks eighth inscoring offense (37.9 ppg) and ninth in total defense (287 yardsallowed)... The opening round game will also feature two playerslisted on the Walter Payton Award ‘Watch List’, Jermaine Austinand Bobcat quarterback Barrick Nealy... Nealy spurs the Bobcatsoffense, completing 55 percent of his passes for 2,043 yardsand 14 touchdowns to five interceptions. He also leads the rush-ing attack with 834 yards on 116 carries and scored 11 TDs...Nealy has connected with Markee White 34 times as White to-taled 500 yards and caught four touchdowns... Tyrone Scott leadsthe squad with six TD receptions... Fred Evans has 15 tackles fora loss while three different defenders recorded two interceptionseach to lead in that category.


RUSHINGGSU GP Att Net Avg TD Long AvgJermaine Austin 11 210 1,399 6.7 13 60 127.2Jayson Foster 11 218 1,330 6.1 19 56 120.9

TSU GP Att Net Avg TD Long AvgBarrick Nealy 11 116 834 7.2 11 81 75.8

PASSINGGSU GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD AvgJayson Foster 11 181.03 57-30-3 52.6 707 6 64.3

TSU GP Effic Att-Cmp-Int Pct Yds TD AvgBarrick Nealy 11 131.43 273-151-5 55.3 2,043 14 185.7

RECEIVINGGSU GP Rec Yds Avg TD Long AvgReggie McCutchen 11 12 277 23.1 4 60 25.2

TSU GP Rec Yds Avg TD Long AvgMarkee White 10 34 500 14.7 4 72 50.0

KICKINGGSU GP FGM- FGA Pct. Long PATJonathan Dudley 11 4- 7 57.1 37 49-52

TSU GP FGM- FGA Pct. Long PATStan Jones 11 9- 15 60.0 50 46-49

PUNTINGGSU GP No. Yards Avg Long I20Dan Jordan 11 29 1,150 39.7 69 6

TSU GP No. Yards Avg Long I20Cory Elolf 11 37 1,516 41.0 67 17

TACKLES (Conference Stats)GSU GP ST AT Total Avg. TFL SJohn Mohring 11 53 50 103 9.4 10.5 1

TSU GP ST AT Total Avg. TFL SJeremy Castillo 11 27 35 62 5.6 8.0 3

TOP STATISTICAL LEADERS

20 YEARS AFTER ‘THE CATCH’ EAGLES IN THE SoCON STATS: A look at how the Eagles rank in theSoCon statistics...

TEAMScoring Offense ....................................... 2nd ...................... 38.3Scoring Defense ....................................... 3rd ....................... 20.6Passing Offense ....................................... 7th ....................... 78.3Passing Defense ...................................... 5th ..................... 188.4Kickoff Returns ......................................... 8th ....................... 16.3Net Punting ................................................ 1st ...................... 35.7Turnover Margin ..................................... T-2nd ..................... 0.55Rushing Offense ...................................... 1st .................... 388.8Rushing Defense ...................................... 7th ..................... 181.8Total Offense ............................................ 2nd .................... 467.1Total Defense ............................................ 5th ..................... 370.2Punt Returns ............................................. 6th ......................... 8.1Passing Efficiency .................................... 1st .................... 150.0Passing Defense Efficiency ................... 6th ..................... 128.0First Downs ............................................... 2nd ....................... 267Opponent First Downs ............................ 4th ........................ 206Sacks By ..................................................... 4th .......................... 19Sacks Against ........................................... 3rd .......................... 10Penalty Yards ............................................ 2nd ...................... 43.1Opponent Penalty Yards ......................... 8th ....................... 40.54th Down Conversions ........................... 1st ...................... 72.7Opponent 4th Down Conversions ........ 2nd ...................... 25.03rd Down Conversions ........................... 2nd ...................... 50.0Opponent 3rd Down Conversions ........ 6th ....................... 45.6Time of Possession ................................ 1st .................... 31:36PAT Kicking ................................................ 5th ....................... 94.8Red Zone Offense .................................... 3rd ....................... 84.0Red Zone Defense ................................... 6th ....................... 79.3

INDIVIDUALRushingJermaine Austin ............................................. 1st ...................... 127.2Jayson Foster ............................................... 2nd ..................... 120.9Total OffenseJayson Foster ............................................... 3rd ...................... 185.2Jermaine Austin ............................................. 5th ...................... 127.2All-Purpose YardsJermaine Austin ............................................. 2nd ..................... 127.5Jayson Foster ............................................... 4th ...................... 121.9Kick Return AverageTeddy Craft ................................................... 6th ........................19.2PuntingDan Jordan .................................................... 4th ........................ 39.7Scoring Per GameJayson Foster ............................................... 1st ........................ 10.4Jermaine Austin ............................................. 5th ......................... 7.1Jonathan Dudley ........................................... T-8th ........................ 5.5InterceptionsJohn Mohring ................................................ T-7th ....................... 0.27A.J. Bryant ................................................... T-7th ....................... 0.27Tackles Per GameJohn Mohring ................................................. 2nd ........................ 9.4A.J. Bryant .................................................. T-21st ....................... 5.9T.J. Rutledge ................................................ T-45th ....................... 4.2Jason Earwood ............................................ 49th ........................ 4.1Tackles For a LossJohn Mohring ................................................. 6th ........................ 0.95Passes DefendedA.J. Bryant ................................................... T-6th ....................... 0.73Fumbles ForcedCharrod Taylor ............................................. T-6th ....................... 0.22David Willingham........................................... T-9th ....................... 0.18Fumbles RecoveredCharrod Taylor .............................................. 2nd ....................... 0.22Dusty Reddick .............................................. T-3rd ...................... 0.20Dedrick Bynam ............................................. T-5th ....................... 0.18Field Goals MadeJonathan Dudley ............................................ 6th ............................ 4

The 2005 football season marks the 20th anniversary sinceGeorgia Southern won its first NCAA I-AA National Championship.In just their second year as a I-AA member, the Eagles rolled to a13-2 record under head coach Erk Russell. On December 21,1985 in Tacoma, Washington, Georgia Southern defeated Furman44-42... In one of the greatest comebacks in college football history,Georgia Southern rallied from a 22-point third-quarter deficit todefeat Furman. Tracy Ham hit Frank Johnson on a 13-yardscoring strike with 10 seconds left in the game to give the Eaglesthe victory. Ham finishedthe game with 419 yardspassing and another 90yards rushing. Johnsoncaught seven passes for148 yards, all in thesecond half. GeorgiaSouthern scored 38points in the final 21:51 ofthe game to overcome a28-6 Furman lead.


SOUTHERN CONFERENCE STANDINGSThrough Nov. 19 - - SoCon - - - - OVERALL - -

W L Pct. W L Pct.Appalachian State 6 1 .857 8 3 .727Georgia Southern 5 2 .714 8 3 .727Furman 5 2 .714 9 2 .818Western Carolina 4 3 .571 5 4 .556Chattanooga 3 4 .429 6 5 .545Wofford 3 4 .429 6 5 .545The Citadel 2 5 .286 4 7 .364Elon 0 7 .000 3 8 .273

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19 - RESULTSThe Citadel 22, at VMI 14Wofford 56, at Gardner-Webb 42Furman 56, at Chattanooga 35Appalachian State 52, at Elon 14

END OF THE REGULAR SEASON

NOVEMBER 26 - FIRST ROUND NCAA I-AA PLAYOFFSColgate at #1 New Hampshire, noonEastern Washington at Northern Iowa, 8:05 p.m.Cal Poly at Montana, 2:05 p.m.Georgia Southern at #4 Texas State, 3:30 p.m.

Richmond at #3 Hampton, 8 p.m.Nicholls State at Furman, 12:30 p.m.Southern Illinois at Eastern Illinois, 2 p.m.Lafayette at #2 Appalachian State, 2 p.m.

As of November 21, 2005Team Record Pts

1. New Hampshire (45) 10-1 1,9162. Hampton (29) 11-0 1,8533. Furman 9-2 1,7384. Texas State (1) 9-2 1,6305. Appalachian State (3) 8-3 1,6046. Georgia Southern 8-3 1,4507. Northern Iowa 8-3 1,4228. Southern Illinois 8-3 1,3379. Montana 8-3 1,27810. Cal Poly 8-3 1,19711. Grambling State 8-1 1,00812. Richmond 8-3 95413. Youngstown State 8-3 93614. South Carolina State 9-2 83615. Eastern Washington 7-4 73516. Brown 9-1 68217. Montana State 7-4 67818. Massachusetts 7-4 66519. Eastern Illinois 9-2 63020. Coastal Carolina 9-2 54921. Nicholls State 6-3 40722. Lehigh 8-3 34523. Illinois State 7-4 33624. Colgate 8-3 23725. Lafayette 8-3 220

USA TODAY/ESPN POLLDate Sports Network USA Today/ESPNPreseason 6 6Sept. 5 5 no pollSept. 12 14 14Sept. 19 nr nrSept. 26 nr nrOct. 3 21 23Oct. 10 16 17Oct. 17 24 nrOct. 24 19 20Oct. 31 14 15Nov. 7 10 11Nov. 14 8 9Nov. 21 6 7

THE SPORTS NETWORK

THIS DAY IN EAGLE HISTORY

SoCON PLAYER OF THE WEEKDate Player CategorySept. 5 Jermaine Austin OffensiveOct. 3 Matt Wise FreshmanOct. 10 Dedrick Bynam FreshmanOct. 24 Larry Beard FreshmanOct. 31 Jayson Foster Tri-Offensive

‘05 ‘04 ‘03 ‘02 ‘01 ‘00 6 yrsGSU scores first: 4-2 7-1 6-1 10-0 8-2 9-0 44-6OPP scores first: 4-1 2-2 1-3 1-3 4-0 4-2 16-11

GSU leads/1st Q: 5-1 8-1 4-1 8-0 9-2 9-0 43-5OPP leads/1st Q: 2-1 1-2 2-2 2-2 3-0 4-1 14-8Game is tied/1st Q: 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-1 0-0 0-1 3-4

GSU leads/half: 7-1 8-2 7-2 10-0 9-2 11-0 52-7OPP leads/half: 1-2 1-1 0-2 1-3 2-0 1-2 6-10Game is tied/half: 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-0

GSU leads/3rd Q: 6-0 9-2 6-1 10-0 10-0 12-0 53-3OPP leads/3rd Q: 2-3 0-1 0-2 1-3 1-1 0-2 4-12Game is tied/3rd Q: 0-0 0-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 1-0 3-2

GSU/Overtime: 1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 1-0

GEORGIA SOUTHERN’S RECORD WHEN...

NOVEMBER 26, 1988 - Georgia Southern rolled to a 38-20 winover The Citadel in the first round of the NCAA I-AA playoffs... GSUoutscored the Bulldogs 24-3 in the second half. Joe Ross rushedfor 149 yards while Frank Johnson gained 103 on four carries.Raymond Gross netted 78 yards... The Eagles would eventuallyadvance to their third National Championship game appearancein four years.

TRACKING THE POLLSAs of November 21, 2005

Team Record Pts1. New Hampshire (18) 10-1 8342. Hampton (14) 11-0 8113. Furman 9-2 7644. Appalachian State (1) 8-3 7065. Texas State 9-2 7056. Northern Iowa 8-3 6517. Georgia Southern 8-3 6278. Southern Illinois 8-3 5739. Cal Poly 8-3 56210. Montana 8-3 52811. Grambling State 8-1 46012. Richmond 8-3 39813. Youngstown State 8-3 39514. South Carolina State 9-2 36915. Eastern Washington 7-4 33816. Montana State 7-4 31717. Brown (1) 9-1 31318. Massachusetts 7-4 29319. Eastern Illinois 9-2 27120. Coastal Carolina 9-2 20821. Nicholls State 6-3 17022. Lehigh 8-3 14923. Illinois State 7-4 13124. Colgate 8-3 10225. Lafayette 8-3 94


2005 SCORING SUMMARYOpp Qu Pl Yds Tm ResultNU 1 9 78 4:13 B. Andrews 3 run (Dudley kick)NU 1 12 49 4:41 Dudley 37 FGNU 2 4 72 1:40 Foster 3 run (Dudley kick)NU 3 4 81 1:39 Austin 60 run (Dudley kick)NU 4 5 53 2:17 Foster 35 run (Dudley kick)NU 4 15 89 6:31 McCutchen 15 pass Smiley (Dudley kick)NU OT 6 18 ---- Dudley 24 FG

MSU 1 10 69 4:43 Foster 2 run (Dudley kick)MSU 2 7 70 2:51 B.Andrews 6 run (kick failed)MSU 4 8 74 3:09 Austin 18 run (Dudley kick)

WOF 1 4 32 1:33 Jefferson 11 run (Dudley kick)WOF 2 12 78 5:31 Foster 1 run (Dudley kick)WOF 4 5 59 2:30 Dudley 37 FG

UTC 1 6 66 2:20 Foster 15 run (pass failed)UTC 1 2 80 :27 Austin 24 run (Dudley kick)UTC 2 5 68 1:59 Smiley 2 run (Dudley kick)UTC 2 13 80 7:02 Foster 1 run (Dudley kick)UTC 3 15 58 7:11 Foster 2 run (Dudley kick)UTC 3 3 78 :49 Smiley 13 run (Dudley kick)UTC 4 6 25 2:48 Smiley 3 run (Dudley kick)

ELN 1 10 65 4:53 Foster 6 run (Dudley kick)ELN 2 10 80 4:56 Austin 38 run (Dudley kick)ELN 2 6 55 2:11 Austin 30 run (Dudley kick)ELN 2 1 49 :07 McCutchen 49 pass Foster (Dudley kick)ELN 2 2 86 :40 Craft 82 pass Dudley (Dudley kick)ELN 3 4 22 1:50 Foster 4 run (Dudley kick)ELN 4 3 10 :45 B.Andrews 3 run (Dudley kick)

WCU 1 8 57 4:00 McCutchen 23 pass Foster (Dudley kick)WCU 1 6 56 2:29 McCutchen 22 pass Foster (Dudley kick)WCU 2 11 80 2:56 Foster 18 run (Dudley kick)WCU 2 15 79 7:44 Jefferson 8 pass Smiley (Dudley kick)WCU 3 9 62 3:30 Foster 21 run (Dudley kick)WCU 3 11 47 5:34 Dudley 25 FGWCU 4 14 66 7:04 Steele 4 run (Dudley kick)

ASU 3 15 69 6:15 Foster 3 run (Dudley kick)

CIT 1 6 80 1:48 B.Andrews 2 run (Dudley kick)CIT 1 Earwood 30 INT return (Dudley kick)CIT 2 7 45 3:09 Jefferson 5 run (Dudley kick)CIT 2 8 70 3:49 Maynard 4 run (Dudley kick)CIT 2 4 52 :36 Dickerson 23 pass Foster (Dudley kick)CIT 3 6 69 2:03 Foster 3 run (Dudley kick)CIT 4 13 80 6:07 Smiley 15 run (Galvin kick)

SDS 1 12 99 4:44 Austin 33 run (Dudley kick)SDS 2 9 40 3:38 Austin 10 run (Dudley kick)SDS 2 2 65 :29 Austin 5 run (Dudley kick)SDS 3 9 75 3:25 Foster 21 run (Dudley kick)SDS 3 2 42 :16 Foster 2 run (Dudley kick)SDS 4 13 55 5:46 Foster 4 run (Dudley kick)SDS 4 9 80 3:48 Austin 5 run (kick failed)SDS 4 8 43 2:32 R.Andrews 5 run (Dudley kick)

TD Length TD Drive Length1-9 Yards ............................... 27 .............................. 010-19 Yards ........................... 11 .............................. 220-29 Yards ............................ 9 ............................... 330-39 Yards ............................ 4 ............................... 140-49 Yards ............................ 2 ............................... 650-59 Yards ............................ 1 ............................... 960-69 Yards ............................ 1 .............................. 1170-79 Yards ............................ 0 .............................. 1280-89 Yards ............................ 1 .............................. 1190-99 Yards ............................ 0 ............................... 1

TD Drive Time Plays on TD Drive:00-:29 ..................................... 4 ............................... 1 ........ 1:30-:59 ..................................... 7 ............................... 2 ........ 71:00-1:59 ................................ 8 ............................... 3 ........ 22:00-2:59 ............................... 12 .............................. 4 ........ 63:00-3:59 ................................ 7 ............................... 5 ........ 34:00-4:59 ................................ 7 ............................... 6 ........ 85:00-5:59 ................................ 3 ............................... 7 ........ 36:00-6:59 ................................ 3 ............................... 8 ........ 47:00+ ....................................... 5 ............................... 9 ........ 5Total Time/Plays: 10,681 seconds / 425 plays ....... 10+ .... 17Average TD Drive: 7.6 plays, 3:11 (56* touchdowns)Shortest TD Drive Time: 7 seconds at Elon (1 play, 49 yards)Longest TD Drive Time: 7:44 versus W. Carolina (15 plays)Longest Yardage Drive: 99 at South Dakota State (ties GSU record)Longest Plays on Drive: 17 vs. Furman (87 yards, 7:38)* 2 defensive touchdowns/1 special teams TD not included

FUR 2 6 76 2:15 Foster 26 run (Dudley kick)FUR 2 12 72 4:25 Austin 4 run (Dudley kick)FUR 3 12 77 5:23 Austin 2 run (kick failed)FUR 4 17 87 7:38 Austin 4 run (Dudley kick)

MOR 1 Bryant 74 INT return (Dudley kick)MOR 1 6 55 2:22 Foster 11 run (Dudley kick)MOR 1 2 68 :51 Craft 46 pass Foster (Dudley kick)MOR 2 5 47 1:39 Craft 25 pass Foster (Dudley kick)MOR 2 7 52 2:42 Foster 14 run (Galvin kick)MOR 2 2 14 :38 Austin 13 run (Galvin kick)MOR 3 4 63 1:15 Steele 50 run (Bolen kick)MOR 3 Camp 0 block punt return (Bolen kick)MOR 3 2 24 :38 Smiley 24 run (Galvin kick)

GEORGIA SOUTHERN SCORE BY QUARTERSQuarters 1 2 3 4 OT TotalGeorgia Southern 100 146 93 79 3 421Opponents 65 57 63 42 0 227

INSIDE THE REDZONETeam In20 Scores Pct TDs Pct FGs PctGSU 50 42 .840 38 .905 4 .095OPP 29 23 .793 18 .783 5 .217

Team In10 Scores Pct TDs Pct FGs PctGSU 34 30 .882 28 .933 2 .067OPP 20 16 .800 12 .750 4 .250


AUSTIN HITS 5,200: Senior Jermaine Austin overtook secondplace on the Georgia Southern all-time rushing list, thanks to his199 yard performance at Northeastern. With 5,264 career yardshe stands behind Adrian Peterson (6,559). Here is a listing ofAustin’s 32 career 100-yard rushing games. First number iswhere that ranked on the GSU single-game rushing list.18. 207 (33) vs. Florida International, 200321. 199 (20) at Northeastern, 2005

167 (8) at Chattanooga, 2004160 (24) vs. The Citadel, 2003160 (14) vs. Gardner-Webb, 2002158 (15) vs. Chattanooga, 2003147 (24) at Florida International, 2004146 (29) at South Dakota State, 2005143 (27) vs. Maine, 2002 playoffs142 (24) vs. Furman, 2005141 (19) at Western Carolina, 2004140 (21) at McNeese State, 2003137 (18) The Citadel, 2005136 (25) at Elon, 2003136 (25) vs. Furman, 2003133 (18) vs. Appalachian State, 2002129 (20) vs. McNeese State, 2005128 (14) at East Tennessee State, 2003128 (18) vs. Western Kentucky, 2002 playoffs127 (11) vs. Chattanooga, 2005125 (11) at Elon, 2005123 (23) vs. New Hampshire, 2004 playoffs118 (13) vs. Morehead State, 2005117 (24) vs. Western Carolina, 2005115 (16) vs. South Dakota State, 2004114 (25) at Furman, 2004114 (23) at Chattanooga, 2002106 (19) vs. Savannah State, 2003105 (19) at Furman, 2002104 (23) vs. Appalachian State, 2004104 (21) at Wofford, 2003104 (14) vs. Bethune-Cookman, 2002 playoffs

PAYTON WATCH LIST: Fullback Jermaine Austin is officially afinalist on The Sports Network Walter Payton Award ‘Watch List’.Austin is one of 16 offensive players nationwide named to thefinal list... No stranger to the award, Austin was a finalist in 2003in which he finished 15th in the final voting. For more on theWatch List see Page 15.

TOP ACTIVE LEADER: Jermaine Austin also stands as the topactive leader in rushing among Division I-AA members, ahead bymore than 750 yards over Brown’s Nick Hartigan. Austin’s 6.31yards per carry also leads all active I-AA rushers while he ranksthird in carries (834) and seventh in yards per game (114.4).

AUSTIN AMONG NCAA CAREER LEADERS: Jermaine Austinenters this week 11th among the NCAA career rushing leaders.With 5,264 yards, next on the list is Rick Sarille of Wagner (5,290yards from 1995-99).

SEASON-OPENING RECORD: Jermaine Austin just missed onhis second career 200 yard game, however he did set a GeorgiaSouthern record for most rushing yards in a season-opener. Austingained 199 yards on 20 carries at Northeastern, the most by anEagle. Adrian Peterson previously held the record running for 192yards in Paulson Stadium against Savannah State in 2001.

GSU IN THE NATIONAL STATISTICS: Here’s how GSU ranks in theNCAA I-AA statistics (116 teams):Category .............................. Ranking ......................... AverageRush Offense .......................... 1st ................................ 388.8Rush Defense .........................84th ............................... 181.8Pass Offense .......................... 114th ................................ 78.3Pass Defense .........................44th ............................... 188.4Passing Efficiency ...................13th .............................. 149.98Passing Efficiency Defense ....78th .............................. 128.02Total Offense ............................ 9th ................................. 467.1Total Defense ..........................69th ............................... 370.2Scoring Offense ........................ 7th .................................. 38.3Scoring Defense .....................29th ................................ 20.6Punt Returns .......................... 73rd ................................. 8.1Kickoff Returns ...................... 106th ............................... 16.3Net Punting .............................. 11th ................................. 35.7Turnover Margin ..................... T-23rd ............................... 0.55Fumbles Recovered .............. T-83rd ................................. 8Fumbles Lost ........................ T-36th ................................. 9Passes Intercepted ............... T-35th ................................ 13Passes Had Intercepted ........ T-8th .................................. 6Turnovers Gained .................. T-60th ................................ 21Turnovers Lost ...................... T-12th ................................ 15QB JAYSON FOSTER ranks 10th in rushing, 57th in total offense,2nd in scoring and 38th in all-purpose yards... FB JERMAINE AUS-TIN ranks 6th in rushing, 97th in total offense, 50th in scoring and24th in all-purpose yards... RS TEDDY CRAFT is 86th in kickoffreturns and 57th in punt returns... LB JOHN MOHRING is tied 80thin interceptions... FS A.J. BRYANT is tied 80th in interceptions.

NATIONAL RANKINGS

CAREER STARTSOFFENSE 05 04 03 02 01 Total StreakJermaine Austin, FB 10 9 10 13 rs 42 5Chad Motte, OG 11 12 8 3 rs 34 23Lance Wayne, C 11 12 11 rs -- 34 34Teddy Craft, WR 9 9 9 rs -- 27 9Russell Orr, OT 11 4 rs -- -- 15 15Travlis Sims, OG 2 12 dnp rs -- 14 0Jayson Foster, QB 10 3 rs -- -- 13 4Marquice Maynard, SB 11 2 rs -- -- 13 11Reggie McCutchen, WR 11 1 0 -- -- 12 11Lynon Jefferson, SB 11 0 rs -- -- 11 11Marcelo Estrada, OG 9 inj rs -- -- 9 9Dane Jensen, OT 8 0 rs -- -- 8 0Brandon Andrews, FB 1 2 0 0 rs 3 0Charlie Hopkins, OT 2 0 0 0 rs 2 2Tim Camp, WR 2 -- -- -- -- 2 0Darius Smiley, QB 1 0 0 rs -- 1 0Lance Watkins, OG 1 0 rs -- -- 1 0

DEFENSE 05 04 03 02 01 Total StreakTariq Muhammad, SS 11 11 11 0 rs 33 22John Mohring, LB 11 12 4 -- -- 27 23Terence McBride, CB 8 11 6 0 rs 25 6Lewis Barr, CB 11 12 0 0 rs 23 23Jason Earwood, LB 11 9 1 rs -- 21 11Jack Sherman, DE 11 1 0 0 rs 12 12A.J. Bryant, FS 11 0 0 0 rs 11 11Brian Kranz, DT 11 0 0 rs -- 11 11Shaheen Solomon, DE 4 0 7 rs -- 11 4T.J. Rutledge, LB 10 0 dnp 0 rs 10 1Charrod Taylor, DT 9 0 0 rs -- 9 7Larry Beard, DE 7 rs -- -- -- 7 7Joe Turner, DB 3 -- -- -- -- 3 0Jerry Barker, DT 2 rs -- -- -- 2 2David Willingham, LB 1 0 1 rs -- 2 0Rico Zackery, SS 0 1 0 rs -- 1 0


GEORGIA SOUTHERN TEAM NOTES: With its current 8-3 record,GSU guaranteed its 23rd winning season in 24 years... GSU hasgone two straight years failing to reach double-digits in wins. TheEagles rode a six consecutive year streak into the 2003 season...Since Mike Sewak rejoined the Eagle coaching staff, GeorgiaSouthern has played 120 games (97-23) the last eight years —an average of nearly 14 games a year — two shy of an averageNFL season...

Georgia Southern has only been involved in three one-point gamessince 1997. The Eagles dropped two of the three “close ones”falling 29-28 versus William & Mary in 1997 and 17-16 atAppalachian State in 1999. The lone victory was a 24-23 decisionat South Florida in 1997...

Southern played its second overtime game in history atNortheastern, improving to 2-0 after a 41-38 overtime victory. GSUwas last involved in an OT game in 1987 (first round playoff victoryover Maine)...

The Eagles’ 35-0 win versus Savannah State in the 2003 openerwas its third shutout in the last four seasons (54-0 versus Gardner-Webb on Sept. 7, 2002 and 34-0 against Bethune-Cookman inthe playoff opener on November 30, 2002)...

The Eagles’ win at Florida International in the 2004 regular seasonfinale was the program’s first over a NCAA I-A team…

Of GSU’s top 20 rushing efforts, 17 have come during MikeSewak’s tenure on staff (eight as head coach)... Of GSU’s 63 all-time All-America players, 26 arrived as walk-ons...

A look at GSU and the thermometer - 90 and hotter: 8-7 (.533);80-89: 51-10 (.836); 70-79: 87-21-1 (.803); 60-69: 56-20 (.737);50-59: 25-9 (.735); 40-49: 6-5 (.545); 30-39: 2-2 (.500);20-29: 0-1 (.000).

EAGLES IN THE POLLS: Since the start of the 1997 season,Georgia Southern has been ranked in 126 of the 130 weeklypolls. The Eagles returned to the national polls after a two weekhiatus earlier this year. That departure ended a streak of 21 straightpoll appearances. The Eagles’ only other break from the pollscame after falling to The Citadel on October 25, 2003, but after atwo week break GSU returned after a win over Furman. Officialpreseason and post-season polls are included in all of therankings below (bold represents ranking under Sewak):

Rank .................................................................. No. of WeeksNo. 1 .......................................................................... 29 weeksNo. 2 .......................................................................... 25 weeksNo. 3 .......................................................................... 14 weeksNo. 4 ............................................................................ 7 weeksNo. 5 ............................................................................ 3 weeksNo. 6 ............................................................................ 5 weeksNo. 7 ............................................................................ 0 weeksNo. 8 ............................................................................ 9 weeksNo. 9 ............................................................................ 5 weeksNo. 10 .......................................................................... 4 weeksNo. 11-25 .................................................................. 25 weeksNot Ranked ................................................................ 4 weeks

100-YARD RUSHING GAMESGEORGIA SOUTHERN:Jayson Foster (NU/142), (MSU/108), (WOF/121), (UTC/134),(ELON/129), (WCU/149), (SDSU/178), (FUR/191)Jermaine Austin (NU/199), (MSU/129), (UTC/127), (ELON/125),(WCU/117), (CIT/137), (SDSU/146), (FUR/142), (MOR/118)

OPPONENTS:Kris Bush (MSU/105); Michael Hobbs (WOF/114); Lironnie Davis(UTC/117); Kevin Richardson (ASU/208); Nuru Goodrum (CIT/118);Anthony Watson (SDSU/204)

200-YARD PASSING GAMESGEORGIA SOUTHERN: None

OPPONENTS:Anthony Orio (NU/221); Chris Jones (MSU/231); Ryan Berry (SDSU/289); Ingle Martin (FUR/240); Brian Yost (MOR/208)

RUN and PASS PLAY DISTRIBUTIONDown GSU Run Opp RunFirst .................................... 330 ....................................... 210Second .............................. 225 ....................................... 145Third ................................... 126 ........................................ 52Fourth .................................. 23 .......................................... 8Down GSU Pass Opp PassFirst ..................................... 32 ......................................... 99Second ............................... 32 ......................................... 87Third .................................... 23 ......................................... 97Fourth .................................. 10 .......................................... 8

A list of big plays (at least 20 yards) by Georgia Southern...

RUN (39): Jermaine Austin (14), Jayson Foster (11), MarquiceMaynard (3), Lynon Jefferson (3), Darius Smiley (3), Teddy Craft(2), Steve Steele (1), Melvin Greer (1), John Mohring (1)

RECEIVING (22): Reggie McCutchen (7), Teddy Craft (5), LynonJefferson (4), Chris Dickerson (2), Marquice Maynard (2), Tim Camp(1), Raja Andrews (1)

20+ YARD BIG PLAYS

ALL-SOUTHERN CONFERENCE (COACHES)Georgia Southern players that were selected All-SouthernConference by the coaches.

OG CHAD MOTTE ......................................... First Team OffenseFB JERMAINE AUSTIN .................................. First Team OffenseLB JOHN MOHRING .....................................First Team DefenseDB TERENCE McBRIDE ...............................First Team DefenseWR TEDDY CRAFT .................................. Second Team OffenseDL CHARROD TAYLOR .......................... Second Team DefenseDB DEDRICK BYNAM .......................2005 Freshman of the Year

• Austin receives his fourth straight All-Conference accolade andthe third straight year named First Team... Motte and McBrideearn their second straight First Team honor, Mohring honored forthe second straight year (Second Team last season)... Craft wasa Second Team pick also last year... The first time Taylor earnedAll-SoCon honors.• Bynam becomes the third Eagle named ‘Freshman of the Year’in the last four years (Austin in 2002, Jayson Foster in 2004).


LOGGING THE MILES: GSU will log nearly 9,000 miles this seasonon six trips. The Eagles opened with a flight to Boston. The nextthree trips were via bus to SoCon opponents. GSU’s last regularseason trip was also via airplane to South Dakota. The Eagleswill charter to San Marcos for the first round of the I-AA Playoffs.The following is a listing of miles from Statesboro one-way viamapquest.com and Microsoft Streets and Trips.Statesboro – Boston, MA.................................................. 1,049Statesboro – Spartanburg, S.C. .......................................... 209Statesboro – Elon, N.C. ...................................................... 351Statesboro – Boone, N.C. ................................................... 337Statesboro – Brookings, S.D. .......................................... 1,429Statesboro – San Marcos, TX .......................................... 1,093Total Round Trip ............................................................... 8,936

14 EAGLES NAMED PRESEASON ALL-SOCON: Georgia Southernled all Southern Conference members when 14 Eagles werenamed preseason All-SoCon. First Team members included: RBJermaine Austin, WR Teddy Craft, OG Chad Motte, RS JaysonFoster, PK Jonathan Dudley, DB A.J. Bryant, DB Terence McBrideand P Dan Jordan. Those named preseason Second Team were:OG Travlis Sims, C Lance Wayne, DL Charrod Taylor, LB JohnMohring, DB Tariq Muhammad and DB Lewis Barr. Austin finishedsecond in the preseason ‘Offensive Player of the Year’ balloting.

RUSHING ATTACK AT IT AGAIN: Georgia Southern is at it again inrushing offense. Most recently, the Eagles out-gained MoreheadState 455-120, increasing its nation-leading average to 388.8yards per game. Southern also ranks higher than any NCAA I-Aprogram, currently led by Navy (286.7). GS owns four consecutiveI-AA rushing titles and led ALL NCAA Division I teams in rushingoffense the last three years...2005 - 388.8 rushing yards (1st, 11 games)2004 - 369.9 rushing yards (12 games)2003 - 335.6 rushing yards (11)2002 - 386.2 rushing yards (14)2001 - 323.6 rushing yards* (only regular season counted)Georgia Southern has rushed for more touchdowns than anyprogram in all of Division I (47). In all since the program’s rebirthin 1982, the Eagles have picked up 93,997 yards on 17,374 carriesfor a 5.41 average.

EAGLES OWN FIVE OF THE TOP 11: Following its 484 yard rushingoutput at South Dakota State, GSU now owns the top three rushingperformances in I-AA this year and top two in all of Division I. TheEagles’ 493 net rushing yards against Chattanooga ranks first,followed by South Dakota State then the 474 gained at Northeasternis third-best among I-AA teams... Southern also ranks seventhamong the I-AA teams netting 455 against Morehead State and11th with the 430 yards gained versus Furman.

POINTS ON THE BOARD: Georgia Southern has scored in 38 ofthe 45 quarters (including overtime at Northeastern) this season.The only time they have been left off the board came during threequarters of the Appalachian State game, the opening quarteragainst Furman, the final quarter versus Morehead State and thethird quarter against McNeese State and Wofford. The first halfhas been especially productive, scoring 100 points in the openingquarter and 146 during the second - 246 of the 421 total pointsscored (58.4 percent).

MAGIC NUMBER 40: The number 40 is the key to success forGeorgia Southern. When the Eagles score in the 40s they are7-0 and 1-3 when not. The only winning exception came duringthe 27-24 win over Furman. GSU highest scoring output in a losswas 20 at home against McNeese State.

SPECIAL TEAMS TACKLESNo. Name ................................................................. Tackles39 Lance Turner .............................................................. 1019 Tim Camp ..................................................................... 737 Cameron Draughorne .................................................. 617 Dedrick Bynam ............................................................. 528 Chris Covington ............................................................ 525 J.T. Nash ....................................................................... 552 Jason Earwood ............................................................. 447 John Mohring ................................................................ 441 Marcus Suaava ............................................................. 295 Joey Tuttle ..................................................................... 224 Ken Middleton ............................................................... 232 Terence McBride ........................................................... 236 Joe Turner ..................................................................... 25 Melvin Greer .................................................................. 12 Lewis Barr ..................................................................... 127 Renard Montford ........................................................... 138 Jason Hawkins ............................................................. 120 Chris Dickerson ............................................................ 113 A.J. Bryant ...................................................................... 142 T.J. Rutledge ................................................................. 193 Seth Brownlee .............................................................. 123 Tariq Muhammad .......................................................... 1Single-Game High: 4 - Lance Turner (McNeese State)Blocks: Bynam (punt/WOF), Camp (twice punt/MOR)

OFFENSIVE LINE ANALYSISNo. Name Plays + – Def.Grnd67 Lance Wayne C 671 312 339 13362 Russell Orr, T 603 188 388 7371 Chad Motte, G 520 175 327 7069 Dane Jensen, T 512 167 317 4666 Marcelo Estrada, G 447 153 276 8763 Travlis Sims, G 354 117 218 5964 Charlie Hopkins, T 274 82 183 3556 Lance Watkins, G 265 68 190 3068 Jesse Suarez, C 133 39 89 1575 Eric Selbach, T 85 23 59 760 Casey Wingard, G 77 22 51 1359 James Bouie, G 33 4 29 272 Lewis Brooks, G 32 7 24 476 Jason McLeod, T 31 6 21 265 Sean Gray, T 21 4 17 279 Matt McCown, T 19 4 13 077 Matt Wade, T 9 0 6 0Game High Defenders Grounded:

28 - Wayne (FUR) CAREER-HIGHTeam Single-Game High: 125 vs. Furman


FIRST DOWN YARDAGE: The Eagles continue to fare well on firstdown. On 357 first-down plays, Southern recorded 72 first downsand scored 20 touchdowns. GS averages 7.03 yards on first down.Of those 357 plays, 70 have gone for 11 or more yards.

THIRD DOWN SUCCESS: Georgia Southern has converted 50percent on third down this year... The Eagles are a combined42-for-52 when facing 3rd-and-1 or 3rd-and-2. However, whenfacing seven or more yards to get a first down, Southern is acombined 6-for-43... The defense has held opponents to under50% when they need just a yard for a first (8-for-17).

GROUND WARS... 114-6 SINCE 1997: The Eagles have out-rushedtheir opponents in 114 of the last 120 games over the past eight-plus years. Most recently, Georgia Southern out-rushed MoreheadState 455-120... Appalachian State (2005), Wofford (2002, 2003,2005) and Furman (2000, 2001) have been the only teams to out-rush Georgia Southern during that span.

BALANCED SCORING: Georgia Southern has shared the wealthwhen it comes to scoring. So far this season 14 different Eagleshave accounted for the 59 touchdowns, including two on defenseby Jason Earwood and A.J. Bryant... In 2004, 18 different players,including three defensive players, scored a touchdown. In 2003,just 10 players scored, two from the defensive squad, while in2002 14 did (one defensive).

RECORD SETTING PERFORMANCE BY THE FANS: The Eagles areenjoying another stellar season for home attendance. In theMcNeese State game 20,607 were in attendance, the ninth-highesttotal in Paulson Stadium history. Georgia Southern also set astudent attendance record for the second straight year(Appalachian State in ‘04) as 11,816 watched the McNeesegame... The Eagles are averaging 16,241 after six home games,sixth-highest average among NCAA I-AA teams in the country.

SCORING STREAK: Georgia Southern has not suffered a shutoutsince December 2, 1995 when the Montana Grizzlies and a frozenturf stifled the Eagles’ triple-option attack in a 45-0 playoff setback.Overall, the Eagles have scored in 131 straight contests.

SECOND HALF STAND: Georgia Southern’s defense has beenstingy during the second half thus far. The opposing offenseshave scored only 14 touchdowns after halftime - spanning 23quarters (including OT at Northeastern). The Eagles had threeconsecutive second half shutouts (Chattanooga, Elon andWestern Carolina) but Appalachian State and The Citadel bothscored a touchdown on its opening drive of the third quarter.

DON’T MOVE THE CHAINS: The Georgia Southern dropped onespot to second in the SoCon in opponent fourth-down conversion.Opponents have converted just 25 percent on fourth down attemptsthis year (4-for-16), which ranks GSU tied for seventh nationally.

IN THE CLUTCH: Last year Georgia Southern finished first in theSouthern Conference on fourth down conversions. The Eaglesare making a statement again this year. Overall Southern holdsthe SoCon lead at 73 percent (24-for-33) and ranks sixth nation-ally. No other Division I team in the country has converted morefourth down attempts than GSU. Against Western Carolina, theEagles finished a perfect 7-for-7.

REDZONE SUCCESS: Georgia Southern stands 42-for-50 on theseason (38 TD, four FG) when inside the RedZone, 84 percent.When inside the 10 yard line the Eagles are 30-for-34, scoring 28touchdowns and two field goals.

THIRD DOWN CONVERSIONSGeorgia Southern Opponent

3 AND 1 .......................20/22 3 AND 1 ..................... 8/173 AND 2 .......................22/30 3 AND 2 ....................11/203 AND 3 ......................... 8/12 3 AND 3 ..................... 9/153 AND 4 ......................... 8/15 3 AND 4 ...................... 6/113 AND 5 ......................... 6/14 3 AND 5 ..................... 5/103 AND 6 ......................... 4/12 3 AND 6 ........................4/73 AND 7 ......................... 2/11 3 AND 7 ...................... 5/113 AND 8 ........................... 0/5 3 AND 8 ........................5/83 AND 9 ........................... 2/5 3 AND 9 ..................... 6/103 AND 10 ......................... 1/9 3 AND 10 ......................1/73 AND 11 .......................... na 3 AND 11 .......................2/53 AND 12 .......................... na 3 AND 12 ......................0/23 AND 13 ......................... 0/4 3 AND 13 ......................2/53 AND 14 ......................... 0/2 3 AND 14 ......................0/63 AND 15+ ....................... 1/7 3 AND 15+ ................. 4/15Total ............... 74/148 (50%) Total ............. 68/149 (46%)

GSU FIRST DOWN PLAYS: .................................................... 357GSU FIRST DOWN GAINED ON FIRST DOWN PLAYS: ............ 72GSU TOUCHDOWNS SCORED ON FIRST DOWN PLAYS: ....... 20GSU AVERAGE GAIN ON FIRST DOWN PLAYS: .............. 7.03 ypp

GSU AnalysisNo gain or negative yardage: ................................................ 55One to five yards gained: .................................................... 169Six to 10 yards gained: .......................................................... 6311 to 20 yards gained: ............................................................ 46More than 20 yards gained: .................................................. 24

OPP FIRST DOWN PLAYS: .................................................... 309OPP FIRST DOWN GAINED ON FIRST DOWN PLAYS: ............ 63OPP TOUCHDOWNS SCORED ON FIRST DOWN PLAYS: ...... 13OPP AVERAGE GAIN ON FIRST DOWN PLAYS: ............. 6.29 ypp

OPP AnalysisNo gain or negative yardage: ................................................ 94One to five yards gained: ...................................................... 99Six to 10 yards gained: .......................................................... 5811 to 20 yards gained: ............................................................ 35More than 20 yards gained: .................................................. 23

FIRST DOWN CONVERSIONS

Team No. KO TB Avg. OPP StartGSU 72* 23 Own 27

Team No. KO TB Avg. GSU StartOPP 47 6 Own 28

*GSU recovered onside kick (The Citadel) not included

KICKOFFS


THREE DOWNS AND OUT: For the season the Eagles have gone‘3-and-out’ 18 times in 129 drives. Georgia Southern has heldopponents to ‘3-and-out’ 28 times in 126 possessions.

NAILING THE DOOR SHUT: Georgia Southern has compiled an88-3 record when leading after three quarters of play since 1997.The only fourth quarter losses came at Wofford (2003), at Furman(2004) and New Hampshire (2004). Since 1999, GSU is 55-6when it scores first and 64-7 when ahead at the half. In that samespan, the Eagles have only trailed at the end of the third quarter18 times in 92 total games (4-14 record). One of those four winscame against top-ranked Furman at Paulson Stadium, 27-24.

PAULSON STADIUM HIT LIST: Georgia Southern has won 141games at Paulson Stadium since the stadium’s opening in 1984.Here’s a look at the victims, listed from a frequency perspective:Chattanooga (10), Western Carolina (8), The Citadel (8), Furman(7), Savannah State (7), VMI (5), Central Florida (5), EastTennessee State (5), Appalachian State (5), Bethune-Cookman(4), Wofford (3), Elon (3), Newberry (3), South Carolina State (3),Jacksonville State (3), Eastern Kentucky (2), Florida A&M (2), Maine(2), Liberty (2), Nicholls State (2), Northeast Louisiana (2), Samford(2), Stephen F. Austin State (2) and Johnson C. Smith (2)... On theother hand, the 17 survivors include Marshall (’94, ‘96),Appalachian State (‘96), The Citadel (‘03), East Tennessee (‘96),Eastern Kentucky (‘90), Florida A&M (‘92), Furman (‘01), McNeeseState (‘05), Middle Tennessee State (‘85), New Hampshire (‘04),Troy State (‘92), West Georgia (‘94), Western Kentucky (‘02), William& Mary (‘97), Wofford (‘02) and Youngstown State (‘91).

PAULSON STADIUM — HOME SWEET HOME: Georgia Southern’sall-time record in Allen E. Paulson Stadium is 141-17 (.892). TheEagles own the two longest home winning streaks in NCAADivision I-AA history, having run off 39 straight victories fromNovember 8, 1997 to December 15, 2001 and 38 consecutivefrom October 5, 1985 to September 22, 1990... Meanwhile, againstthe Southern Conference, Georgia Southern has tallied a 45-6(.882) mark in Paulson Stadium since joining the league and is13-2 against conference foes under head coach Mike Sewak.

DETAILING CONFERENCE DYNASTIES: Georgia Southern’s run ofsix consecutive Southern Conference titles from 1997 to 2002was one of the greatest such streaks in NCAA I-AA history. In fact,only Northern Iowa has had more success, winning the GatewayConference seven straight times (1990-96).

I-AA WINS LEADERS SINCE 1999...No. Team .......................................................................... Wins1. Montana ..........................................................................772. GEORGIA SOUTHERN .....................................................733. Lehigh .............................................................................664. Furman ...........................................................................63

Colgate ...........................................................................636. Western Kentucky ...........................................................61

Grambling State ..............................................................618. Dayton .............................................................................609. Duquesne .......................................................................59

Delaware ........................................................................59

NUMBER ONE GOES DOWN: Georgia Southern pulled off aprogram first following its 27-24 win over top-ranked Furman atPaulson Stadium. That marked the Eagles’ first ever win over theNo. 1 team in the country during a regular season contest. TheEagles were 0-3 heading in, all against Marshall and twice atPaulson Stadium.

SoCON CAREER RUSHING ATTEMPTS1. Adrian Peterson, GSU .................................................... 9962. Thomas Haskins, VMI .................................................... 8983. John Settle, Appalachian State ....................................... 8914. Louis Ivory, Furman ........................................................ 8475. JERMAINE AUSTIN ......................................................... 834

SoCON CAREER RUSHING YARDS1. Adrian Peterson, GSU ................................................. 6,5592. Louis Ivory, Furman ..................................................... 5,3533. Thomas Haskins, VMI ................................................. 5,3494. JERMAINE AUSTIN ...................................................... 5,264

SoCON MOST YARDS GAINED PER GAME, CAREER1. Adrian Peterson, GSU ................................................. 156.22. Louis Ivory, Furman ..................................................... 127.53. Thomas Haskins, VMI ................................................. 121.64. JERMAINE AUSTIN ....................................................... 114.4

MOST GAMES GAINING 100 RUSHING YARDS OR MORE, CAREER1. Adrian Peterson, GSU ...................................................... 402. JERMAINE AUSTIN ........................................................... 32

SoCON MOST SEASONS GAINING 1,000 YARDS OR MORE1. Adrian Peterson, GSU .........................................................42. JERMAINE AUSTIN ..............................................................3

Louis Ivory, Furman .............................................................3Thomas Haskins, VMI .........................................................3Chris Parker, Marshall .........................................................3Stanford Jennings, Furman .................................................3

SoCON MOST YARDS GAINED BY A QUARTERBACK, SEASON1. Chaz Williams, GSU (2002) ........................................ 1,4222. JAYSON FOSTER (2005) ............................................. 1,330

SoCON TWO PLAYERS, SAME TEAM EACH GAINING 1,000 YARDS2005 - JERMAINE AUSTIN (1,399), JAYSON FOSTER (1,330)2002 - JERMAINE AUSTIN (1,416), Chaz Williams (1,422)1999 - Greg Hill (1,084), Adrian Peterson (1,807)1998 - Greg Hill (1,061), Adrian Peterson (1,932)1988 - Adrian Johnson (1,091), Gene Brown (1,006) The Citadel1977 - Mike Smith (1,067), Gwain Durden (1,045) Chattanooga

SoCON MOST RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS IN A SEASON1. Adrian Peterson, GSU (1999) .......................................... 282. Chaz Williams, GSU (2002) ............................................. 273. Chaz Williams, GSU (2004) ............................................. 25

Adrian Peterson, GSU (1998) .......................................... 255. John Settle, Appalachian State (1986) ............................. 206. JAYSON FOSTER .............................................................. 19

SoCON CONSECUTIVE GAMES SCORING RUSHING TD, SEASON1. JAYSON FOSTER ............................................................... 11

Chaz Williams, GSU (2002) .............................................. 11Louis Ivory, Furman (2001) ................................................ 11

SoCON RUSHING TDs SCORED BY QUARTERBACK, SEASON1. Chaz Williams, GSU (2002, NCAA Record) ..................... 272. Chaz Williams, GSU (2004) ............................................. 253. JAYSON FOSTER .............................................................. 19

EAGLES IN SoCON RECORD BOOK


RUSHING RECORD AGAIN: At South Dakota State, the Eagles tieda single game record rushing the ball 76 times. They surpassedthat mark the following week. Southern finished with 80 rushingattempts against Furman, totaling 430 yards.

CLOSE IN LOSSES: Close ball games have not been kind to GSUover the last four seasons as the Eagles’ 13 losses under MikeSewak have been by a total of 104 points.

DUDLEY BREAKS 100: Jonathan Dudley, preseason First TeamAll-Southern Conference this year, improved to 49-for-52 in extrapoints this year. Dudley hit the game-winning field goal from 24yards out in overtime at Northeastern. He stands 13-for-16 incareer field goal attempts and converted 105-of-114 extra points.

FOSTER’S SIX: Sophomore Jayson Foster, the 2004 SouthernConference ‘Freshman of the Year’, saw his streak of 100-yardrushing games end at six. Georgia Southern’s quarterback cameinto the Appalachian State game late in the first quarter andfinished with 54 yards on 20 carries but did score a touchdown.Foster’s streak will go down as the eighth-longest among theSoCon season leaders...Most Consecutive Games Gaining 100+ Yards (SoCon)...11 - Adrian Peterson (1999 and 1998)10 - Chaz Williams (2002)9 - Adrian Peterson (2000)9 - Carl Tremble (Furman, 1992)9 - John Settle (Appalachian State, 1986)9 - Stump Mitchell (The Citadel, 1980)7 - Brad Hoover (Western Carolina, 1998)6 - JAYSON FOSTER (2005)6 - Louis Ivory (Furman, 2001)6 - Brandon Walker (East Tennessee State, 1996)6 - Carlester Crumpler (East Carolina, 1972)

NATION-BEST STREAK CONTINUES: Jayson Foster rushed fortwo touchdowns against Morehead State, the 11th straight gamehe reached the endzone. He has scored a rushing TD every gamethis year, the only player in I-AA to accomplish that feat thisseason, and tied a SoCon season record for consecutive gamesscoring a rushing touchdown (Chaz Williams, Furman’s LouisIvory). One more rushing TD this season in the First Round playoffgame will break the record.

FOSTER SURPASSES 1,400 CAREER YARDS: Jayson Fosterreached a milestone during the Appalachian State game,surpassing 1,000 career rushing yards in just 19 games. Heenters the Morehead State game with 1,494 yards to date... Thisyear he ranks second with 1,330 yards and leads the teamrecording 218 rushing attempts and 19 touchdowns. His 120.9per game average stands second in the SoCon and is 10thnationally... During his rookie year, Foster scored a touchdownfive different ways: rushing (4), receiving (2), passing (1), kickoffreturn (1) and punt return (1).

QB RUSHING YARDS: Foster moved to second place among theSouthern Conference season leaders, behind Chaz Williams, formost rushing yards by a quarterback. With 1,330 the sophomoreQB currently ranks fifth among the NCAA I-AA season leaders.Next on the list is Morehead State’s David Dinkins (1,405 yardsduring the 2000 season) and Williams’ 2002 record.

UPDATED GEORGIA SOUTHERN RECORDSCAREER RUSHING ATTEMPTS1. Adrian Peterson .............................................................. 9962. JERMAINE AUSTIN ......................................................... 834

CAREER RUSHING YARDS1. Adrian Peterson ........................................................... 6,5592. JERMAINE AUSTIN ...................................................... 5,264

CAREER YARDS PER CARRY AVERAGE1. Ricky Harris ......................................................................6.82. Adrian Peterson ................................................................6.63. JERMAINE AUSTIN ...........................................................6.3

MOST YARDS GAINED, SEASON-OPENER199 by JERMAINE AUSTIN (9/3/2005 at Northeastern)

LONGEST PASS COMPLETION82 yards TD - DARIUS SMILEY to TEDDY CRAFT (10/1/2005 at Elon)

LONGEST RECEPTION82 yards TD - TEDDY CRAFT - DARIUS SMILEY (10/1/2005 at Elon)

CAREER YARDS PER CATCH1. TEDDY CRAFT (43 rec., 995) .......................................... 23.12. Monty Sharpe ................................................................. 19.9

CAREER KICK RETURN AVERAGE1. LEWIS BARR (30 returns, 787 yards) ........................... 26.22. Corey Joyner .................................................................. 25.9

MOST TDs ON INTERCEPTION RETURNS, GAME1 - on 26 occasions.JASON EARWOOD (10/22/2005, 30 yds. vs. The Citadel)A.J. BRYANT (11/12/05, 74 yds. vs. Morehead State)

MOST CAREER INTERCEPTION RETURN YARDS253 - A.J. BRYANT

MOST RUSHING PLAYS80 vs. Furman (11/5/05)

GEORGIA SOUTHERN IN NCAA RECORD BOOKNCAA CAREER RUSHING YARDS1. Adrian Peterson (1998-2001, Georgia Southern) ....... 6,5592. Charles Roberts (1997-2000, Sacramento State) ...... 6,5533. Jerry Azumah (1995-98, New Hampshire) .................. 6,1934. Matt Cannon (1997-2000, Southern Utah) .................. 5,4895. Reggie Greene (1994-97, Siena) ............................... 5,4156. Marcel Shipp (1997-2000, Massachusetts) ................ 5,3837. Thomas Haskins (1993-96, VMI) ................................ 5,3558. Louis Ivory (1998-2001, Furman) ................................ 5,3539. Frank Hawkins (1977-80, Nevada) ............................. 5,33310. Rick Sarille (1995-99, Wagner) ................................... 5,29011. JERMAINE AUSTIN (2002-Pr., GEORGIA SOUTHERN) 5,264

NCAA SEASON RUSHING YARDS BY A QUARTERBACK1. Matt Cannon (2000, Southern Utah) ........................... 1,6022. Matt Cannon (1998, Southern Utah) ........................... 1,5333. Chaz Williams (2002) .................................................. 1,4224. David Dinkins (2000, Morehead State) ....................... 1,4055. JAYSON FOSTER (2005) ............................................. 1,330


DUO MAKE HISTORY: Jermaine Austin and Jayson Foster madehistory during the South Dakota State game. They both surpassed1,000 yards rushing for the season, just the sixth time in SouthernConference history two teammates accomplished the feat. Ofthose six, four are from Georgia Southern. Austin already madethat list in 2002 when he (1,416) and Chaz Williams (1,422) eachran for 1,000 yards.

MORE ON MOHRING: John Mohring has led the Eagle defense ortied for the team tackles lead nine times this year. He recorded acareer-best 14 tackles against Furman... Mohring also brokeAppalachian State quarterback Richie Williams’ streak of 186consecutive pass attempts without an interception. He grabbedWilliams’ pass in the endzone at the end of the first half and ran itback 46 yards... He holds the team lead making 10.5 tackles for aloss... Mohring recorded a then career-high 12 tackles at Wofford.The junior linebacker tallied 11 at Northeastern (also a personal-best at the time) then tied that mark against McNeese State.Mohring holds the tackles lead with 103, ranking second amongthe Southern Conference leaders. He surpassed 100 careertackles during the season-opener, currently with 196 all-time.

FOSTER TOPS IN SCORING: Jayson Foster leads the SouthernConference and ranks second nationally averaging 10.4 pointsper game. Not only has he scored 19 rushing touchdowns (tiedfor second-most in I-AA) but also thrown for six more... Foster tiedfor 10th place among the SoCon season leaders following hisfour TD performance against Morehead State, giving him 25 TDsaccounted for this year.

SMILEY TO CRAFT SETS RECORDS: Late in the second quarter atElon, quarterback Darius Smiley hooked up with wide receiverTeddy Craft and made Georgia Southern history. The 82-yardtouchdown catch set Eagle records for longest pass completionand longest pass reception. The previous passing record was80 done on three occasions (most recently in 2003). The previousreception record was also 80 done three times. That was Smiley’ssecond TD pass this year and Craft’s first TD reception.

SMILEY-McCUTCHEN BOTH GET FIRSTS: Quarterback DariusSmiley and wide receiver Reggie McCutchen connected on amemorable 15-yard game-tying touchdown pass on fourth downwith 57 seconds remaining at Northeastern. That marked Smiley’sfirst career passing TD and McCutchen’s first TD reception.

A ‘CRAFTY’ WIDE RECEIVER: Teddy Craft hauled in JaysonFoster’s two TD passes against Morehead State, giving him 11 inhis career. That jumped him up into a tie for third place on the all-time list (Tony Belser), two back of Chris Johnson in secondplace... Craft needs five more receiving yards to reach 1,000 inhis career... Last year the versatile wide receiver set a GSU recordmaking a touchdown catch in five straight games. However, thatwas snapped at The Citadel. Craft made up for it though bythrowing his first collegiate touchdown pass late in the first half...Craft was not far behind Foster in variety of TDs last year. Craftcaught a TD pass, threw one and returned a punt (WesternCarolina)... He tied a GSU season record for most games gaining100 yards receiving (117 Wofford, 108 Western Carolina). Craft isalso one 100-yard game away from tying Monty Sharpe’s careerrecord of three... After surpassing the minimum 40 careerreceptions requirement, he would currently lead in career yardsper catch averaging 23.1. Sharpe right now owns the record with19.9 yards per reception.

EARWOOD TIES RECORD: Jason Earwood joined the GeorgiaSouthern record book, returning an interception during The Citadelgame for a touchdown. That was the 25th time a member of theEagle defense accomplished the feat.

SO DOES BRYANT: Senior A.J. Bryant enjoys playing in the regularseason finale. For the second straight year he returned aninterception for a touchdown, most recently 74 yards againstMorehead State. Last year at Florida International he hit paydirtafter a 73-yard return. That marks the 26th time a member of theEagle defense accomplished the feat.

AND HE SETS ANOTHER RECORD: During A.J. Bryant’s 74-yardreturn against Morehead State he shattered Hugo Rossignol’srecord for career interception return yards of 182. Bryant, onlythree shy before the run, now holds the record at 253.

BRYANT HOLDS INTERCEPTION RECORD: A.J. Bryant last yearearned Third Team All-America honors. In 2004, he set a GeorgiaSouthern record with six interceptions, including one for 73 yardsat Florida International for a TD. He picked off two passes atWestern Carolina and against FIU… Bryant ranked 19th nationally.He also set a GSU season record of 165 interception return yards.

JORDAN AMONG CONFERENCE LEADERS: Punter Dan Jordan,last year’s SoCon leader, currently ranks fourth averaging 39.7yards per kick on 29 attempts. During the Morehead State gamehe booted a career-best 69-yard punt. His freshman year herecorded one of the longest ever at Furman’s Paladin Stadiumhitting one for 68 yards.

KNOCKDOWN KING: Junior center Lance Wayne is pushing forhis third straight ‘knockdown’ title. He has led the offensive line inknockdown blocks the last two years (141 as a sophomore, 117his freshman year) and is at it again with 133 to date. Like he didlast year against Furman, Wayne set a personal-high forknockdowns getting 28. Wayne also displays his durability, leadingthe O-Line in snaps played again, 671 this year (751 in 2004 and789 in ‘03).

EAGLES KNOCKDOWN FURMAN: Georgia Southern registered ateam season-high 125 knockdown blocks against Furman. Thatwas 29 more than the previous high during the season-opener atNortheastern. Last year the Eagles also registered a team season-high against the Paladins, 107.

MUHAMMAD HITS 100: Senior strong safety Tariq Muhammadrecorded his 100th career tackle at Elon. The three-year starterhas played in 42 career games, totaling nine pass break-ups,four interceptions and 123 stops.

AS DOES McBRIDE: Terence McBride also recorded his 100thcareer tackle during the Western Carolina game. The seniorcornerback, having missed two games earlier this year, madefour stops to reach the milestone. He has played in 44 gamesand recorded 122 tackles... Against South Dakota State andFurman he forced a fumble and intercepted a pass each game.

... AND BRYANT: Fellow senior defensive back A.J. Bryant joinedJohn Mohring, Tariq Muhammad and Terence McBride inrecording his 100th career tackle this year. Bryant finished theAppalachian State game with nine to surpass the milestone. Thestarting free safety has nine interceptions and 11 pass break-upsto go with his 125 career stops in 48 games.


ANDREWS SURPASSES 1,100: Fullback Brandon Andrews hit amilestone during the Western Carolina game. With 30 yardsrushing, he surpassed 1,000 career yards. In 36 games played,Andrews has registered 1,165 yards and scored 12 touchdowns.

TOUCHDOWN McCUTCHEN: Junior Reggie McCutchen recordeda career-high two TD receptions against Western Carolina. Heincreased his season total to four, now just one shy of tying forfourth place among the season ‘Top 10’.

MAKING THEM COUNT: Chris Dickerson might have only tworeceptions this season, but both have come at important times.He made a leaping grab over two Citadel defenders for a 23-yardtouchdown, the first of his career. Dickerson also battled twodefenders to haul in a 35-yard completion on 3rd-and-17 late inthe Furman game. That catch set up the go-ahead touchdown asthe Eagles knocked off top-ranked Furman 27-24.

DEFENSE GETTING PICKY: Georgia Southern’s defense has pickedoff a pass in nine of the last 10 games, including a season-highthree off South Dakota State’s Ryan Berry. Three different Eaglescame up with an interception that game... Terence McBride pickedoff Furman’s Ingle Martin late in the game to seal the 27-24 upsetwin... Jason Earwood ran one back 30 yards for a touchdown inThe Citadel game and A.J. Bryant also returned one for atouchdown versus Morehead State. Earwood (2nd career), JohnMohring (3, 4th career), Lewis Barr (3rd career), Bryant (3, 9thcareer), Larry Beard, Anthony Blaine, McBride (2, 5th career) andLarry Long have all recorded an interception this season.

YOUTH MOVEMENT: Georgia Southern put a young but talentedoffense on the field at Northeastern. In all six sophomores got thestart - QB Jayson Foster, SB Lynon Jefferson and MarquiceMaynard, OL Lance Watkins, Dane Jensen and Russell Orr.Freshman Tim Camp started at wide receiver.

NEW FACES IN STARTING ROLES: Going into the season GeorgiaSouthern realized new faces were getting a shot at starting roles.Of the 22 starters at Northeastern, eight got their first-ever start:RB Lynon Jefferson, WR Tim Camp, OL Lance Watkins andDane Jensen, FS A.J. Bryant, LB T.J. Rutledge and DL CharrodTaylor and Brian Kranz.

RETURNING ALL-AMERICANS: Georgia Southern returns threeAll-Americans from last year. Senior offensive guard Chad Mottewas named First Team All-America by The Sports Network. Hestarted all 12 games, seeing action in 627 snaps which wasfourth-most on the team. He earned a positive grade on 265 playsrecording 108 knockdown blocks... A.J. Bryant ranked amongthe national leaders snaring six interceptions. He was a ThirdTeam All-America pick by The Sports Network... Jermaine Austinearned Fourth Team accolades by the Collegesportsreport.com.He rushed for 988 yards in essentially nine games last year(played one snap in one game).

TAYLOR THE OLDEST START: Junior defensive lineman CharrodTaylor is believed to hold the distinction as the oldest player tostart a game for Georgia Southern. The 25-year-old junior (May1980, second oldest to ever suit up in an Eagle uniform) spent fouryears in the Navy and joined Eagle football as a walk-on. Taylorwas drafted as the number one pick during last spring’s Blue-White game and a Preseason Second Team All-Southern Confer-ence pick this year without ever starting a single game. In hiscareer, Taylor has played in 32 games making 48 tackles includ-ing 11 for a loss and two sacks.

BLAINE JOINS TAYLOR: Redshirt-freshman Anthony Blaine joinsCharrod Taylor as the second oldest to suit up in an Eagle uniform.Born in August 1980, the 25-year-old Blaine spent three years inthe Army. After attending Georgia Southern last year, he joined theteam as a walk-on during the summer.

DEFENSIVE BACKS EARN RESPECT: When the preseason All-Southern Conference teams were announced, head coachescertainly thought highly of Georgia Southern’s secondary. All fourstarters were named to either the first or second team. ReturningAll-America free safety A.J. Bryant and cornerback TerenceMcBride were First Team picks. Strong safety Tariq Muhammadand cornerback Lewis Barr earned a spot on the Second Team.

AUSTIN POW AGAIN: Senior Jermaine Austin was named‘Offensive Player of the Week’ by the Southern Conference officeon September 5. Austin gained 199 yards on 20 carries, hissecond-highest single game total and most by an Eagle in aseason-opener. Austin broke through on a 60-yard TD run andregistered two other runs of 40-plus yards. That marks the fourthtime in his career he received the SoCon’s weekly offensive award.

WISE NAMED FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Matt Wise was namedSouthern Conference ‘Freshman of the Week’. The redshirt-fresh-man defensive lineman picked up his first SoCon weekly award.Wise recorded a personal-high five tackles during the 49-7 win atElon. He recorded two tackles for a loss, one a sack of Elon QB

BYNAM NAMED FRESHMAN OF THE WEEK: Dedrick Bynamreceived the Southern Conference’s ‘Freshman of the Week’award, helping Georgia Southern defeat Western Carolina. Heregistered three unassisted tackles, part of a defensive unit thatallowed just 70 net rushing yards by the Catamounts. Bynamalso recorded a 9-yard sack.

BEARD JOINS FRESHMAN CROWD: Defensive end Larry Beardwas named Southern Conference ‘Freshman of the Week’,helping Georgia Southern to a 49-14 win over The Citadel. Beardregistered six tackles, of which 1.5 were for a loss. In addition hegot a sack and one quarterback hurry. Beard, earning the weeklyaward for the first time in his career, became the third Eagle toreceive the ‘Freshman of the Week’ award.

FOSTER SHARES OFFENSIVE AWARD: Sophomore quarterbackJayson Foster shared the Southern Conference ‘Offensive Playerof the Week’ award, following his career-high performance atSouth Dakota State... Foster had career-highs of 178 yards rushing(on 27 attempts), 131 passing (4-of-7) and equaled his high ofthree TDs on the ground... He keyed the 11th-best total offensiveyardage game in GSU history (615) and the most ever rushingyards allowed by a South Dakota State opponent... This markedhis first SoCon Offensive weekly award and second overall(Freshman POW last year)... Foster shared the offensive awardwith Richie Williams from Appalachian State and Chattanooga’sEldra Buckley.

I-AA.ORG HONORS FOSTER: Quarterback Jayson Foster washonored by I-AA.org as one of its four weekly All-Stars. Fosterrushed for a career-high 191 yards and piled up 271 yards ofoffense as the Eagles knocked off top-ranked Furman. He alsoregistered a career-high 33 rushing attempts and scored atouchdown for the 10th straight game. Foster’s biggest completionof the game came on 3rd-and-17 when Chris Dickerson hauledin his pass for 35 yards, setting up the go-ahead touchdown.


WALTER PAYTON AWARD FINALIST

JERMAINEAUSTIN

#6OPPONENT ................... ATT. YDS TD LGat Northeastern ............... 20 199 1 60McNeese State ............... 20 129 1 30at Wofford ....................... 21 87 0 14Chattanooga ................... 11 127 1 50at Elon ............................ 11 125 2 38Western Carolina ............ 24 117 0 20at #19 Appalachian State 19 72 0 8The Citadel ..................... 18 137 0 21at South Dakota State ..... 29 146 4 33#1 Furman ...................... 24 142 3 17Morehead State .............. 13 118 1 22TOTALS ......................... 210 1,399 13 60

GEORGIA SOUTHERNSENIOR • FULLBACK

OTHER PAYTON AWARD WATCH LIST CANDIDATESWR David Ball (New Hampshire): 68 rec. 1,190 yards 18 TDRB Omar Cuff (Delaware): 249 att. 1,205 yards 14 TD 41 rec. - 414 yards 4 TDQB Bruce Eugene (Grambling): 327-188-3 3,275 yards 40 TD 58 att. - 83 yards 2 TDRB Nick Hartigan (Brown): 314 att. 1,727 yards 20 TD 10 rec. - 74 yards 1 TDRB Lex Hilliard (Montana): 229 att. 1,228 yards 10 TD 9 rec. - 78 yards 1 TD

QB Travis Lulay (Montana State): 388-223-10 2,629 yards 17 TD 133 att. - 611 yards 4 TDQB Ingle Martin (Furman): 284-173-11 2,404 yards 18 TD 57 att. - 141 yards 3 TDQB Erik Meyer (Eastern Washington): 366-244-5 3,616 yards 26 TD 76 att. - 185 yards 1 TDQB Barrick Nealy (Texas State): 273-151-5 2,043 yards 14 TD 116 att. - 834 yards11 TDWR Laurent Robinson (Illinois State): 86 rec. 1,465 yards 12 TD

RB Joe Rubin (Portland State): 345 att. 1,702 yards 17 TD 15 rec. - 79 yardsQB Joel Sambursky (Southern Illinois): 271-176-7 2,286 yards 20 TD 69 att. - 3 yards 1 TDQB Ricky Santos (New Hampshire): 360-256-8 3,200 yards 33 TD 84 att. - 234 yards 7 TDRB Steve Silva (Holy Cross): 189 att. 913 yards 11 TD 54 rec. - 364 yards 1 TDQB Richie Williams (Appalachian St.): 259-166-4 2,104 yards 14 TD 136 att. - 846 yards 4 TD


GEORGIA SOUTHERN TWO-DEEPRS-redshirt; TR-transfer; L-letters won; SQ-squadman (non-letterman)

WIDE RECEIVERNo. Player Ht. Wt. Cl-Exp.86 Reggie McCutchen 6-1 164 Jr-2L19 Tim Camp 6-0 206 Fr-HS-or- 20 Chris Dickerson 6-4 214 Jr-SQ

LEFT TACKLE64 Charlie Hopkins 6-3 287 Sr-3L69 Dane Jensen 6-4 261 So-1L

LEFT GUARD66 Marcelo Estrada 6-3 275 So-SQ63 Travlis Sims 6-2 281 Jr-1L

CENTER67 Lance Wayne 6-2 283 Jr-2L68 Jesse Suarez 5-11 287 So-1L

RIGHT GUARD71 Chad Motte 6-4 303 Sr-3L56 Lance Watkins 6-1 275 So-1L

RIGHT TACKLE62 Russell Orr 6-4 272 So-1L63 Travlis Sims 6-2 281 Jr-1L

WIDE RECEIVER85 Teddy Craft 5-11 190 Jr-2L86 Reggie McCutchen 6-1 164 Jr-2L

QUARTERBACK4 Jayson Foster 5-9 164 So-1L9 Darius Smiley 5-9 187 Jr-2L

FULLBACK6 Jermaine Austin 5-8 218 Sr-3L34 Brandon Andrews 5-10 218 Sr-3L

SLOTBACK26 Marquice Maynard 5-8 170 So-1L28 Chris Covington 5-11 190 Fr-HS

SLOTBACK31 Lynon Jefferson 5-9 177 So-1L21 Raja Andrews 5-8 185 Fr-RS

PLACEKICKER87 Jonathan Dudley 6-0 183 Jr-2L84 Patrick Bolen 5-10 185 Fr-RS

DEFENSIVE ENDNo. Player Ht. Wt. Cl-Exp.94 Jack Sherman 6-1 245 Sr-3L97 Matt Wise 6-3 252 Fr-RS

NOSE TACKLE92 Brian Kranz 6-3 254 Jr-1L99 Shannon Williams 5-11 269 Sr-3L

DEFENSIVE TACKLE91 Charrod Taylor 6-2 275 Jr-2L44 T.J. Watkins 6-1 283 So-1L

DEFENSIVE END55 Larry Beard 6-3 258 Fr-RS51 Shun Williams 6-2 222 Fr-TR

OUTSIDE LINEBACKER52 Jason Earwood 6-2 233 Jr-2L54 Dusty Reddick 6-1 228 So-1L

MIDDLE LINEBACKER42 T.J. Rutledge 5-11 227 Sr-2L11 David Willingham 6-1 232 Jr-2L

OUTSIDE LINEBACKER47 John Mohring 6-1 212 Jr-2L48 Larry Long 5-11 197 Sr-SQ

LEFT CORNERBACK32 Terence McBride 5-10 190 Sr-3L36 Joe Turner 5-10 185 Fr-HS

FREE SAFETY13 A.J. Bryant 6-3 205 Sr-3L17 Dedrick Bynam 6-0 198 Fr-RS

STRONG SAFETY23 Tariq Muhammad 6-1 196 Sr-3L1 Rico Zackery 6-1 204 Jr-2L

RIGHT CORNERBACK2 Lewis Barr 5-10 189 Sr-3L25 J.T. Nash 6-2 179 So-SQ

PUNTER89 Dan Jordan 6-4 212 So-1L84 Patrick Bolen 5-10 185 Fr-RS

SPECIALISTSKickoffs: 87 Jonathan Dudley, 84 Patrick BolenPunt Returns: 85 Teddy Craft, 2 Lewis BarrKickoff Returns: 85 Teddy Craft, 2 Lewis BarrSnappers: 95 Joey Tuttle, 54 Dusty ReddickHolder: 13 A.J. Bryant, 4 Jayson Foster


GEORGIA SOUTHERN GAME-BY-GAME STARTERSOFFENSE WR LT LG C RG RTNORTHEASTERN Reggie McCutchen Dane Jensen Lance Watkins Lance Wayne Chad Motte Russell OrrMcNEESE STATE Reggie McCutchen Dane Jensen Travlis Sims Lance Wayne Chad Motte Russell OrrWOFFORD Reggie McCutchen Travlis Sims Marcelo Estrada Lance Wayne Chad Motte Russell OrrCHATTANOOGA Reggie McCutchen Dane Jensen Marcelo Estrada Lance Wayne Chad Motte Russell OrrELON Reggie McCutchen Dane Jensen Marcelo Estrada Lance Wayne Chad Motte Russell OrrWESTERN CAROLINA Reggie McCutchen Dane Jensen Marcelo Estrada Lance Wayne Chad Motte Russell OrrAPPALACHIAN STATE Reggie McCutchen Dane Jensen Marcelo Estrada Lance Wayne Chad Motte Russell OrrTHE CITADEL Reggie McCutchen Dane Jensen Marcelo Estrada Lance Wayne Chad Motte Russell OrrSOUTH DAKOTA STATE Reggie McCutchen Dane Jensen Marcelo Estrada Lance Wayne Chad Motte Russell OrrFURMAN Reggie McCutchen Charlie Hopkins Marcelo Estrada Lance Wayne Chad Motte Russell OrrMOREHEAD STATE Reggie McCutchen Charlie Hopkins Marcelo Estrada Lance Wayne Chad Motte Russell OrrTEXAS STATE

WR QB FB SB SBNORTHEASTERN Tim Camp Jayson Foster Jermaine Austin Marquice Maynard Lynon JeffersonMcNEESE STATE Teddy Craft Jayson Foster Jermaine Austin Marquice Maynard Lynon JeffersonWOFFORD Teddy Craft Jayson Foster Jermaine Austin Marquice Maynard Lynon JeffersonCHATTANOOGA Teddy Craft Jayson Foster Jermaine Austin Marquice Maynard Lynon JeffersonELON Teddy Craft Jayson Foster Jermaine Austin Marquice Maynard Lynon JeffersonWESTERN CAROLINA Teddy Craft Jayson Foster Brandon Andrews Marquice Maynard Lynon JeffersonAPPALACHIAN STATE Tim Camp Darius Smiley Jermaine Austin Marquice Maynard Lynon JeffersonTHE CITADEL Teddy Craft Jayson Foster Jermaine Austin Marquice Maynard Lynon JeffersonSOUTH DAKOTA STATE Teddy Craft Jayson Foster Jermaine Austin Marquice Maynard Lynon JeffersonFURMAN Teddy Craft Jayson Foster Jermaine Austin Marquice Maynard Lynon JeffersonMOREHEAD STATE Teddy Craft Jayson Foster Jermaine Austin Marquice Maynard Lynon JeffersonTEXAS STATE

DEFENSE DE NT DT DE WLB MLBNORTHEASTERN Jack Sherman Brian Kranz Charrod Taylor Shaheen Solomon Jason Earwood T.J. RutledgeMcNEESE STATE Jack Sherman Brian Kranz Charrod Taylor Shaheen Solomon Jason Earwood T.J. RutledgeWOFFORD Jack Sherman Brian Kranz Jerry Barker Shaheen Solomon Jason Earwood T.J. RutledgeCHATTANOOGA Jack Sherman Brian Kranz Jerry Barker Shaheen Solomon Jason Earwood T.J. RutledgeELON Jack Sherman Brian Kranz Charrod Taylor Larry Beard Jason Earwood T.J. RutledgeWESTERN CAROLINA Jack Sherman Brian Kranz Charrod Taylor Larry Beard Jason Earwood T.J. RutledgeAPPALACHIAN STATE Jack Sherman Brian Kranz Charrod Taylor Larry Beard Jason Earwood T.J. RutledgeTHE CITADEL Jack Sherman Brian Kranz Charrod Taylor Larry Beard Jason Earwood T.J. RutledgeSOUTH DAKOTA STATE Jack Sherman Brian Kranz Charrod Taylor Larry Beard Jason Earwood T.J. RutledgeFURMAN Jack Sherman Brian Kranz Charrod Taylor Larry Beard Jason Earwood David WillinghamMOREHEAD STATE Jack Sherman Brian Kranz Charrod Taylor Larry Beard Jason Earwood T.J. RutledgeTEXAS STATE

SLB CB SS FS CBNORTHEASTERN John Mohring Terence McBride Tariq Muhammad A.J. Bryant Lewis BarrMcNEESE STATE John Mohring Terence McBride Tariq Muhammad A.J. Bryant Lewis BarrWOFFORD John Mohring Joe Turner Tariq Muhammad A.J. Bryant Lewis BarrCHATTANOOGA John Mohring Joe Turner Tariq Muhammad A.J. Bryant Lewis BarrELON John Mohring Joe Turner Tariq Muhammad A.J. Bryant Lewis BarrWESTERN CAROLINA John Mohring Terence McBride Tariq Muhammad A.J. Bryant Lewis BarrAPPALACHIAN STATE John Mohring Terence McBride Tariq Muhammad A.J. Bryant Lewis BarrTHE CITADEL John Mohring Terence McBride Tariq Muhammad A.J. Bryant Lewis BarrSOUTH DAKOTA STATE John Mohring Terence McBride Tariq Muhammad A.J. Bryant Lewis BarrFURMAN John Mohring Terence McBride Tariq Muhammad A.J. Bryant Lewis BarrMOREHEAD STATE John Mohring Terence McBride Tariq Muhammad A.J. Bryant Lewis BarrTEXAS STATE


GEORGIA SOUTHERN TEAM HIGHSRUSHING YARDS

Yards Opponent Year665 Glenville State 1994638 Youngstown State *1999591 Gardner-Webb 2002591 Western Carolina 1999559 Northern Arizona *1999546 Johnson C. Smith 2004542 Chattanooga 1999539 Virginia Military 1999530 Connecticut *1998529 Johnson C. Smith 2000515 Samford 1988505 Valdosta State 1984501 East Tennessee State 1999495 Virginia Military 2002494 Florida International 2004493 CHATTANOOGA 2005493 Jacksonville State 2002489 Western Carolina 2002485 Virginia Military 1998484 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 2005482 Marshall 1989479 McNeese State *2000476 Nevada *1986

LOWEST OPP. RUSHING YDSYards Opponent Year5 Samford 198913 Western Carolina 198718 Newberry 198221 Fayetteville State 199921 Valdosta State 199225 Baptist (S.C.) 198228 Savannah State 199034 Middle Tenn. State 198936 Johnson C. Smith 200438 Chattanooga 199438 South Carolina State 1988

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PASSING YARDSYards Opponent Year419 Furman *1985403 East Carolina 1984310 James Madison 1986306 Arkansas State *1986280 Valdosta State 1997267 Central Florida 1986261 Western Kentucky 1986260 Wofford 1998256 South Carolina State 1985248 Chattanooga 1996246 Eastern Kentucky 1990232 James Madison 1991228 East Carolina 1987226 Northeast Louisiana 1990222 Chattanooga 1984211 Savannah State 1990210 Chattanooga 1990207 Central Florida 1984206 South Carolina State 1988202 Valdosta State 1983

LOWEST OPP. PASSING YDSYards Opponent Year0 The Citadel 19937 The Citadel 19948 West Georgia 198911 The Citadel *199011 The Citadel 199914 Virginia Military 199415 Tennessee Tech 198517 South Carolina State 198826 Savannah State 200328 Appalachian State 1995

TOTAL YARDSYards Opponent Year732 Western Carolina 1999719 Glenville State 1994685 East Tennessee State 1999659 Northern Arizona *1999655 Youngstown State *1999649 Virginia Military 1999645 Western Carolina 2002645 East Carolina 1984640 Furman *1985616 South Dakota State 2004615 SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 2005613 Nevada *1986613 Johnson C. Smith 2000613 Furman 1999611 Connecticut *1998606 Gardner-Webb 2002605 Virginia Military 1986603 Arkansas State *1986595 Massachusetts *1998594 Fayetteville State 1999592 Virginia Military 1993592 Villanova *1989

LOWEST OPP. TOTAL YDSYards Opponent Year55 South Carolina State 198867 Middle Tenn. State 198990 Virginia Military 1999101 The Citadel 1993106 Savannah State 2003120 East Tennessee State 2002124 Fort Benning 1982128 Johnson C. Smith 2004133 Samford 1989135 Catawba 1987


ALL-TIME POINT DIFFERENTIALSWINNING POINT DIFFERENTIAL (Overall)1. 81 vs. Johnson C. Smith (84-3) ............................ 20042. 76 vs. Fayetteville State (76-0) ............................... 19993. 68 vs. Millen Athletic Club (68-0) ........................... 19314. 63 vs. Western Carolina (70-7) ............................. 1999

63 vs. Savannah State (69-6) ................................ 200163 vs. Chattanooga (70-7) ..................................... 2001

7. 62 vs. Brewton Parker (62-0) ................................. 192962 at VMI (62-0) ...................................................... 1999

9. 57 at VMI (57-0) ...................................................... 199310. 56 vs. South Dakota State (63-7) ........................... 2004

56 vs. VMI (63-7) .................................................... 199856 vs. Gardner-Webb (56-0) .................................. 2002

LOSING POINT DIFFERENTIAL (Overall)1. 77 vs. Mercer (77-0) ............................................... 19372. 67 vs. Mississippi Southern (67-0) ....................... 19413. 59 vs. Appalachian Teachers (59-0) ...................... 19394. 56 at Miami (56-0) ................................................. 19945. 53 vs. Oglethorpe (56-0) ........................................ 19416. 52 vs. Tampa (66-14) ............................................ 19407. 48 vs. Richmond Academy (54-6) ......................... 1926

48 at Florida (62-14) .............................................. 19969. 46 vs. Erskine (46-0) ............................................. 193710. 45 at Montana (45-0) ............................................. 1995

WINNING POINT DIFFERENTIAL (Modern Era)1. 81 vs. Johnson C. Smith (84-3) ............................ 20042. 76 vs. Fayetteville State (76-0) ............................... 19993. 63 vs. Western Carolina (70-7) ............................. 1999

63 vs. Savannah State (69-6) ................................ 200163 vs. Chattanooga (70-7) ..................................... 2001

6. 62 at VMI (62-0) ...................................................... 19997. 57 at VMI (57-0) ...................................................... 19938. 56 vs. South Dakota State (63-7) ........................... 2004

56 vs. VMI (63-7) .................................................... 199856 vs. Gardner-Webb (56-0) .................................. 2002

LOSING POINT DIFFERENTIAL (Modern Era)1. 56 at Miami (56-0) ................................................. 19942. 48 at Florida (62-14) .............................................. 19963. 45 at Montana (45-0) ............................................. 19954. 42 at Florida State (48-6) ....................................... 19905. 38 at Gardner Webb (44-6) ................................... 19826. 35 at Middle Tennessee State (42-7) .................... 1984

35 at Furman (45-10) ............................................ 20008. 30 at Marshall (37-7) ............................................. 19959. 27 at Georgia (34-7) .............................................. 199210. 25 at Middle Tennessee State (35-10) .................. 1985

WINNING POINT DIFFERENTIAL (at Paulson)1. 81 Johnson C. Smith (84-3) .................................. 20042. 76 Fayetteville State (76-0) .................................... 19993. 63 Western Carolina (70-7) .................................. 1999

63 Savannah State (69-6) ...................................... 200163 Chattanooga (70-7) .......................................... 2001

6. 56 South Dakota State (63-7) ................................ 200456 VMI (63-7) .......................................................... 199856 Gardner-Webb (56-0) ....................................... 2002

9. 53 South Carolina State (53-0) .............................. 198853 Glennville State (66-13) .................................... 199453 VMI (56-3) .......................................................... 2000

LOSING POINT DIFFERENTIAL (at Paulson)1. 25 Middle Tennessee State (35-10) ...................... 19852. 21 Troy State (21-0) ............................................... 1992

21 Marshall (34-13) ............................................... 19944. 16 Marshall (29-13) ............................................... 19965. 11 Florida A&M (28-17) .......................................... 19926. 8 Eastern Kentucky (42-34) ................................. 19907. 7 Appalachian State (35-28) ................................ 1996

7 Furman (24-17) ................................................ 20017 Wofford (14-7) ................................................... 2002

10. 4 New Hampshire (27-23) .................................. 20044 The Citadel (28-24) .......................................... 2003

WINNING POINT DIFFERENTIAL (Road Games)1. 62 at VMI (62-0) ...................................................... 19992. 57 at VMI (57-0) ...................................................... 19933. 49 at East Tennessee State (55-6) ....................... 1999

49 at VMI (49-0) ...................................................... 19975. 46 at Tennessee Tech (59-13) .............................. 19866. 45 at Samford (52-7) ............................................. 19897. 42 at ELON (49-7) .................................................. 20058. 41 at Wofford (55-14) ............................................. 19999. 38 at Wofford (48-10) ............................................. 200110. 37 at Jacksonville State (51-14) ............................ 1999

LOSING POINT DIFFERENTIAL (Road Games)1. 56 at Miami (56-0) ................................................. 19942. 48 at Florida (62-14) .............................................. 19963. 45 at Montana (45-0) ............................................. 19954. 42 at Florida State (48-6) ....................................... 19905. 38 at Gardner-Webb (44-6) ................................... 19826. 35 at Furman (45-10) ............................................ 2000

35 at Middle Tennessee State (42-7) .................... 19848. 30 at Marshall (37-7) ............................................. 19959. 27 at Georgia (34-7) .............................................. 199210. 24 at Florida (38-14) .............................................. 1986


THE LAST TIME GEORGIA SOUTHERN ......BLOCKED A PUNT AND SCORED A TOUCHDOWN happenedduring the 2005 regular season finale at Paulson Stadium againstMorehead State on November 12. Tim Camp recorded his secondblocked punt of the day off Mason Webb, this time recovering theloose ball in the endzone for his first collegiate touchdown. TheGSU Eagles went on to win 63-17 - a span of 1 game...

...RETURNED A KICKOFF FOR A TOUCHDOWN was againstWofford at Paulson Stadium on September 18, 2004. Jayson Fos-ter fielded a Terrier kickoff at the Georgia Southern 17-yard line andzig-zagged his way to the Wofford endzone for an 83-yard TD return... The return capped off a 58-point outing for the Eagles, the mostthey had ever scored against the Terriers - a span of 21 games...

...RETURNED A PUNT FOR A TOUCHDOWN was on October 16,2004 against Appalachian State when Jayson Foster fielded a Moun-taineer punt on his own six-yard line with 12:27 left in the fourthquarter and promptly returned it 94 yards for a touchdown and a54-0 lead during the Eagles' eventual 54-7 win over ASU in PaulsonStadium. The return was the longest Georgia Southern history andthe third longest in Southern Conference history. It was the secondweek in a row GSU had returned a punt for a touchdown (TeddyCraft, 54 yards at Western Carolina) - a span of 17 games...

...RETURNED AN INTERCEPTION FOR A TOUCHDOWN wasduring the regular-season finale at Paulson Stadium againstMorehead State on November 12. For the second time in his career(both in a regular season finale) A.J. Bryant picked off Brian Yostand returned it 74 yards for the game’s first score. The GSU Eagleseventually won 63-17 - a span of 1 game...

...RETURNED A FUMBLE FOR A TOUCHDOWN was againstGardner-Webb in the 2002 home opener September 7. Strongsafety David Young picked up a fumble and returned it 34 yards fora score midway during the Eagles' 56-0 victory over the Bulldogs.GSU recorded a school-record four fumble returns for touchdownsduring the 2001 season - a span of 47 games...

...RECOVERED A FUMBLE IN THE ENDZONE FOR A TOUCH-DOWN was when tackle James McCoy fell on a J.R. Revere fumblein the Montana endzone during the Eagles' opening drive againstthe Grizzlies in the 2000 NCAA Division I-AA National Champion-ship Game at Finley Stadium in Chattanooga, Tenn., on December16. The score gave Georgia Southern an early 7-0 lead before aneventual 27-25 victory - a span of 63 games...

...SCORED A SAFETY was on November 27, 2004 when NewHampshire tried running out the clock. Ricky Santos ran out theback of their own endzone during Georgia Southern’s 27-23 lossin the first round of the I-AA Playoffs - a span of 12 games...

...SHUT OUT AN OPPONENT was against Savannah State duringthe 2003 season opener September 6 at Paulson Stadium. TheEagles' 35-0 blanking was the first for Georgia Southern in a sea-son opener since 1999 (76-0 vs. Fayetteville State on September4) - a span of 34 games...

...RUSHED FOR MORE THAN 500 YARDS was on September 11,2004 against Johnson C. Smith in the home opener. GSU rackedup 546 yards on 58 carries, an amazing average of 9.4 yards perattempt, in the 84-3 victory over the Golden Bulls at Paulson Sta-dium. Fullback Lance Turner led the way with 140 yards and atouchdown - a span of 22 games...

...RUSHED FOR MORE THAN 600 YARDS was on December 18,1999 against Youngstown State in the NCAA I-AA National Cham-pionship Game. GSU racked up a school-record 638 yards on 59carries in the 59-24 victory in Chattanooga. Fullback Adrian Petersonled the way with 247 yards and three TDs - a span of 77 games...

...PASSED FOR MORE THAN 300 YARDS was against ArkansasState in the I-AA championship game on December 20, 1986.Tracy Ham completed 12 of 21 passes for 306 yards in a 48-21win - a span of 248 games...

...PASSED FOR MORE THAN 400 YARDS was against Furmanin the I-AA championship game on December 21, 1985. TracyHam completed 23 of 37 passes for 419 yards in a 44-42 win - aspan of 263 games...

HAD A RUNNING BACK GAIN MORE THAN 200 YARDS IN AGAME was on October 4, 2003 when fullback Jermaine Austingained 207 yards on 33 attempts (6.3 ypc) against Florida Interna-tional in a non-conference matchup at Paulson Stadium. TheEagles outlasted the Golden Panthers 37-35 to claim their 12thstraight non-SoCon home win - a span of 29 games...

HAD A RUNNING BACK GAIN MORE THAN 300 YARDS IN AGAME was on December 4, 1999 against Massachusetts atPaulson Stadium. Adrian Peterson rushed for a GSU-record 333yards on 32 attempts and established a new GSU standard with32 points (five touchdowns, one two-point conversion). He helpedthe Eagles to a team total of 470 rushing yards on the way to a 38-21 quarterfinal victory over the Minutemen - a span of 79 games...

...HAD THREE RUNNING BACKS GAIN MORE THAN 100 YARDSIN A GAME was against Appalachian State at Paulson Stadiumon October 19, 2002. Fullback Jermaine Austin (133), quarterbackChaz Williams (117) and slotback Mark Myers (105) each gainedat least 100 yards in a 36-20 Eagle victory. GSU has accomplishedthe feat twice during 2002 - also posting a triple-triple during a 56-0 rout of Gardner-Webb Sept. 7 (Austin 160, Williams 120 andHakim Ford 106), which marked the first time the milestone wasproduced in regular season play - a span of 41 games...

...HELD AN OPPONENT TO UNDER 100 YARDS RUSHING IN AGAME was against Western Carolina in Paulson Stadium onOctober 8, 2005. The Catamounts gained only 70 net rushingyards during their 45-7 loss to the Eagles. Darius Fudge led therushing attack with 68 net yards but no other Catamount had morethan 15 - a span of 6 games...

...HELD AN OPPONENT TO UNDER 100 YARDS PASSING IN AGAME occurred September 17, 2005 at Gibbs Stadium againstWofford. The Terriers managed just 42 yards through the air butcame away with a 21-17 SoCon win over Georgia Southern - aspan of 9 games...

...FINISHED A GAME WITHOUT HAVING TO PUNT was onOctober 30, 2004 at Paulson Stadium against South Dakota State.The Eagles went for it five times when faced with a fourth down,succeeding four times. GSU was stopped on 4th-and-1 on theopening drive then converted the next four. In fact three of thosefour went for a touchdown during the 63-7 win over SDSU - a spanof 15 games.


THE LAST TIME AN OPPONENT ...... BLOCKED A PUNT AND SCORED A TOUCHDOWN was onNovember 1, 2003 against East Tennessee Sate at the MemorialCenter. Gerald Sensabaugh blocked Sean Holland’s punt andJames Rainer returned it 14 yards for the score in the Bucs’ 34-22loss to GSU. The score was the first on a blocked punt by an Eagleopponent in a span of 218 games or since Central Florida accom-plished the feat during a 1987 contest - a span of 26 games...

...RETURNED A KICKOFF FOR A TOUCHDOWN was Septem-ber 3, 2005 at Northeastern. Alex Broomfield took a fourth quarterkickoff and ran it back 94 yards for a touchdown but Georgia South-ern prevailed in overtime 41-38 - a span of 11 games...

...RETURNED A PUNT FOR A TOUCHDOWN was on September4, 2004 in Sanford Stadium when Georgia's Tyson Browning tookan Eagle punt and returned it 72 yards during an explosive thirdquarter in a 48-28 Bulldog victory - a span of 23 games...

...RETURNED AN INTERCEPTION FOR A TOUCHDOWN was onNovember 4, 2000 when Furman's Richie Jackson intercepted aJ.R. Revere pass and returned it 29 yards in a 45-10 Paladin vic-tory in Greenville - a span of 69 games...

...RETURNED A FUMBLE FOR A TOUCHDOWN was on Novem-ber 2, 2002 against East Tennessee State at Paulson Stadium.Scott Brumett scooped up an errant Chaz Williams pitch on theGeorgia Southern 2-yard line with 11:38 left in the second quarterfell into the endzone for a touchdown during GSU's 40-7 victory - aspan of 39 games...

...RECOVERED A FUMBLE IN THE ENDZONE FOR A TOUCH-DOWN was November 5, 2005 against top-ranked Furman atPaulson Stadium. Jerome Felton was stripped by Brian Kranz buttight end John Rust fell on the loose football in the endzone for thegame’s first score. The Eagles rallied 27-24, their first over a top-ranked team during the regular season - a span of 2 games...

...SCORED A SAFETY was on October 13, 2001 against Appala-chian State at Kidd Brewer Stadium in Boone, N.C. ... Back to puntat the Eagle 39-yard line with 4:45 left in the second quarter, snap-per Brad Bird snapped the ball over punter Scott Shelton's head,who elected to field the snap and race out of the endzone for aMountaineer safety ... The two-pointer trimmed the ASU deficit to14-9 before GSU posted a 27-18 win - a span of 57 games...

...SHUT OUT GEORGIA SOUTHERN was on December 2, 1995 atMontana. The Grizzlies gave the Eagles their worst loss to a I-AAopponent with a 45-0 victory in a quarterfinal playoff game - a spanof 132 games...

...GAINED 300 YARDS RUSHING was on September 17, 2005when Wofford rushed for 354 yards on 65 carries against GeorgiaSouthern. The Terriers won the game 21-17 in Spartanburg - aspan of 9 games...

...PASSED FOR MORE THAN 400 YARDS was on November 29,1997. Florida A&M's Otteman Sampson completed 37 of 63 passesfor 469 yards in a losing cause during GSU's 52-37 win at PaulsonStadium during the first round of the I-AA playoffs - a span of 109games...

...PASSED FOR MORE THAN 500 YARDS was on October 6,1984. Bethune-Cookman's Bernard Hawk completed 40 of 67passes for 527 yards in a 43-33 Georgia Southern win at the GatorBowl - a span of 281 games...

...HAD A BACK RUSH FOR MORE THAN 100 YARDS IN A GAMEwas October 29, 2005 when Anthony Watson of South Dakota Staterushed for 204 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries. Watsonaveraged 12.8 yards per carry, and his touchdown was from 52yards out. He accounted for all but 30 of the team’s rushing yards.However, Georgia Southern held off the Jackrabbits 55-42 - a spanof 3 games...

...HAD A BACK RUSH FOR MORE THAN 200 YARDS IN A GAMEwas October 29, 2005 when Anthony Watson of South Dakota Staterushed for 204 yards and a touchdown on 16 carries. Watsonaveraged 12.8 yards per carry, and his touchdown was from 52yards out. He accounted for all but 30 of the team’s rushing yards.However, Georgia Southern held off the Jackrabbits 55-42 - a spanof 3 games...

...HELD GEORGIA SOUTHERN TO LESS THAN 100 YARDSRUSHING was in the 1995 quarterfinal playoff game at Montana(December 2). The Eagles managed just 70 yards on the groundin the 45-0 defeat - a span of 132 games.


#34 BRANDON ANDREWSCareer-high rushing yards – 94 vs. Wofford (9/18/04)Career-high attempts – 20 at Georgia (9/4/04)Career-high touchdowns – 3 vs. Wofford (9/18/04)Year G ATT. GAIN LOSS NET APC TD LONG2002 8 32 210 1 209 6.5 2 42 (BCC)2003 9 40 256 1 255 6.4 1 30 (ELN)2004 9 78 396 3 393 5.0 5 20 (WOF)2005 10 68 310 2 308 4.5 4 18 (CIT)Totals 36 218 1,172 7 1,165 5.3 12 42 (BCC)

#6 JERMAINE AUSTINCareer-high rushing yards – 207 vs. Fla. International (10/4/03)Career-high attempts – 33 vs. Florida International (10/4/03)Career-high touchdowns – 4 at South Dakota State (10/29/05)Year G ATT. GAIN LOSS NET APC TD LONG2002 14 244 1,429 13 1,416 5.8 8 55 (GWU)2003 11 224 1,470 9 1,461 6.5 6 78 (ETS)2004 10 156 996 8 988 6.3 5 63 (UTC)2005 11 210 1,402 3 1,399 6.7 13 60 (NU)Totals 46 834 5,297 33 5,264 6.3 32 78 (ETS)

Career-high receiving yards – 69 at Chattanooga (9/28/02)Career-high receptions – 1 on seven occasionsCareer-high touchdowns – 1 at Chattanooga (9/28/02)Year G NO. YDS. AVG. TD LONG2002 14 2 73 36.5 1 69 (UTC)2003 11 2 8 8.0 0 8 (WCU)2004 10 2 15 7.5 0 15 (UNH)2005 11 1 4 4.0 0 4 (NU)Totals 46 7 100 14.3 1 69 (UTC)

#90 JERRY BARKERCareer-high tackles - 7 vs. McNeese State (9/10/05)Year G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2005 5 16 1.5 4.5 0 0 0 0

#2 LEWIS BARRCareer-high tackles – 7 at Florida International (11/13/04)Career-high interceptions - 1 on two occasionsYear G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2002 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 02003 11 13 0 0 0 0 0 22004 12 28 0 2.0 0 0 2 12005 11 31 0 2.0 0 0 1 6Totals 39 72 0 4.0 0 0 3 9

LEWIS BARR CONTINUED...Career-high kickoff return yards – 119 at Wofford (9/20/03)Year G NO. YDS AVG. TD LONG2002 5 1 44 44.0 0 44 (VMI)2003 11 20 598 29.9 0 62 (FUR)2004 12 2 45 22.5 0 26 (JCS)2005 11 7 100 14.3 0 20 (ELON)Totals 39 30 787 26.2 0 62 (FUR)

Career-high punt return yards – 92 vs. Savannah St. (9/6/03)Year G NO. YDS AVG. TD LONG2002 5 0 0 0.0 0 -2003 11 21 197 9.4 0 85 (UTC)2004 12 7 94 13.4 0 38 (JCS)2005 11 1 5 5.0 0 5 (NU)Totals 39 29 296 10.2 0 85 (UTC)

#55 LARRY BEARDCareer-high tackles - 6 vs. Chattanooga (9/24/05)Year G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2005 11 23 1.0 1.0 0 0 1 1

#13 A.J. BRYANTCareer-high tackles – 11 at Chattanooga (9/25/04)Career-high interceptions - 2 on two occasionsYear G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2002 14 8 0 0 0 1 0 02003 11 25 0 0.5 0 0 0 42004 12 38 0 0 0 0 6 42005 11 54 0 2.0 0 0 3 3Totals 48 125 0 2.5 0 1 9 11

#17 DEDRICK BYNAMCareer-high tackles - 6 vs. Morehead State (11/12/05)Career-high fumble recovery - 2 vs. Morehead State (11/12/05)Year G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2005 11 22 0 3.0 0 2 0 1

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#85 TEDDY CRAFTCareer-high receiving yards – 117 vs. Wofford (9/18/04)Career-high receptions – 5 at Western Carolina (10/9/04)Career-high touchdowns – 2 on two occasionsYear G NO. YDS AVG. TD LONG2003 11 15 289 19.3 1 47 (FUR)2004 10 20 482 24.1 7 52 (WOF)2005 9 8 224 28.0 3 82 (ELON)***Totals 30 43 995 23.1 11 82 (ELON)***

Career-high kickoff return yards – 59 at Wofford (9/17/05)Year G NO. YDS AVG. TD LONG2003 11 8 155 19.4 0 32 (ETSU)2004 10 4 83 20.8 0 33 (UNH)2005 9 14 269 19.2 0 43 (WCU)Totals 30 26 507 19.5 0 43 (WCU)

Career-high punt return yards – 59 vs. Elon (11/15/03)Year G NO. YDS AVG. TD LONG2003 11 14 134 9.6 0 34 (ELON)2004 10 17 193 11.4 1 53 (WCU)2005 9 12 84 7.0 0 23 (UTC)Totals 30 43 411 9.6 1 53 (WCU)

Career-high rushing yards – 48 vs. Chattanooga (9/24/05)Year G ATT. GAIN LOSS NET APC TD LONG2003 11 2 15 1 14 7.0 1 15 (FIU)2004 10 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 (ASU)2005 9 5 92 3 89 17.8 0 48 (UTC)Totals 30 8 108 4 104 13.0 1 48 (UTC)

#87 JONATHAN DUDLEYCareer-high field goals - 4 at Western Carolina (10/9/04)Career-high extra points - 7 on two occasionsYear G ExP FG PTS2003 11 0 0 02004 1 2 56-62 9-9 8 32005 11 49-52 4-7 61Totals 34 105-114 13-16 144

#52 JASON EARWOODCareer-high tackles – 9 at Wofford (9/17/05)Year G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2003 9 19 0 0 0 1 0 02004 11 22 1.5 2.5 0 1 1 12005 11 42 1.0 2.0 0 0 1 2Totals 31 83 2.5 4.5 0 2 2 3

#4 JAYSON FOSTERCareer-high rushing – 191 vs. Furman (11/5/05)Career-high attempts – 33 vs. Furman (11/5/05)Career-high touchdowns – 3 on three occasionsYear G ATT. GAIN LOSS NET APC TD LONG2004 12 26 169 5 164 6.3 4 80 (JCS)2005 11 218 1,421 91 1,330 6.1 19 56 (UTC)Totals 23 244 1,590 96 1,494 6.1 23 80 (JCS)

Career-high passing yards - 131 at South Dakota St. (10/29/05)Career-high TD passes - 2 on two occasionsYear G ATT. COM PCT. INT TD YDS LONG2004 12 1 1 1.000 0 1 54 54 (CIT)2005 11 57 30 .526 3 6 707 60 (SDS)Totals 23 58 31 .534 3 7 761 60 (SDS)

Career-high kickoff return yards – 83 vs. Wofford (9/18/04)Year G NO. YDS AVG. TD LONG2004 12 9 297 33.0 1 83 (WOF)2005 11 - - - - -Totals 23 9 297 33.0 1 83 (WOF)

Career-high punt return yards – 94 vs. Appalachian St. (10/16/04)Year G NO. YDS AVG. TD LONG2004 12 4 126 31.5 1 94 (ASU)2005 11 - - - - -Totals 23 4 126 31.5 1 94 (ASU)

Career-high receiving yards – 64 vs. S. Dakota St (10/30/04)Career-high receptions – 2 on two occasionsCareer-high touchdowns – 1 on two occasionsYear G NO. YDS AVG. TD LONG2004 12 10 217 21.7 2 64 (SDSU)2005 11 1 11 11.0 0 11 (WCU)Totals 23 11 228 20.7 2 64 (SDSU)

#31 LYNON JEFFERSONCareer-high rushing yards - 91 at Florida International (11/13/04)Career-high attempts – 8 at Florida International (11/13/04)Career-high touchdowns – 1 on two occasionsYear G ATT. GAIN LOSS NET APC TD LONG2004 12 34 354 21 333 9.8 0 30 (WOF)2005 11 31 290 0 290 9.4 2 27 (UTC)Totals 23 65 644 21 623 9.6 2 30 (WOF)

Career-high receiving yards – 41 vs. The Citadel (10/22/05)Career-high receptions – 2 on two occasionsCareer-high touchdowns – 1 on three occasionsYear G NO. YDS AVG. TD LONG2004 12 7 110 15.7 2 22 (UGA)2005 11 5 116 23.2 1 41 (CIT)Totals 23 12 226 18.8 3 41 (CIT)


#89 DAN JORDANCareer-long punt - 69 vs. Morehead State (11/12/05)Year G ATT. YDS AVG LONG TB I20 BLK2004 11 3 4 1,396 41.1 6 8 2 9 12005 11 2 9 1,150 39.7 6 9 2 6 0Totals 2 2 6 3 2,546 40.4 6 9 4 1 5 1

#92 BRIAN KRANZCareer-high tackles - 6 vs. Furman (11/5/05)Year G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2003 DNP2004 12 12 1.0 4.0 0 0 0 02005 11 28 0 2.0 1 0 0 0Totals 23 40 1.0 6.0 1 0 0 0

#48 LARRY LONGCareer-high tackles - 5 vs. Chattanooga (9/24/05)Year G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2002-2004 on offense2005 11 16 0 0 0 1 1 1

#26 MARQUICE MAYNARDCareer-high rushing yards – 55 on two occasionsCareer-high attempts – 9 at Georgia (9/4/04)Career-high touchdowns – 1 on two occasionsYear G ATT. GAIN LOSS NET APC TD LONG2004 12 46 300 10 290 6.3 1 45 (JCS)2005 11 34 235 6 229 6.7 1 34 (SDS)Totals 23 80 535 16 519 6.5 2 45 (JCS)

Career-high receiving yards – 46 at South Dakota St (10/29/05)Career-high receptions – 2 at South Dakota State (10/29/05)Career-high touchdowns – 0Year G NO. YDS AVG. TD LONG2004 12 1 3 3.0 0 3 (UGA)2005 11 3 76 25.3 0 31 (SDS)Totals 23 4 79 19.8 0 31 (SDS)

#32 TERENCE McBRIDECareer-high tackles – 8 vs. Western Carolina (10/11/03)Year G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2002 12 11 0 1.0 1 1 0 02003 11 38 0 0 0 0 3 72004 12 39 1.0 2.0 0 1 0 22005 9 34 0 0 2 0 2 1Totals 44 122 1.0 3.0 3 2 5 10


#86 REGGIE McCUTCHENCareer-high receiving yards – 60 at South Dakota St (10/29/05)Career-high receptions – 2 on four occasionsCareer-high touchdowns – 2 vs. Western Carolina (10/8/05)Year G NO. YDS AVG. TD LONG2003 8 2 29 14.5 0 16 (ETSU)2004 12 1 15 15.0 0 15 (SDS)2005 11 12 277 23.1 4 60 (SDS)Totals 31 15 321 21.4 4 60 (SDS)

#24 KEN MIDDLETONCareer-high tackles - 3 on two occasionsYear G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2005 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0

#47 JOHN MOHRINGCareer-high tackles – 14 vs. Furman (11/5/05)Year G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2003 10 47 2.0 4.0 0 0 0 12004 12 50 4.0 8.0 0 2 1 02005 11 101 2.0 11.0 0 0 3 1Totals 33 198 8.0 23.0 0 2 4 2

#27 RENARD MONTFORDCareer-high tackles - 2 on two occasionsYear G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2003 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 02004 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 02005 11 7 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 22 13 0 0 0 0 0 0

#23 TARIQ MUHAMMADCareer-high tackles – 8 on three occasionsYear G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2002 8 6 0 0.5 0 0 0 02003 11 25 0 0 0 0 3 32004 12 44 1.0 5.0 0 0 1 42005 11 48 0 3.0 0 0 0 2Totals 42 123 1.0 8.5 0 0 4 9


#25 J.T. NASHCareer-high tackles – 4 vs. Western Carolina (10/8/05)Year G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2005 7 10 0 0 0 0 0 0

#54 DUSTY REDDICKCareer-high tackles – 5 vs. Morehead State (11/12/05)Year G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2004 11 4 0 0 0 1 0 02005 11 16 0 1.0 0 2 0 0Totals 22 20 0 1.0 0 3 0 0

#42 T.J. RUTLEDGECareer-high tackles – 10 vs. Western Kentucky (12/14/02)Career-high sacks - 1 vs. McNeese State (9/10/05)Year G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2002 14 24 0 0 0 0 0 12003 did not play2004 6 18 0 2.0 0 0 0 02005 11 48 1.0 2.0 1 0 0 0Totals 31 90 1.0 4.0 1 0 0 1

#94 JACK SHERMANCareer-high tackles – 7 at Wofford (9/17/05)Year G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2002 14 7 0 0 0 0 0 02003 8 4 0 1.0 0 0 0 02004 12 14 3.0 3.0 0 0 0 02005 11 35 0 6.0 0 0 0 1Totals 45 60 3.0 10.0 0 0 0 1


#9 DARIUS SMILEYCareer-high rushing yards - 73 vs. Chattanooga (9/27/03)Career-high attempts – 14 vs. The Citadel (10/22/05)Career-high touchdowns – 3 vs. Chattanooga (9/24/05)Year G ATT. GAIN LOSS NET APC TD LONG2003 5 11 92 1 91 8.3 0 34 (UTC)2004 12 17 69 2 67 3.9 1 19 (CIT)2005 11 52 253 28 225 4.3 5 31 (MOR)Totals 28 80 414 31 383 4.8 6 34 (UTC)

Career-high TD passes - 1 on three occasionsYear G ATT. COM PCT. INT TD YDS LONG2003 5 0 0 .000 0 0 0 —2004 12 0 0 .000 0 0 0 —2005 11 26 9 .346 3 3 154 82 (ELON)Totals 28 26 9 .346 3 3 154 82 (ELON)

#88 SHAHEEN SOLOMONCareer-high tackles – 6 at Northeastern (9/3/05)Year G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2003 9 14 1.0 2.0 0 0 0 02004 9 2 1.0 2.0 0 0 0 02005 4 17 1.0 2.0 0 0 0 0Totals 22 33 3.0 6.0 0 0 0 0

#7 STEVE STEELECareer-high rushing yards – 64 vs. Johnson C. Smith (9/11/04)Career-high attempts – 2 on three occasionsCareer-high touchdowns – 1 on two occasionsYear G ATT. GAIN LOSS NET APC TD LONG2002 2 1 6 0 6 6.0 0 6 (VMI)2003 5 1 1 0 1 1.0 0 1 (SSU)2004 9 4 73 0 73 18.2 0 39 (JCS)2005 8 4 54 3 51 12.8 2 50 (MOR)Totals 24 10 134 3 131 13.1 2 50 (MOR)

#91 CHARROD TAYLORCareer-high tackles – 5 on two occasionsYear G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2003 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 12004 12 18 0 2.0 0 0 0 02005 9 28 2.0 9.0 1 1 0 0Totals 32 48 2.0 11.0 1 1 0 1


#39 LANCE TURNERCareer-high rushing yards - 140 vs. Johnson C. Smith (9/11/04)Career-high attempts – 13 vs. Johnson C. Smith (9/11/04)Career-high touchdowns – 1 vs. Johnson C. Smith (9/11/04)Year G ATT. GAIN LOSS NET APC TD LONG2003 1 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 02004 12 19 168 1 167 8.8 1 36 (JCS)2005 11 17 40 0 40 2.4 0 5 (ELON)Totals 24 36 208 1 207 5.8 1 36 (JCS)

#36 JOE TURNERCareer-high tackles - 3 on three occasionsYear G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2005 10 15 0 0 0 0 0 1

#95 JOEY TUTTLECareer-high tackles - 3 vs. Morehead State (11/12/05)Year G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2004 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 02005 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0Totals 17 9 0 0 0 0 0 0

#44 T.J. WATKINSCareer-high tackles - 2 on two occasionsYear G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2004 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 02005 8 7 2.5 2.0 0 0 0 0Totals 19 8 2.5 2.0 0 0 0 0

#99 SHANNON WILLIAMSCareer-high tackles - 3 vs. Chattanooga (9/24/05)Year G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2002 11 6 0 1.0 0 0 0 02003 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 02004 7 5 0 1.0 0 0 0 02005 11 10 1.0 2.0 0 0 0 0Totals 40 30 1.0 4.0 0 0 0 0


#51 SHUN WILLIAMSCareer-high tackles - 3 vs. McNeese State (9/10/05)Year G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2005 10 8 0 2.0 0 0 0 0

#11 DAVID WILLINGHAMCareer-high tackles – 8 at Wofford (9/17/05)Year G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2003 4 14 0 0 0 0 1 02004 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 02005 11 28 0 1.0 2 0 0 0Totals 27 49 0 1.0 2 0 1 0

#97 MATT WISECareer-high tackles - 3 vs. Morehead State (11/12/05)Year G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2005 11 16 1.0 5.0 1 0 0 0

#1 RICO ZACKERYCareer-high tackles – 9 at Florida International (11/13/04)Year G TCK SKS TFL FF FR INT PBU2003 11 4 0 0 0 0 0 12004 12 23 1.0 4.0 2 1 2 02005 11 31 1.0 3.0 1 0 0 3Totals 34 58 2.0 7.0 3 1 2 4


September 3, 2005BROOKLINE, Mass. - Jonathan Dudley drilled a 24-yard field goal

during the first overtime, sending Georgia Southern to a 41-38 win. TheEagles won their first road season-opener since 1996.

The Eagles elected to go on defense in their first overtime gamesince November 1987, a first round playoff game against Maine. Thedefense held on three plays, forcing Miro Kesic to try a 40-yard attempt.He missed left.

Jayson Foster rushed five times, picking up a first down after hisfirst two rushes. Facing a 4th-and-3 from the eight, head coach MikeSewak sent the junior placekicker on to try the game winner.

GS needed some last minute magic to give Sewak a happy presenton his 47th birthday. Foster and Darius Smiley hit Reggie McCutchentwice on fourth down. Foster-McCutchen hooked up on a 4th-and-5 for27 yards then the big one came on 4th-and-4 from the 15. McCutcheonmade a diving grab in the left corner for his first career TD catch, andSmiley’s first TD pass, to tie the game with 57 seconds left.

Jermaine Austin rushed for a game-high 199 yards on 20 carries,the most rushing yards by an Eagle in a season-opening game. Fosterrushed for career-highs of 142 yards and two TDs.

John Mohring led the defense with a career-high 11 tackles.Shaheen Solomon and Rico Zackery each had a sack.

GEORGIA SOUTHERN 10 7 7 14 3 -41NORTHEASTERN 14 10 0 14 0 -38Qu Time Play Score1 12:55 Graham 46 pass from Orio (Kesic kick) 0-71 8:42 B.Andrews 3 run (Dudley kick) 7-71 6:32 Graham 42 pass from Orio (Kesic kick) 7-141 1:51 Dudley 37 FG 10-142 9:53 Kesic 22 FG 10-172 8:13 Foster 3 run (Dudley kick) 17-172 3:29 Orio 1 run (Kesic kick) 17-243 13:21 Austin 60 run (Dudley kick) 24-244 14:55 Murray 5 run (Kesic kick) 24-314 7:44 Foster 35 run (Dudley kick) 31-314 7:28 Broomfield 94 kickoff return (Kesic kick) 31-384 :57 McCutchen 15 pass from Smiley (Dudley kick) 38-38OT Dudley 24 FG 41-38

STATISTICS GSU NUFirst Downs ................................................... 24 22Rushing Attempts ........................................... 62 45Rushing Yards .......................................... 474 184Attempts-Completions-Int. ...........................9-3-1 19-13-0Passing Yards ............................................. 46 221TOTAL OFFENSE......................................... 520 405Punts-Average ........................................ 2-39.0 2-26.0Fumbles-Lost ................................................ 2-0 0-0Penalties-Yards .......................................... 9-84 7-58Sacks By-Yards ......................................... 2-25 1-83rd Down Conversions ............................... 7-14 8-124th Down Conversions ................................. 2-2 0-0Time of Possession ................................... 28:56 31:04

RUSHING: GSU – Austin 20-199, 1TD; Foster 24-142, 2TD; Maynard5-55; Jefferson 5-43; B.Andrews 3-14, 1TD; R.Andrews 1-11; Smiley 4-10; NU - Murray 12-59, 1TD; Riley 12-48; Broomfield 7-38; Parks 2-26;Orio 11-18, 1TD.

PASSING: GSU - Foster 5-1-1, 27; Smiley 4-2-0, 19, 1TD. NU - Orio19-13-0, 221, 2TD.

RECEIVING: GSU - McCutchen 2-42, 1TD; Austin 1-4. NU - Parks 6-66; Graham 3-93, 2TD; Ballantyne 2-49; Riley 1-8; Broomfield 1-5.

GAME 1 - OT#6 Georgia Southern .41Northeastern .............. 38

GAME 2McNeese State ........... 23#5 Georgia Southern .20

STATESBORO, Ga. – Penalties proved too costly to overcome forGeorgia Southern football as the Eagles fell to McNeese State 23-20 Saturdaynight at Paulson Stadium.

Georgia Southern drew seven flags for 64 yards but none morecostly than during its final drive. Facing a 2nd-and-7 from McNeese’s 17,Lynon Jefferson hit the right corner and scored what would have beenthe go-ahead touchdown with 1:08 remaining. However, the Eagles werecalled for holding, pushing the ball back to the 27.

Trey Bennett sacked Jayson Foster for a 17-yard loss, a costlysack that pushed the Eagles out of field goal range. Foster’s third-downpass to Teddy Craft was incomplete setting up a 4th-and-36 from the 46.Darius Smiley got flushed out of the pocket and lost a yard on the play.McNeese ran the final 43 seconds out.

The Eagles drew 20,607 fans to their season-opener, the ninth-largestattended game at Paulson Stadium. Georgia Southern also set a student-attendance record of 11,816.

Jermaine Austin registered his 25th 100-yard rushing effort, agame-high 129 yards on 20 carries. Foster added 108 yards on 24 carries.Each scored a touchdown. That also marked the second straight gameboth surpassed 100 yards rushing.

Linebacker John Mohring had 11 tackles, equaling his career-highfrom last week at Northeastern. Jerry Barker added seven tackles, twothat went for a loss.

Kris Bush finished with 105 rushing yards on 23 carries. Jones was16-of-27 for 231 yards, throwing two touchdowns and one interception.Franklin caught four passes for 73 yards. Bennett registered a game-high14 tackles.

McNEESE STATE 0 16 0 7 - 23GEORGIA SOUTHERN 7 6 0 7 - 20Qu Time Play Score1 7:35 Foster 2 run (Dudley kick) 7-02 12:41 Lawrence 11 pass from Jones (Bercegeay kick) 7-72 9:50 B.Andrews 6 run (kick failed) 13-72 2:57 Bercegeay 20 FG 13-102 :55 Franklin 11 run (kick failed) 13-164 11:40 Austin 18 run (Dudley kick) 20-164 10:11 Lawrence 40 pass from Jones (Bercegeay kick) 20-23

STATISTICS MSU GSUFirst Downs ................................................... 21 20Rushing Attempts ........................................... 43 60Rushing Yards .......................................... 143 291Attempts-Completions-Int. ....................... 29-17-1 6-3-0Passing Yards ........................................... 244 50TOTAL OFFENSE......................................... 387 341Punts-Average ........................................ 4-42.5 5-42.8Fumbles-Lost ................................................ 0-0 4-2Penalties-Yards .......................................... 9-85 7-64Sacks By-Yards ......................................... 3-25 3-153rd Down Conversions ............................... 9-16 6-134th Down Conversions ................................. 0-1 1-2Time of Possession ................................... 31:28 28:32

RUSHING: MSU - Bush 23-105; Haynes 4-28; Franklin 1-11, TD;Whitehead 3-10; Hubbard 2-5; Jones 5-0; Miller 1-(-2); Fontenot 1-(-4).GSU - Austin 20-129, TD; Foster 24-108, TD; Craft 3-31; B.Andrews 5-15, TD; Maynard 2-13; Jefferson 1-8; Smiley 5-(-13).

PASSING: MSU - Jones 27-16-1 231, 2TD; Fontenot 2-1-0 13. GSU -Foster 5-3-0 50.

RECEIVING: MSU - Franklin 4-73; Lawrence 3-56, 2TD; Whitehead 3-27; Thomas 2-18; Bush 2-6; Brown 1-42; Smothers 1-16; Haynes 1-6.GSU - Maynard 1-30; Craft 1-20; McCutchen 1-0.


GAME 3#14 Georgia Southern17Wofford....................... 21

SPARTANBURG, SC – Wofford rushed for 354 yards, handing GeorgiaSouthern a 21-17 defeat at Gibbs Stadium. Georgia Southern allowed 300rushing yards for the first time since Furman (404 yards) in November,2000. The Eagles were out-rushed 354-292, just the fifth time an opponentaccomplished that feat over the last 112 games.

In the final minutes, with the Terriers needing just one yard for firstdown to virtually clinch the game, the Eagle defense held twice and gavethe offense the ball back on their 33 yard line with 58.1 seconds.

Jayson Foster completed a fourth down pass to Raja Andrews for17 yards, putting the Eagles at midfield with 33.4 seconds remaining.After two incomplete passes Foster was sacked and, without anytimeouts, was rushed to get the fourth down play off. Wofford broke upthe pass and sealed the win.

In the second quarter Foster hit Tim Camp for 22 yards then later hitAndrews for 28, setting up his quarterback keeper TD run from a yard outon 3rd-and-goal. Jonathan Dudley hit the extra point making it 14-7 with4:10 left in the opening half.

Foster turned in his third straight 100-yard game, registering 101 ofhis 121 yards during the second half. John Mohring led the Eagles with acareer-high 14 tackles, his third straight game in double-figures.

GEORGIA SOUTHERN 7 7 0 3 - 17WOFFORD 7 0 14 0 - 21Qu Time Play Score1 11:59 Jefferson 11 run (Dudley kick) 7-01 6:23 Hobbs 4 run (Robinson kick) 7-72 4:10 Foster 1 run (Dudley kick) 14-73 13:28 Collier 1 run (Robinson kick) 14-143 7:41 Hobbs 3 run (Robinson kick) 14-214 7:50 Dudley 37 FG 17-21

STATISTICS GSU WOFFirst Downs ................................................... 18 21Rushing Attempts ........................................... 50 65Rushing Yards .......................................... 292 354Attempts-Completions-Int. ......................... 11-4-1 10-4-1Passing Yards ............................................. 71 42TOTAL OFFENSE......................................... 363 396Punts-Average ........................................ 3-42.0 3-9.8Fumbles-Lost ................................................ 3-3 2-0Penalties-Yards .......................................... 6-45 3-20Sacks By-Yards ........................................... 1-5 1-53rd Down Conversions ............................... 7-13 8-164th Down Conversions ................................. 1-2 0-3Time of Possession ................................... 25:07 34:53

RUSHING: GSU - Foster 15-121, 1TD; Austin 21-87; B.Andrews 7-32;Maynard 2-26; Jefferson 2-15; R.Andrews 3-11. WOF - Hobbs 26-114,2TD; Collier 16-91, 1TD; Jackson 9-54; Dunn 10-49; Berry 1-37; Johnson1-9; Ware 1-0; Young 1-0.

PASSING: GSU - Foster 10-4-1, 71. WOF - Collier 10-4-1 42.RECEIVING: GSU - R.Andrews 2-44; Camp 1-22; Craft 1-5. WOF -

Strickland 1-19; Garland 1-14; Beavin 1-5; Berry 1-4.

GAME 4Chattanooga .............. 10Georgia Southern ...... 48

STATESBORO, Ga. - Jayson Foster and Darius Smiley each rushedfor three touchdowns as Georgia Southern rolled to a 48-10 SouthernConference win over Chattanooga Saturday night at Paulson Stadium.GSU ended its two-game losing streak.

The Eagles took the opening kickoff and marched 66 yards in sixplays, capped by Foster’s 15-yard touchdown run. Southern attempted atrick play on the 2-point conversion but failed. That marked the fourthstraight game Southern scored on its opening drive.

Foster scored his second TD with 45.8 seconds left in the half,scoring from one yard out. The drive lasted 13 plays and went 80 yards,eating up seven minutes.

The Eagles ate up another 7-plus minutes early in the third quarter. A15-play, 58-yard drive culminated when Foster scored from two yardsout. Later in the quarter Smiley scored from 13 yards then again fromthree yards out in the opening minute of the fourth quarter.

Foster topped the 100-yard mark for the fourth straight game, agame-high 134 yards on 21 attempts. Austin registered his 26th career100-yard game with 127 yards on 11 carries. The senior fullback movedinto second place (passing Joe Ross and Raymond Gross) on the Eagles’career rushing attempts list with 696.

Smiley totaled 39 yards on 11 carries. The Eagles out-gained UTC493-216 on the ground. Those 493 yards equal the 16th highest rushingtotal in Eagle history.

John Mohring and Larry Long each intercepted a pass by Miller.

CHATTANOOGA 3 7 0 0 - 10GEORGIA SOUTHERN 13 14 14 7 - 48

Qu Time Play Score1 12:40 Foster 15 run (pass failed) 6-01 6:23 Lopez 22 FG 6-31 5:56 Austin 24 run (Dudley kick) 13-32 9:12 Smiley 2 run (Dudley kick) 20-32 7:47 Davis 45 run (Lopez kick) 20-102 :45 Foster 1 run (Dudley kick) 27-103 5:58 Foster 2 run (Dudley kick) 34-103 3:41 Smiley 13 run (Dudley kick) 41-104 14:03 Smiley 3 run (Dudley kick) 48-10

STATISTICS UTC GSUFirst Downs ................................................... 22 27Rushing Attempts ........................................... 35 66Rushing Yards .......................................... 216 493Attempts-Completions-Int. ....................... 38-18-2 5-3-0Passing Yards ........................................... 222 26TOTAL OFFENSE......................................... 438 519Punts-Average ........................................ 3-45.0 2-43.5Fumbles-Lost ................................................ 1-0 2-0Penalties-Yards ........................................ 10-64 4-20Sacks By-Yards ........................................... 1-7 0-03rd Down Conversions ............................... 7-14 7-124th Down Conversions ................................. 0-2 2-3Time of Possession ................................... 26:12 33:48

RUSHING: UTC - Davis 13-117, 1TD; Abdus-Salaam 7-36; Miller 3-32;Buckley 8-30; Cousart 3-4. GSU - Foster 21-134, 3TD; Austin 11-127,1TD; Jefferson 3-58; B.Andrews 7-51; Craft 1-48; Smiley 11-39, 3TD;Covington 2-9; Maynard 2-8; Turner 4-8; R.Andrews 1-6; Greer 3-5.

PASSING: UTC - Miller 27-14-2, 176; Lopez 9-4-0, 46. GSU - Foster3-1-0, 14; Smiley 2-2-0, 12.

RECEIVING: UTC - Hassell 9-133; Johnson 3-40; Powell 2-22; Harper1-12; Barber 1-8; Ward 1-5; Buckley 1-2. GSU - McCutchen 1-14; Camp1-7; Kelly 1-5.


GAME 5Georgia Southern ...... 49Elon...............................7

ELON, N.C. – Jayson Foster and Jermaine Austin each rushedfor 100 yards by halftime and the defense held Elon scoreless for the finalthree quarters as Georgia Southern cruised to a 49-7 SoCon win.

For the second straight game GSU started with the ball. However,after reaching the Elon 38 the Eagles were forced to punt - failing to scoreon their opening drive for the first time this year.

Elon marched 80 yards to take its only lead. Jarrett Meadors scoredfrom eight yards out to give the Phoenix a 7-0 lead just six minutes in.Foster and the offense responded. The sophomore quarterback punchedit in from six yards out to tie the score. That started a streak in whichSouthern scored a touchdown on five straight possessions.

In the second quarter Foster hit a wide-open Reggie McCutchenon a 49-yard touchdown pass. That was Foster’s first TD pass this year.

Later, Darius Smiley hit Teddy Craft for an 82-yard touchdownpass, an Eagle record for longest completion and longest reception.

John Mohring recovered Dwayne Ijames’ fumble off Dan Jordan’spunt. Four plays later Foster scored a 4-yard TD run, his second TD run.

Southern’s offense capitalized when Dusty Reddick recoveredKye Hamilton’s fumble. Brandon Andrews scored a 4-yard touchdownrun to account for the final margin.

Foster registered his fifth straight 100-yard game, 129 yards on 21carries. Austin got his 27th career 100-yard effort totaling 125 yards andtwo scores on 11 attempts. The senior fullback moved into fifth placeamong the Southern Conference career rushing leaders (4,532 yards).

Mohring led the defense with six tackles and the fumble recovery.Matt Wise had five tackles, two for a loss.

GEORGIA SOUTHERN 7 28 7 7 - 49ELON 7 0 0 0 - 7Qu Time Play Score1 9:17 Meadors 8 run (Wilcox kick) 0-71 4:24 Foster 6 run (Dudley kick) 7-72 10:04 Austin 38 run (Dudley kick) 14-72 6:04 Austin 30 run (Dudley kick) 21-72 3:15 McCutchen 49 pass from Foster (Dudley kick) 28-72 2:03 Craft 82 pass from Smiley (Dudley kick) 35-73 5:41 Foster 4 run (Dudley kick) 42-74 14:15 B.Andrews 3 run (Dudley kick) 49-7

STATISTICS GSU ELONFirst Downs ................................................... 23 15Rushing Attempts ........................................... 58 35Rushing Yards .......................................... 359 108Attempts-Completions-Int. ...........................9-3-1 27-17-2Passing Yards ........................................... 144 151TOTAL OFFENSE......................................... 503 259Punts-Average ........................................ 4-38.5 6-39.2Fumbles-Lost ................................................ 1-0 2-2Penalties-Yards .......................................... 7-28 3-20Sacks By-Yards ......................................... 3-22 0-03rd Down Conversions ............................... 9-14 6-154th Down Conversions ................................. 1-1 0-0Time of Possession ................................... 31:33 28:27

RUSHING: GSU - Foster 21-129, 2TD; Austin 11-125, 2TD; Jefferson5-33; B.Andrews 8-25, 1TD; Turner 3-13; Maynard 3-11; R.Andrews 1-9;Greer 1-7; Smiley 4-7; Covington 1-0. ELON - Hall 24-88; Meadors 3-21,1TD; Mayers 3-21; Bailey 2-2; Hamilton 3-(-)24.

PASSING: GSU - Smiley 6-2-1, 95, 1TD; Foster 3-1-0, 49, 1TD. ELON -Hamilton 27-17-2, 151.

RECEIVING: GSU - Craft 1-82; McCutchen 1-49; Kelly 1-13. ELON -Mayers 6-77; Hall 4-5; Belkoski 3-45; Ball 2-20; Meadors 1-3; J.Blackwell1-1.

GAME 6Western Carolina .........7#21 Georgia Southern..45

STATESBORO, Ga. – Jayson Foster recorded career-highs of 149rushing yards and two touchdown passes while the defensive unit turnedin their third straight second half shutout, leading Georgia Southern pastWestern Carolina 45-7.

The 21st-ranked Eagles tried to set the tone of the game right off thebat. Teddy Craft returned the opening kickoff 40 yards. Later on 4th-and-1 from the Western 22 yard line, Foster ran a bootleg to his right andfound a wide-open Reggie McCutchen for a 23-yard touchdown pass.That TD also marked the fifth time in six games that the Eagles scored atouchdown on their opening drive.

In fact that was the third straight game the Eagles shutout theiropponent during the second half, allowing just two scores over the past157 minutes (Chattanooga, Elon and Western). Georgia Southern hasoutscored the opposition 142-24 during its winning streak.

Foster found McCutchen, again wide-open, for a 22-yard touchdownpass, regaining the lead for good at 14-7. Early in the second quarterFoster and the Eagles caught a break. Primus Glover dropped an apparentinterception, thrown by Foster, in the endzone. On the next play Fosterscrambled for an 18-yard touchdown, extending the lead to 21-7.

Southern finished the game 7-for-7 in fourth down conversions.Jonathan Dudley hit a 25-yard field goal in the third quarter,

extending his career streak to 13-for-13 all-time. Senior Steve Steelescored his first collegiate touchdown, a 4-yard run late in the fourth forthe final margin.

WESTERN CAROLINA 7 0 0 0 - 7GEORGIA SOUTHERN 14 14 10 7 - 45Qu Time Play Score1 11:00 McCutchen 23 pass from Foster (Dudley kick) 7-01 6:45 Fudge 15 pass from Clark (Brown kick) 7-71 4:16 McCutchen 22 pass from Foster (Dudley kick) 14-72 12:35 Foster 18 run (Dudley kick) 21-72 :59 Jefferson 8 pass from Smiley (Dudley kick) 28-73 10:28 Foster 21 run (Dudley kick) 35-73 1:54 Dudley 25 FG 38-74 4:01 Steele 4 run (Dudley kick) 45-7

STATISTICS WCU GSUFirst Downs ................................................... 13 27Rushing Attempts ........................................... 26 71Rushing Yards ............................................ 70 362Attempts-Completions-Int. ....................... 26-16-0 11-5-0Passing Yards ........................................... 169 86TOTAL OFFENSE......................................... 239 448Punts-Average ........................................ 5-41.6 2-37.0Fumbles-Lost ................................................ 0-0 0-0Penalties-Yards .......................................... 6-49 5-35Sacks By-Yards ........................................... 0-0 2-293rd Down Conversions ............................... 4-13 6-174th Down Conversions ................................. 1-3 7-7Time of Possession ................................... 22:53 37:07

RUSHING: WCU - Fudge 11-68; Brown 1-15; Wishart 4-11; Bush 1-7;Malone 1-3; Reid 2-2; Miller 1-3; Lee 3-(-)10; Clark 1-(-)20. GSU - Foster15-149, 2TD; Austin 24-117; B.Andrews 10-30; Smiley 4-15; Maynard 3-13; Jefferson 2-12; Greer 5-11; Covington 1-7; Johnson 2-6; Steele 2-4,1TD; Turner 1-2; R.Andrews 2-(-)4.

PASSING: WCU - Clark 22-13-0, 149, 1TD; Lee 4-3-0, 20. GSU - Foster4-3-0, 67, 2TD; Smiley 7-2-0, 19, 1TD.

RECEIVING: WCU - Brown 4-30; Hines 3-64; Fudge 3-28, 1TD; Miller 3-24; Cohen 2-13; Hannah 1-10. GSU - McCutchen 2-45, 2TD; Jefferson 2-30, 1TD; Foster 1-11.


GAME 7#16 Georgia Southern .7#19 Appalachian St. ... 24

BOONE, N.C. – In a battle of nationally-ranked teams, AppalachianState held the 12th-best scoring offense in the country to a singletouchdown, as GSU dropped a 24-7 decision at Kidd Brewer Stadium.

The Eagles failed to get a 100-yard rusher for the first time in 17outings (Wofford, 2004). Jermaine Austin paced the rushing attackwith 72 yards while Jayson Foster added 54. That snapped Foster’sstreak of six consecutive games registering at least 100 rushing yards.

The Mountaineers got on the board first when Julian Rauch nailed a37-yard field goal. On the next drive Justin Woazeah intercepted DariusSmiley’s pass and returned it into Eagle territory. Lewis Barr looked tohave recovered Trey Hennessey’s fumble but the officials ruled he crossedthe goal line first which extended the lead to 10-0, the largest deficitGeorgia Southern had faced all season.

The Eagles looked to be 3-and-out again but when they lined up topunt, a direct snap went to John Mohring. Dexter Jackson made atouchdown saving tackle after Mohring ran for 36 yards into ASU territory.Later in the drive Jonathan Dudley missed the first field goal attempt ofhis career, a 32-yarder just right that snapped his streak of 13 consecutive.

App State was driving in Eagle territory late in the half. Mohring againcame up with another big play, intercepting the pass in the endzone. Thatpick also snapped Williams’ streak of 186 consecutive attempts withoutthrowing an interception.

Foster got the Eagles on the board thanks to a 3-yard TD run late inthe third quarter. Southern’s 276 total offensive yards marked a season-low, however, the Eagle defense has allowed just five second halftouchdowns. A.J. Bryant recorded a game- and personal-high 14 tackles.Mohring added eight in addition to his interception.

GEORGIA SOUTHERN 0 0 7 0 - 7APPALACHIAN STATE 10 7 7 0 - 24

Qu Time Play Score1 9:03 Rauch 37 FG 0-31 3:30 Hennessee 1 run (Rauch kick) 0-102 10:38 Richardson 2 run (Rauch kick) 0-173 9:44 Hennessee 1 run (Rauch kick) 0-243 3:20 Foster 3 run (Dudley kick) 7-24

STATISTICS GSU ASUFirst Downs ................................................... 16 21Rushing Attempts ........................................... 58 46Rushing Yards .......................................... 252 296Attempts-Completions-Int. ...........................4-2-1 20-13-1Passing Yards ............................................. 24 161TOTAL OFFENSE......................................... 276 457Punts-Average ........................................ 2-51.5 1-44.0Fumbles-Lost ................................................ 2-0 0-0Penalties-Yards ............................................ 2-7 1-5Sacks By-Yards ........................................... 0-0 1-73rd Down Conversions ............................... 7-15 8-134th Down Conversions ................................. 2-3 2-3Time of Possession ................................... 31:27 28:33

RUSHING: GSU - Austin 19-72; Foster 20-54, 1TD; B.Andrews 8-48;Mohring 1-36; Jefferson 3-18; Maynard 4-16; Smiley 2-6; McCutchen 1-2.ASU - Richardson 22-208, 1TD; Williams 18-82; Hennessee 5-7, 2TD.

PASSING: GSU - Foster 3-2-0, 24; Smiley 1-0-1, 0. ASU - Williams20-13-1, 161.

RECEIVING: GSU - Jefferson 1-20; Camp 1-4. ASU - Richardson 6-77;Little 3-38; Mayfield 1-22; Bettis 1-12; Johnson 1-7; Jackson 1-5.

GAME 8The Citadel ................. 14#24 Georgia Southern..49

STATESBORO, Ga. – Jayson Foster passed for a career-high 123yards and Jason Earwood returned an interception for a touchdown,leading Georgia Southern to a 49-14 victory over SoCon rival The Citadel.In front of a Homecoming crowd of 17,292 seven different Eagles scoreda touchdown as they equaled a season-high point total.

Taking advantage of a short Dan Jordan punt, a 37-yard run byNuru Goodrum capped a five play drive that put The Citadel ahead 7-0.

The Eagles drove 80 yards in six plays, capped by BrandonAndrews’ 2-yard touchdown run to tie the game.

Earwood intercepted Justin Knox’s pass and returned it 30 yards fora touchdown. It was the first time in nine games that the Eagles hit paydirtafter a pick (Bryant at Florida International in 2004 and 25th time in GSUhistory). Those 14 points were the most The Citadel had given up in thefirst quarter all year.

Lynon Jefferson took the pitch and scored from five yards out onthe first play of the second quarter, extending the lead to 21-7. It was hissecond career rushing TD. Nine minutes later, Marquice Maynardconverted on 4th down from the four.

Foster recorded his first career 100-yard passing game during theEagles’ drive late in the first half. He connected with Chris Dickerson ona 23-yard TD pass as the Eagles covered 52 yards in 36 seconds. It wasDickerson’s first career reception and Foster’s fourth TD through the air.

THE CITADEL 7 0 7 0 - 14GEORGIA SOUTHERN 14 21 7 7 - 49

Qu Time Play Score1 10:05 Goodrum 37 run (Vandiver kick) 0-71 8:17 B.Andrews 2 run (Dudley kick) 7-71 4:42 Earwood 30 INT return (Dudley kick) 14-72 14:56 Jefferson 5 run (Dudley kick) 21-72 5:51 Maynard 4 run (Dudley kick) 28-72 :35 Dickerson 23 pass from Foster (Dudley kick) 35-73 6:57 Kelly 3 pass Knox (Vandiver kick) 35-143 4:54 Foster 3 run (Dudley kick) 42-144 11:23 Smiley 15 run (Galvin kick) 49-14

STATISTICS CIT GSUFirst Downs ................................................... 14 28Rushing Attempts ........................................... 35 63Rushing Yards .......................................... 131 385Attempts-Completions-Int. ....................... 26-15-1 10-7-1Passing Yards ........................................... 125 132TOTAL OFFENSE......................................... 256 517Punts-Average ........................................ 5-24.2 2-23.5Fumbles-Lost ................................................ 4-2 2-1Penalties-Yards .......................................... 2-10 7-64Sacks By-Yards ........................................... 2-9 2-83rd Down Conversions ............................... 5-13 2-94th Down Conversions ................................. 0-2 3-4Time of Possession ................................... 28:22 31:38

RUSHING: CIT - Goodrum 18-118, 1TD; Lee 5-20; Gibbs 6-13; Knox6-(-) 20. GSU - Austin 18-137; Foster 9-76, 1TD; Smiley 14-63, 1TD;B.Andrews 5-27, 1TD; Lake 1-16; Covington 3-16; McCutchen 1-16; Craft1-10; L.Turner 3-9; Greer 2-9; Jefferson 1-5, 1TD; Johnson 1-2; Maynard2-1, 1TD.

PASSING: CIT - Knox 21-14-1, 115, 1TD; Tumbleston 5-1-0, 10. GSU -Foster 7-6-0, 123, 1TD; Smiley 2-1-1, 9.

RECEIVING: CIT - Palmer 4-38; Tyler 3-11; Haney 2-41; Wigal 2-21;Jernigan 2-5; Cooper 1-6; Kelly 1-3, 1TD. GSU - Craft 3-46; McCutchen2-22; Jefferson 1-41; Dickerson 1-23, 1TD.


GAME 9#19 Georgia Southern..55South Dakota State .... 42

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Georgia Southern scored three unansweredtouchdowns during a 55-42 win at South Dakota State. Jermaine Austinscored a career-high four touchdowns while Jayson Foster equaledhis personal-best scoring three times.

Foster rushed for a personal-best 178 yards while Austin gained146 yards. Austin and Foster both surpassed 1,000 yards, becoming thesixth set of teammates in SoCon history to accomplish the feat. TheEagles guaranteed their ninth straight winning season and 23 in 24 years.

Foster was 4-of-7 passing for a career-best 131 yards. RajaAndrews’ 5-yard TD run in the final minute gave GSU a season-highpoint total. John Mohring led the defense with 11 tackles and recordedhis third interception this season, picking Berry off in the fourth quarter.A.J. Bryant and Terence McBride also intercepted Berry.

The 615 yards of total offense is the 11th highest total in GSU history,one yard behind what the Eagles accumulated in last year’s meeting. TheEagles also equaled a single game record with 76 rushing attempts. Those55 points were the most scored away from Paulson Stadium since the1999 National Championship game.

GEORGIA SOUTHERN 7 14 14 20 - 55SOUTH DAKOTA STATE 0 14 7 21 - 42

Qu Time Play Score1 4:37 Austin 33 run (Dudley kick) 7-02 9:14 Austin 10 run (Dudley kick) 14-02 4:01 Snyders 12 pass from Berry (Douglass kick) 14-72 3:26 Austin 5 run (Dudley kick) 21-72 :36 Davis 27 pass from Berry (Douglass kick) 21-143 9:48 Watson 52 run (Douglass kick) 21-213 6:15 Foster 21 run (Dudley kick) 28-213 2:29 Foster 2 run (Dudley kick) 35-214 9:48 Foster 4 run (Dudley kick) 42-214 9:20 Davis 6 pass from Berry (Douglass kick) 42-284 5:32 Austin 5 run (kick failed) 48-284 3:43 Molitor 42 pass from Berry (Douglass kick) 48-354 1:08 R.Andrews 5 run (Dudley kick) 55-354 :36 Davis 13 pass from Berry (Douglass kick) 55-42

STATISTICS GSU SDSUFirst Downs ................................................... 30 21Rushing Attempts ........................................... 76 31Rushing Yards .......................................... 484 234Attempts-Completions-Int. ...........................8-4-0 27-17-3Passing Yards ........................................... 131 289TOTAL OFFENSE......................................... 615 523Punts-Average ........................................ 3-28.7 4-33.2Fumbles-Lost ................................................ 1-1 1-1Penalties-Yards .......................................... 8-65 7-45Sacks By-Yards ......................................... 2-10 0-03rd Down Conversions ............................... 8-14 4-114th Down Conversions ................................. 2-2 0-0Time of Possession ................................... 32:59 27:01

RUSHING: GSU - Foster 27-178, 3TD; Austin 29-146, 4TD; Jefferson5-56; Maynard 4-55; Smiley 4-36; Covington 4-8; R.Andrews 1-5, TD;L.Turner 1-2. SDS - Watson 16-204, TD; Koenig 8-26; Berry 6-4; Snyders1-0.

PASSING: GSU - Foster 7-4-0, 131; Smiley 1-0-0. SDS - Berry 27-17-3,289, 5TD.

RECEIVING: GSU - Maynard 2-46; McCutchen 1-60; Jefferson 1-25.SDS - Davis 9-177, 3TD; Molitor 2-55, TD; Snyders 2-33, TD; Johnson 2-18;Wagner 1-3; Dykhouse 1-3.

GAME 10#1 Furman .................. 24#14 Georgia Southern..27

STATESBORO, Ga. – On a night in which Georgia Southern honoredthe 1985 National Championship team and their thrilling win over Furman,the current Eagles pulled out another last minute win over the Paladins.Jermaine Austin’s 4-yard touchdown run with 62 seconds left cappeda 27-24 comeback over the top-ranked Paladins… the first time GeorgiaSouthern defeated the No. 1 team in a regular season game.

The Eagles took over on their own 13 with 8:40 left in the game downfour. GSU staged its longest scoring drive of the season, needing 17plays to cover those 87 yards. Jayson Foster kept the drive alive on4th-and-1 from the Furman 39, sneaking for three yards. Facing a 3rd-and-17 from the 43, Chris Dickerson outdualed two Paladins to grabFoster’s pass netting 35 yards. Dickerson’s only other reception this yearcame on a similar catch, a 23-yard TD grab against The Citadel.

Foster rushed for four yards on first down then Austin scored thego ahead TD. Terence McBride intercepted Ingle Martin’s pass on thenine yard line, and the Eagles took a knee to close out the comeback win.

Foster improved on his career-high rushing yards for the secondstraight week, this time going for 191 yards on 33 carries. He completed3-of-7 passes for 80 yards. Austin added 142 yards to go with his threescores. John Mohring made a career-high 13 tackles.

Southern held a 430-144 edge in rushing and also held the nation’snumber two team in total offense to nearly 100 yards below their average,just 384 compared to its 510.

FURMAN 7 3 14 0 - 24GEORGIA SOUTHERN 0 14 6 7 - 27

Qu Time Play Score1 1:56 Rust 0 fumble recovery (Beckler kick) 0-72 14:41 Foster 26 run (Dudley kick) 7-72 12:56 Beckler 29 FG 7-102 8:31 Austin 4 run (Dudley kick) 14-103 12:07 Stepp 39 pass from Martin (Beckler kick) 14-173 6:44 Austin 2 run (kick failed) 20-173 5:12 Felton 26 run (Beckler kick) 20-244 1:02 Austin 4 run (Dudley kick) 27-24

STATISTICS FUR GSUFirst Downs ................................................... 18 27Rushing Attempts ........................................... 28 80Rushing Yards .......................................... 144 430Attempts-Completions-Int. ....................... 21-16-1 7-3-0Passing Yards ........................................... 240 80TOTAL OFFENSE......................................... 384 510Punts-Average ........................................ 4-43.8 2-38.0Fumbles-Lost ................................................ 2-0 1-1Penalties-Yards .......................................... 7-45 5-28Sacks By-Yards ........................................... 0-0 0-03rd Down Conversions ................................. 3-9 10-174th Down Conversions ................................. 0-0 2-4Time of Possession ................................... 21:15 38:45

RUSHING: FUR - Felton 10-81, 1TD; Gipson 6-26; Mays 3-19; Carter6-10; Martin 3-8. GSU - Foster 33-191, 1TD; Austin 24-142, 3TD; B.Andrews10-46; Maynard 6-23; Jefferson 3-22; R.Andrews 2-11; Smiley 1-(-)4.

PASSING: FUR - Martin 21-16-1, 240, 1TD. GSU - Foster 7-3-0, 80.RECEIVING: FUR - Carter 5-78; Sprague 4-42; Rust 3-53; Stepp 2-52,

1TD; Gipson 1-8; McKie 1-7. GSU - McCutchen 2-45; Dickerson 1-35.


GAME 11Morehead State .......... 17#10 Georgia Southern..63

STATESBORO, Ga. – Georgia Southern’s defense forced fourturnovers while Jayson Foster accounted for four touchdowns as theEagles defeated Morehead State 63-17.

A.J. Bryant intercepted Brian Yost and returned it 74 yards for atouchdown. During that return, he broke the GSU record for careerinterception return yards, now with 253.

The offense scored a touchdown on their next five drives. Fosterextended the lead to 14-0 following his 11-yard TD run. Foster, the onlyplayer in I-AA to score a rushing TD every game, in the process tied aSoCon record scoring in 11 consecutive games. Two plays after GSU gotthe ball back, Foster connected with Teddy Craft on a 46-yard TD pass.Foster and Craft hooked up again, this time for 25 yards. Craft’s 11thcareer TD reception tied him for third place among the Eagle leaders.

Tim Camp accomplished a feat not done in 81 games. Not only didhe block his second punt of the game, he scooped up the loose ball on thesix and scored his first collegiate touchdown.

John Mohring paced the defense with seven tackles, giving him103 on the season. Dedrick Bynam not only recovered two of MoreheadState’s three fumbles but also had six tackles.

MOREHEAD STATE 3 0 14 0 - 17GEORGIA SOUTHERN 21 21 21 0 - 63

Qu Time Play Score1 11:18 Bryant 74 INT return (Dudley kick) 7-01 7:22 Foster 11 run (Dudley kick) 14-01 2:44 Jones 39 FG 14-31 1:53 Craft 46 pass from Foster (Dudley kick) 21-32 11:48 Craft 25 pass from Foster (Dudley kick) 28-32 8:09 Foster 14 run (Galvin kick) 35-32 5:53 Austin 13 run (Galvin kick) 42-33 11:48 Parkes 11 pass from Yost (Jones kick) 42-103 10:33 Steele 50 run (Bolen kick) 49-103 4:20 Camp 0 blocked punt return (Bolen kick) 56-103 3:23 Smiley 24 run (Galvin kick) 63-103 1:39 McGee 25 pass from Yost (Jones kick) 63-17

STATISTICS MOR GSUFirst Downs ................................................... 18 27Rushing Attempts ........................................... 37 64Rushing Yards .......................................... 120 455Attempts-Completions-Int. ....................... 36-17-1 6-2-1Passing Yards ........................................... 208 71TOTAL OFFENSE......................................... 328 526Punts-Average ........................................ 8-27.2 2-52.5Fumbles-Lost ................................................ 3-3 3-1Penalties-Yards .......................................... 5-45 3-34Sacks By-Yards ........................................... 1-4 4-193rd Down Conversions ............................... 6-17 5-104th Down Conversions ................................. 1-2 1-3Time of Possession ................................... 29:10 27:50

RUSHING: MOR - McGee 9-58; Parkes 6-16; Stockelman 2-16; McCoy2-10; Morton 2-7; McRae 1-7; Slone 1-6; Cornelius 3-1; Yost 11-(-)1.GSU - Austin 13-118, 1TD; Greer 12-91; Smiley 3-66, 1TD; Foster 9-48,2TD; Steele 2-47, 1TD; Covington 8-28; B.Andrews 5-20; Jefferson 1-20;Maynard 1-8; R.Andrews 1-7; Turner 5-6; Williams 1-0.

PASSING: MOR - Yost 36-17-1, 208, 2TD. GSU - Foster 3-2-1, 71, 2TD;Smiley 2-0-0; Greer 1-0-0.

RECEIVING: MOR - McGee 4-65, 1TD; McRae 4-64; Vagni 2-21; Feldman2-16; Stockelman 1-21; Parkes 1-11, 1TD; Cornelius 1-8; McCoy 1-6; Slone1-(-)4. GSU - Craft 2-71, 2TD.

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