Here's all you need to know about the game:
Game 2: Saturday, Sept. 7, 2024 • 7 PM (ET)/4 PM (local)
Location: Reno, Nev. (Mackay Stadium; 30,000)
Records:
Nevada: 1-1, 0-0 MWC
Georgia Southern: 0-1, 0-0 SBC
Broadcast Information
Broadcast: TruTV (streamed on Max)
PBP: JB Long, Analyst: Mike Golic Jr., Sidelines: Nabil Karim
Radio: Georgia Southern Sports Network
PBP: Danny Reed (@GSEaglesVoice); Analyst: Terry Harvin (@TerryHarvin); Sidelines: Frank Sulkowski and Anthony Beck II
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GS: GAME NOTES (PDF)
Inside The Series
Overall Record: GS leads, 2-0
In Statesboro: GS leads, 1-0
In Reno: GS leads, 1-0
Choate vs. GS: Never Met
Helton vs. UNR: Never Met
Helton vs. Choate: Never Met
Largest GS Win: 23 points (1990 in Statesboro)
GS vs. current MWC Members: 2-2
GS vs. teams from Nevada: 2-0
GS in state of Nevada: 1-0
Westward and Upward
- Georgia Southern is 4-1 all-time in games played in the Pacific Time Zone: 2-0 in Tacoma, Washington; 1-0 in both Reno, Nevada, and Moscow, Idaho; and 0-1 in Corvallis, Oregon.
- Mackay Stadium in Reno sits at 4,610 feet above sea level, a mere 4,400 feet higher than Paulson Stadium in Statesboro (210 feet above sea level). It's not the highest elevation the Eagles have ever played at. That would be at Colorado State's Hughes Stadium in Fort Collins, which sits at 5,910 feet above sea level.
Of Note
- This will be the third meeting between Georgia Southern and Nevada, but the first in the regular season, with the Eagles holding a 2-0 lead. Georgia Southern won the first matchup, which came in the 1986 Division I-AA semifinals at Mackay Stadium, 48-38, as the Eagles went on to win their second straight national title the next week in Tacoma, Washington. In 1990, Georgia Southern downed Nevada 36-13 at Allen E. Paulson Stadium in the Division I-AA National Championship Game to claim its fourth national title.
- This is the second of two straight meetings against Mountain West opponents as the Eagles fell to Boise State last weekend at home to open the season.
- Georgia Southern is 2-2 all-time against MWC teams, 2-0 against Nevada and 0-1 against Colorado State and Boise State. Head coach Clay Helton is 5-1 as a head coach against MWC teams (2-0 vs. Fresno State, 1-0 vs. UNLV, San Jose State and Utah State, and 0-1 against Boise State).
- Nevada head coach Jeff Choate was the linebackers coach for the University of Florida in 2013 when Georgia Southern went into Gainesville and beat the Gators 26-20 for the first Power 5 win in program history.
- Georgia Southern's Dorrian Smith and Nevada's Keyshawn Cobb played together at Peach County High in Fort Valley, Georgia.
Countdown to Kickoff
10: Georgia Southern had 14 plays of 10 yards or longer against Boise State (seven rushing, seven passing).
9: Nine different players on Georgia Southern's defense have recorded at least one career interception.
8: Eight Georgia Southern players made their first start for the Blue and White last week against Boise State.
7: Georgia Southern converted all seven of its red zone chances last week against Boise State, scoring six touchdowns and hitting a 31-yard field goal.
6: Georgia Southern has completed 35 or more passes in a game six times under head coach Clay Helton, winning five of those contests.
5: This will be the fifth game against a team from the Mountain West Conference for Georgia Southern. The Eagles are 2-0 against Nevada and 0-1 against Colorado State and Boise State.
4: The Eagles have won four of their five games ever played in the Pacific Time Zone.
3: Jalen White scored a career-high three rushing touchdowns in last week's game against Boise State.
2: Georgia Southern has won both of the first two games in the series with Nevada. This, however, will be the first regular season match-up between the two teams.
1: With a 16-yard grab against Boise State, Sam Kenerson recorded his first catch since tearing all three major ligaments in his right knee on Sept. 10, 2022 at Nebraska.
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