The Georgia Southern football team heads to West Virginia on Saturday to take on Marshall in a key Sun Belt tilt at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. Kickoff is set for 7:03 p.m. and will be broadcast nationally on NFL Network. The game will also be available via radio on the Georgia Southern Sports Network. Here's all you need to know about the game:
Game 10: Saturday, Nov. 11, 2023 • 7:03 PM
Location: Huntington, W.Va. (Joan C. Edwards Stadium; 30,475)
Records:
Marshall: 4-5, 1-4 SBC
Georgia Southern: 6-3, 3-2 SBC
Broadcast Information
Broadcast: NFL Network
PBP: Jason Ross Jr.; Analyst: Tyoka Jackson
Radio: Georgia Southern Sports Network
PBP: Danny Reed (@GSEaglesVoice); Analyst: Terry Harvin (@TerryHarvin); Sidelines: Kyle Vantrease (@KVT6_)
GS: GAME NOTES
MU: GAME NOTES
Inside The Series
Overall Record Marshall leads, 5-2
In Statesboro MU leads, 3-1
In Huntington MU leads, 2-1
Huff vs. GS 1-0
Helton vs. Marshall 0-1
Helton vs. Huff Huff leads, 1-0
Current Streak Marshall, Won 5 (1993-2022)
Last Meeting MU 23, GS 10 (2022)
Longest GS Streak Two (1989-90)
Longest MU Streak Five (1993-2022)
Largest GS Win 32 points (1989 in Statesboro)
Largest MU Win 30 points (1995 in Huntington)
GS vs. current Sun Belt Members 70-67-1
GS vs. teams from West Virginia 4-6
GS in state of West Virginia 1-3
Of Note:
- Marshall leads the series with Georgia Southern 5-2. The Eagles won the first two games (1989, 1990) but the Thundering Herd have won the past five (1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2022) to take the lead in the series.
- In five of the previous seven games, both teams were ranked in the I-AA Top 25 Poll, including three times when Marshall was the No. 1 team in the country.
- Georgia Southern will pay respect to the 75 souls lost in the 1970 Marshall football plane crash with a decal on the back of each helmet.
- The Eagles are 4-6 all-time against teams from West Virginia and 1-3 in games played in the Mountaineer State. Southern has not played in the state of West Virginia since 2015 and has not played at Marshall since 1995. The Eagles are 0-2 at Joan C. Edwards Stadium. Their lone win came at Fairfield Stadium in 1990, the last season of use for the stadium.
Countdown to Kickoff
10: The Eagles have won just four of the 10 games played in the modern era against teams from West Virginia.
9: The Texas State game marked the first time in nine games this season Georgia Southern had not won the time of possession battle.
8: Georgia Southern is eighth in the FBS in defensive touchdowns with three, coming on pick sixes from Tyrell Davis, Khadry Jackson and Marques Watson-Trent.
7: Linebacker Marques Watson-Trent needs seven tackles to record his second-straight 100-tackle season. The last Eagle player to do that was Joe Scott in 2001 (112) and 2002 (116). Watson-Trent had 114 stops last season and has 93 this year.
6: The Eagles have won all six games when forcing three or more turnovers and have lost the three games when they have not.
5: In five of the previous seven games, both GS and Marshall were ranked in the I-AA Top 25 Poll, including three times when Marshall was the No. 1 team in the country.
4: Georgia Southern finishes its regular season with three of its final four games on the road.
3: The Eagles and Thundering Herd have met three previous times in Huntington, all coming in the 1990s.
2: This will be Georgia Southern's second game this season on NFL Network. The Eagles beat Coastal Carolina at Paulson Stadium earlier this year on NFLN.
1: Defensive lineman Isaac Walker is first in the FBS with five forced fumbles. The school record is six set by Roderick Tinsley in 2010.
Up Next:
Nov. 18 vs. Old Dominion - Statesboro, Ga.
