Date: Saturday, Ot. 5
Contest: VMI (2-3, 0-2) at No. 18 Ga. Southern (2-2, 1-1)
Time: 1 p.m.
Place: Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Ga.THE GAME: Georgia Southern holds an 9-0 advantage in the series with VMI that dates back to 1993 … The Eagles have won all four previous games played in Statesboro … The Keydets have been shutout four times in the series … The closest contest was a 20-17 GSU win in ’96 when VMI had led for all but the final :57 of the game … In the nine games, GSU has outscored VMI 418-54.
THE COACHES: VMI head coach Cal McCombs (The Citadel ’67) is in his fourth year with the Keydets and has a record of 6-32 … Georgia Southern head coach Mike Sewak (Virginia ’81) ) is in his first season with the Eagles and has a record of 2-2 … He spent the last five seasons as the Eagles’ offensive coordinator, helping the club to a 62-10 record during that time … Sewak and McCombs faced each other eight times while Sewak was an assistant coach at Hawaii and McCombs was the defensive coordinator at Air Force.
GAME NOTES: The Eagles return home this week after a 38-10 win at UTC on Sept. 28 … VMI lost at home to Furman on Sept. 28, 55-28 … The Eagles, which had their 29-game regular season home game winning streak snapped by Wofford on Sept. 21, will look to improve on its all-time 120-13 home record … GSU has averaged a victory margin of over 40 points against VMI, outscoring the Keydets 418-54 … VMI is fourth in the conference in scoring offense (29.6 PPG) while the Eagles lead the league in scoring defense … The Keydets are third in the SoCon in total offense at 399.8 YPG while GSU is second in total defense, allowing 294.0 YPG … VMI’s Musa Sarki leads the league with four interceptions … VMI QB Joey Gibson is second in the SoCon in total offense at 227.6 YPG and punter Brent Barth is second in the league with a 45.0 average … The Keydets’ Kevin Solomon is second in the SoCon in all-purpose yards with 121.8 per game … GSU’s Jermaine Austin leads the league in rushing with a 111.0 average … The Eagles are second in the nation in rushing offense at 365.8 YPG.

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