2016 Georgia Southern Eagles football team
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Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
Record | 5–7 (4–4 Sun Belt) |
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Co-offensive coordinator | Rance Gillespie (1st season) |
Co-offensive coordinator | David Dean (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Spread option |
Defensive coordinator | Lorenzo Costantini (1st season) |
Home stadium | Paulson Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State + | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State + | 7 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Troy | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Idaho | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Lafayette | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Southern | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Monroe | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Alabama | 2 | – | 6 | 6 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia State | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
New Mexico State | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas State | 0 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2016 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by first-year head coach Tyson Summers. They finished the season 5–7, 4–4 in Sun Belt play to finish in sixth place.
Schedule
Georgia Southern announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 5 home and 7 away games in the regular season. The Eagles will host Sun Belt foes Appalachian State, Louisiana–Lafayette, Louisiana–Monroe, and Troy, and will travel to Arkansas State, Georgia State, New Mexico State, and South Alabama. Georgia Southern will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Idaho and Texas State.[1]
The team will play four non–conference games, one home game against Savannah State from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), and will travel to three road games against Georgia Tech from Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Ole Miss from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Western Michigan from the Mid-American Conference (MAC).
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 6:00 pm | Savannah State* | ESPN3 | W 54–0 | 21,250 | |
September 10 | 7:00 pm | at South Alabama | ASN | W 24–9 | 17,691 | |
September 17 | 6:00 pm | Louisiana–Monroe |
| ESPN3 | W 23–21 | 25,735 |
September 24 | 7:00 pm | at Western Michigan* | ESPN3 | L 31–49 | 17,209 | |
October 5 | 8:00 pm | at Arkansas State | ESPN2 | L 26–27 | 19,381 | |
October 15 | 12:30 pm | at Georgia Tech* | ACCRSN | L 24–35 | 47,609 | |
October 22 | 8:00 pm | at New Mexico State | FSAZ/FSSW | W 22–19 | 10,085 | |
October 27 | 7:30 pm | Appalachian State |
| ESPNU | L 10–34 | 23,474 |
November 5 | 12:00 pm | at Ole Miss* | ESPNU | L 27–37 | 60,263 | |
November 10 | 7:30 pm | Louisiana–Lafayette![]() |
| ESPNU | L 26–33 | 16,786 |
November 19 | 2:00 pm | at Georgia State |
| ESPN3 | L 24–30 | 23,513 |
December 3 | 12:00 pm | Troy |
| ESPN2 | W 28–24 | 16,850 |
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Game summaries
Savannah State
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eagles | 21 | 7 | 19 | 7 | 54 |
at Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, GA
- Date: September 3
- Game time: 6:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 82°F • NE 3 • Partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 21,250
- Referee: Kevin Stine
- TV: ESPN3
- Georgia Southern vs Savannah State
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@ South Alabama
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Eagles | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Jaguars | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
at Ladd–Peebles Stadium, Mobile, AL
- Date: September 10
- Game time: 7:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 84°F • S 6 • Partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 17,691
- Referee: Jason McArthur
- TV: ASN
- Georgia Southern vs South Alabama
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Louisiana–Monroe
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Warhawks | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Eagles | 7 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 23 |
at Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, GA
- Date: September 17
- Game time: 6:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 88°F • E 7 • Partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 25,735
- Referee: Jason Autrey
- TV: ESPN3
- Georgia Southern vs Louisiana–Monroe
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@ Western Michigan
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Eagles | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
Broncos | 7 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 49 |
at Waldo Stadium, Kalamazoo, MI
- Date: September 24
- Game time: 7:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 70°F
- Game attendance: 17,208
- Referee: Greg Blum
- TV: ESPN3
- Georgia Southern vs Western Michigan
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@ Arkansas State
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Eagles | 7 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 26 |
Red Wolves | 0 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
at Centennial Bank Stadium, Jonesboro, AR
- Date: October 5
- Game time: 8:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 84°F • ESE 3.6 • Mostly clear
- Game attendance: 19,381
- Referee: Kevin Stine
- TV: ESPN2
- Georgia Southern vs Arkansas State
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@ Georgia Tech
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Eagles | 7 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 24 |
Yellow Jackets | 21 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
at Bobby Dodd Stadium, Atlanta, GA
- Date: October 15
- Game time: 12:30 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 73°F • E 8 • Partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 47,609
- Referee: Jeff Heaser
- TV: ACCRSN
- Georgia Southern vs Georgia Tech
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@ New Mexico State
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Eagles | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 22 |
Aggies | 0 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 19 |
at Aggie Memorial Stadium, Las Cruces, NM
- Date: October 22
- Game time: 8:00 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 78°F • SSW 5 • Partly cloudy
- Game attendance: 10,085
- Referee: Jeff Hilyer
- TV: FSSW/FSAZ
- Georgia Southern vs New Mexico State
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Appalachian State
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Mountaineers | 0 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 34 |
Eagles | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
at Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, GA
- Date: October 27
- Game time: 7:30 p.m. EDT
- Game weather: 72°F • SSE 5 • Mostly clear
- Game attendance: 23,474
- Referee: Kevin Stine
- TV: ESPNU
- Georgia Southern vs Appalachian State
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@ Ole Miss
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Eagles | 14 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 |
Rebels | 3 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 37 |
at Vaught–Hemingway Stadium, Oxford, MS
- Date: November 5
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. EDT
- TV: ESPNU
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Louisiana–Lafayette
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Ragin' Cajuns | 7 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 33 |
Eagles | 3 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 26 |
at Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, GA
- Date: November 10
- Game time: 7:30 p.m. EST
- TV: ESPNU
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@ Georgia State
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Eagles | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
Panthers | 20 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 30 |
- Date: November 19
- Game time: 2:00 p.m. EST
- Game weather: Played indoors (dome stadium)
- Game attendance: 23,513
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Troy
Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Trojans | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Eagles | 0 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
at Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, GA
- Date: December 3
- Game time: 12:00 p.m. EST
- Game attendance: 16,850
- TV: ESPN2
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References
- ^ "2016 Georgia Southern Football Schedule Set For Summers' Debut Season" (Press release). Georgia Southern University Department of Athletics. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
- ^ "2016 Georgia Southern Eagles Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 14, 2016.