2020 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

The 2020 Georgia Southern Eagles football team will represent Georgia Southern University during the 2020 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Eagles will play their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia and compete in the East Division of the Sun Belt Conference. They will be led by third year head coach Chad Lunsford.

2020 Georgia Southern Eagles football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
DivisionEast Division
2020 record0–0 (0–0 Sun Belt)
Head coachChad Lunsford (3rd season)
Offensive coordinatorBob DeBesse (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorScot Sloan (3rd season)
Home stadiumPaulson Stadium
(Capacity: 25,000)
2020 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
Appalachian State  0 –0     0 –0  
Coastal Carolina  0 –0     0 –0  
Georgia Southern  0 –0     0 –0  
Georgia State  0 –0     0 –0  
Troy  0 –0     0 –0  
West Division
Arkansas State  0 –0     0 –0  
Louisiana  0 –0     0 –0  
Louisiana–Monroe  0 –0     0 –0  
South Alabama  0 –0     0 –0  
Texas State  0 –0     0 –0  
Championship: December 5, 2020
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AP Poll.

Schedule

Georgia Southern had games against Boise State and Ole Miss, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[1][2] They added a November game with Army on August 11.[3]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12 Campbell*
September 19 Florida Atlantic*
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
September 26 at Louisiana
October 3 at Louisiana–Monroe
October 14 Appalachian State
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA (rivalry)
October 24 at Coastal Carolina
October 31 South Alabama
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
November 7 Troy
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
November 14 Texas State
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
November 21 at Army*
November 28 at Georgia State
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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References
  1. Talty, John. "SEC moves to conference-only 2020 schedule, pushes back start of season". AL.com. Retrieved July 30, 2020.
  2. McMurphy, Brett. "Sources: Mountain West Cancels Fall Football Season". WatchStadium.com. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  3. "Georgia Southern Adds Road Football Game at Army West Point". Georgia Southern Athletic Department. Retrieved August 11, 2020.
  4. "2020 Georgia Southern Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved March 5, 2020.
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