Game notes: App State at Georgia Southern
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The matchup
- App State (4–2, 1–1 in conference) at Georgia Southern (3–4, 2–1 in conference), Saturday, October 31, kickoff time not yet set, Allen E. Paulson Stadium.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file. Ranks as of the game, as listed with the schedule (AP poll, else the coaches’).
The series
- It will be their 25th meeting; App State leads the series 14–10.resultsEvery meeting on file; official counts take out wins the NCAA vacated and count forfeits as the rivalry’s article does.
- Last meeting: Monday, December 29, 2025: Georgia Southern 29, App State 10.resultsThe most recent meeting on file.
- They first met in 2003: App State 28, Georgia Southern 21.resultsThe earliest meeting on file.
- Georgia Southern is 6–5 at home against App State.resultsThe home team’s record against this opponent in its home games (neutral sites aside), every meeting on file.
- Last five meetings: 2025: Georgia Southern 29–10 (neutral site); 2025: Georgia Southern 25–23 (at App State); 2024: Georgia Southern 29–20 (at Georgia Southern); 2023: App State 55–27 (at App State); 2022: Georgia Southern 51–48 (at Georgia Southern).resultsThe last five meetings on file.
App State
- App State is 4–2 (1–1 in conference games).resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 55–3 vs. Maine; W 27–24 at East Carolina; W 26–21 vs. Charlotte; L 31–41 at NC State; L 3–10 vs. Old Dominion; W 35–32 at Coastal Carolina.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- App State is No. 93 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Dowell Loggains is 9–10 in his second season at App State.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Dowell Loggains is 0–2 against Georgia Southern.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Malachi Singleton (QB): 1,429 passing yards, 7 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Sam Pickett III (WR): 26 catches, 411 yards, 4 TD, the team leader in receiving yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Colton Phares (LB): 38 tackles, 1.5 sacks, 1 INT, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2020, App State beat UL Monroe 31–13.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
Georgia Southern
- Georgia Southern is 3–4 (2–1 in conference games), 0–1 against ranked teams.resultsWins and losses in this season’s finished games before kickoff, from the game results on file.
- This season: W 31–0 vs. Charleston Southern; L 7–22 at Clemson; L 27–31 at Jacksonville State; L 28–42 vs. No. 25 Houston; W 31–24 at Coastal Carolina; L 24–27 vs. James Madison; W 23–15 at Old Dominion.resultsThis season’s finished games.
- Georgia Southern is No. 79 of 138 FBS teams in our Elo ratings.our ratingsOur Elo rating, from every game on file, ranked among active FBS teams.
- Clay Helton is 30–29 in his fifth season at Georgia Southern and 76–53 as an FBS head coach.results, WikipediaHead-coaching seasons on file, ours rebuilt from game results and the season articles’ coaching splits.
- Clay Helton is 4–1 against App State.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
- Max Johnson (QB): 1,601 passing yards, 11 TD, the team leader in passing yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Alex Taylor (WR): 24 catches, 342 yards, 3 TD, the team leader in receiving yards.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- Brandon Tyson (LB): 40 tackles, 1.5 sacks, the team leader in tackles.resultsThis season’s team leaders and national ranks, from player season statistics.
- On this date in 2019, Georgia Southern beat No. 20 App State 24–21.resultsThe team’s most notable finished game on this calendar date in an earlier season: a ranked opponent first, then a bowl, then the newest.
The coaches
- Clay Helton is 2–0 against Dowell Loggains’s teams as a head coach.results, WikipediaGames between the two coaches’ teams in seasons each was the head coach, every game on file.
Sources
Every sentence here is ours, written from counts we make over the games on file. Where the facts come from:
- CollegeFootballData.com: Game results, rankings and player statistics; the sentence and every count in it are ours. Derived output (CollegeFootballData.com terms, section 4).
- CollegeFootballDigest: Our own ratings (Elo) and research notes. CC BY 4.0.
- Wikipedia: Facts from Wikipedia’s lists and articles (schools’ record books, trophies, College GameDay sites, coaching records), restated. CC BY-SA 4.0 (facts restated; credit Wikipedia).
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