Conway, S.C. – Coastal Carolina football will wrap up its home slate this weekend with a Sun Belt Conference game versus Georgia Southern on Saturday, Nov. 17, at 5 p.m. ET at Brooks Stadium.
Saturday's contest will serve as Military Appreciation Day, Faculty and Staff Day, and Senior Day for the Coastal football seniors.
Coastal Carolina (5-5, 2-4 Sun Belt) vs. Georgia Southern (7-3, 4-2 Sun Belt)
Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018 • 5:00 p.m. ET
Conway, S.C. • Brooks Stadium (15, 000)
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Senior Day Festivities
• The Coastal Carolina football team will recognize its 2018 seniors prior to the opening kickoff on Saturday as part of Senior Day.
• CCU will recognize seniors
Kilton Anderson,
Anthony Chesley,
Mallory Claybourne,
Jack Flood,
James Heft,
Cam Jackson,
Connor Kubala,
Adam Lawhorn,
Marcus Outlow,
James Patterson,
Evan Rabon,
Tyquan Ross,
Fitz Wattley,
Quane' Washington and
Malcolm Williams, as well as student volunteers Ian Brooking, Spencer Matlock and Ty Young.
Military Appreciation Day
• Coastal Carolina University's Department of Athletics and the Office of Veterans Services are partnering with Patriotic Productions to set up a 4,000-square-foot memorial outside of Brooks Stadium as part of Military Appreciation Day as the Chanticleers host Georgia Southern at 5 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 17.
•The
Remembering Our Fallen memorial is a photographic war memorial that honors our country's fallen soldiers from the War on Terror (Sept. 11, 2001-present). Unlike brick-and-mortar memorials,
Remembering Our Fallen is designed to travel and includes both military and personal photos.
•Both active-duty military members and veterans get free admission into the final home football game on Saturday night with a military I.D., while family members will receive discounted tickets. For tickets, go to GoCCUsports.com or call the Chanticleer Athletics Ticket Office at 843-347-8499.
Series versus Georgia Southern
• Saturday's contest at Brooks Stadium will be the fifth meeting all-time between the Coastal Carolina Chanticleers and the Georgia Southern Eagles.
• The Chanticleers are 1-3 all-time versus the Eagles with the lone win coming in last year's season finale at Brooks Stadium (W, 28-17 - Dec. 2, 2017).
DATE LOCATION RESULT
9/16/06 at Georgia Southern L, 21-38
9/15/07 at Coastal Carolina L, 34-42
9/18/10 at Coastal Carolina L, 26-34
12/2/17 at Coastal Carolina W, 28-17
Bowl Bid on the Line
• The Chanticleers are just one win away from becoming bowl eligible in its first year of eligibility after two transition seasons from FCS to FBS.
• CCU is looking to join five other Sun Belt teams that have already become bowl eligible in Troy, Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, ULM and Arkansas State.
Snap Out of It
• Both the Chanticleers and the Eagles enter Saturday's contest on a two-game losing streak.
• Coastal is coming off back-to-back home losses in each of the last two weeks to Appalachian State (Nov. 3) and Arkansas State (Nov. 10).
• Georgia Southern has dropped two-straight Sun Belt Conference games at ULM (Nov. 3) and versus Troy (Nov. 10).
2.0
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Jeffrey Gunter has totaled 14.0 tackles for loss this season, which leads the Sun Belt and is just 2.0 TFL away from tying the Coastal single-season record of 16.0 TFL.
Sharing the Wealth
• The CCU offense has seen 12 different Chants score a touchdown this season.
Surf Turf Hosting the Myrtle Beach Bowl
• ESPN Events, a division of ESPN, is adding a new bowl game to its roster beginning in 2020 with the creation of the Myrtle Beach Bowl. The game will feature matchups from three conference partners – Conference USA, Mid-American Conference (MAC) and Sun Belt Conference. Each conference will participate up to four times between 2020 and 2025.
Up Next
• Coastal Carolina will hit the road for a Friday afternoon contest at South Alabama on Nov. 23 at 3 p.m. ET in Mobile, Ala.
