CONWAY, S.C. – The Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (4-0, 1-0 Sun Belt) will return home to host the Georgia Southern Eagles (3-1, 0-0 Sun Belt) as part of Family Weekend at Coastal Carolina University. The game is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 1, at 4 p.m. ET at Brooks stadium.
 
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  • Coastal Carolina is celebrating the football program's 20th season this year, having kicked off the inaugural season in 2003.
 
• In 1999, football was approved to be added to Coastal in 2003.
 
• Almost 8,000 fans packed Brooks Stadium on Sept. 6, 2003, for the inaugural game of the Chanticleer NCAA I-AA football squad, as CCU used a 97-yard drive to score with seven seconds to play to defeat Newberry 21-14.
  • Coastal Carolina received two votes in the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches preseason poll (Aug. 8).
 
• Coastal Carolina received two votes in the USA TODAY Sports AFCA Coaches preseason poll (Aug. 8) and one vote in each of the last two polls (Sept. 18 and 25).
 
  • Coastal kicked off the program's 20th season in a VERY BIG way in the season opener versus Army (Sept. 3), as 21,165 fans packed Brooks Stadium to see the Chants win!
 
• The 21,165 fans in attendance shattered the previous mark of 18,674, set last year versus ULM (Oct. 2, 2021) on Family Weekend.
 
  • With the win over Army West Point (Sept. 3) last week, CCU recorded the 150th victory in the program's 19-plus year history.
 
• Interesting enough, several of the program's milestone wins have all come at home in Brooks Stadium.
 
Milestone Program Wins

WIN	OPPONENT	RESULT
1st Win	Newberry (09/06/03)	W, 21-14
50th Win	Presbyterian (11/14/09)	W, 41-37
100th Win	Alabama A&M (10/03/15)	W, 55-0
150th Win	Army West Point (09/03/22)	W, 38-28

  • With their 4-0 start this season, the Chanticleers are 26-3 since the start of the 2020 season.
 
• The 26-3 record since then is tied for the second-best record in all of FBS football.
 
Best Record Since 2020

TEAM	OVERALL RECORD
Alabama	30-2
Coastal Carolina	26-3
Georgia	26-3
Cincinnati	25-3
Louisiana	25-4
BYU	24-5
Clemson	24-5
Notre Dame	23-6
Oklahoma	23-5
Oklahoma State	23-5

• Georgia Southern is thriving under first-year head coach Clay Helton, as the Eagles are 3-1 this season, which includes a 45-42 road win at Nebraska (Sept. 10) of the Big 10 Conference.
 
• The Eagles have put up some big numbers on offense this season, as Georgia Southern is averaging 39.8 points per game and 509.5 total yards of offense per game on the year.
 
• The 509.5 total yards of offense per game ranks first in the Sun Belt and 10th in all of FBS football, while the 39.8 points-per-game average ranks second in the Sun Belt and 24th nationally.
 
• The offensive line has set the tone for the Eagles, as they rank in the top 10 nationally in fewest sacks allowed (1.0) and fewest tackles-for-loss (12.0).
 
• Transfer Kyle Vantrease leads the new-look offense, as the quarterback has completed 116-of-191 passes for 1,290 yards, eight touchdowns, and six interceptions. He ranks seventh nationally in passing yards per game, total passing yards, and total offense.
 
• Vantrease has four receivers with double-digit receptions this season led by Derwin Burgess Jr. and his team-high 25 catches for 333 yards and two touchdowns, while both Khaleb Hood (23 rec., 247 yards, 1 TD) and Jeremy Singleton (21 rec., 195 yards, 1 TD) have over 20 receptions on the year.
 
• On the ground, the Eagles have three backs with over 100 rushing yards on the season in Jalen White (56 att., 305 yards, 6 TDs), Gerald Green (40 att., 260 yards, 4 TDs), and OJ Arnold (19 att., 111 yards, 1 TD).
 
• Defensively, the Eagles are allowing 26.8 points per game and giving up 433.5 yards per game on the season.
 
• The Georgia Southern defense has allowed on average 218.8 yards per game on the ground this year and 214.8 yards per game through the air.
 
• The Eagles have just 3.0 sacks and 17.0 tackles-for-loss on the season and have forced five turnovers overall with four interceptions and one fumble recovery.
 
• Linebacker Marques Watson-Trent leads the Georgia Southern defense with 32 total tackles, including 2.5 tackles-for-loss, while defensive backs Wylan Free and Anthony Wilson have tallied 24 and 23 tackles, respectively, overall.
 
  • Coastal Carolina and Georgia Southern will be meeting for the ninth time on Saturday afternoon, and the sixth time as Sun Belt Conference foes.
 
• The Eagles lead the all-time series 5-3 between the two teams.
 
• The two teams first met back in 2006 as FCS opponents and played each other three times as members of the FCS in 2006, 2007, and 2010, with Georgia Southern winning all three matchups.
 
• Since joining the Sun Belt Conference full-time in 2017, the Chanticleers and Eagles have met every season on the gridiron, with Coastal holding a slight 3-2 edge over those five contests.
 
• The Chants enter Saturday's contest on a two-game winning streak over the Eagles, having won each of the last two meetings.
 
Series History

DATE	LOCATION	RESULT
09/16/06	at Georgia Southern	L, 21-38
09/15/07	at Coastal Carolina	L, 34-42
09/18/10	at Coastal Carolina	L, 26-43
12/02/17	at Coastal Carolina	W, 28-17
11/17/18	at Coastal Carolina	L, 14-41
10/19/19	at Georgia Southern	L, 23-30 (3OT)
10/24/20	at Coastal Carolina	W, 28-14
11/06/21	at Georgia Southern	W, 28-8

  • With projected rain and heavy winds this weekend from Hurricane Ian, Saturday's contest could be a wet one for the Chants and Eagles.
 
• However, both teams have become accustomed to playing each other in the rain, as two of the last three meetings have seen some sort of rainfall during the contest.
• In each of the last two games at Georgia Southern in 2019 and 2021, torrential rain poured from start to finish in Statesboro, Ga.
 
• In 2018's contest in Conway, S.C., no precipitation occurred, however, it was cold and slightly overcast.
 
  • Coastal will put a pair of winning streaks on the line this Saturday (Oct. 1) versus Georgia Southern.
 
• The Chants have won seven-consecutive games dating back to last season and three-straight Sun Belt Conference games.
 
Chants' Winning Streaks

DATE	OPPONENT	RESULT
11/20/21	Texas State *	W, 35-21
11/26/21	at South Alabama *	W, 27-21 (OT)
12/17/21	vs. Northern Illinois	W, 47-41
09/03/22	Army West Point	W, 38-28
09/10/22	Gardner-Webb	W, 31-27
09/17/22	Buffalo	W, 38-26
09/22/22	at Georgia State *	W, 41-24

* Sun Belt Conference game
 
  • The "Black Swarm" defense is back to its old ways in 2022, as the Chants have picked up 14 turnovers this year - 12 on defense and two on special teams.
 
• With their 14 turnovers gained, the Chants are first in the Sun Belt and tied for first nationally in all of FBS with Southern California.
 
  • The Coastal Carolina offense has put up over 500 yards of total offense in each of its last two games, both of which were wins.
 
• In the win over Georgia State (Sept. 22), the Chants totaled a season-high 540 yards of total offense in the win. The 540 total yards were the most by a Chants' offense since posting 685 yards in the road win at Arkansas State (Oct. 7, 2021) last year.
 
 
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