Coastal Carolina University
6-4 , 5-2
Georgia Southern
5-5 , 3-3
| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final F |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Carolina | 17 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 40 |
| Ga. Southern | 21 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 45 |
Football Comes Up Short 45-40 At Georgia Southern
11/15/2025 10:32:00 PM | Football
STATESBORO, Ga. — Coastal Carolina's offensive explosion came up short Saturday night, falling to Georgia Southern 45–40 in a Sun Belt Conference shootout.
Producing 482 yards of offense — their most since Nov. 30 of last season against Georgia State — the Chanticleers dug deep into the playbook. Jameson Tucker led all Coastal receivers with 107 yards on four catches, including a 75-yard touchdown thrown by wideout Bryson Graves on a double pass. The Chants reached into their bag of tricks again in the third quarter when wide receiver Robby Washington took a handoff and tossed a 12-yard touchdown pass to Karmello English. It marks the first time since 2011 that two non-quarterbacks have thrown touchdown passes for Coastal in the same season.
Quarterbacks Tad Hudson and Samari Collier combined for 280 yards of total offense. Collier added 69 rushing yards, including a five-yard touchdown run.
Coastal's special teams shined in the second quarter. True freshman kicker Philippe Laforge drilled a 51-yard field goal —the longest by a Chanticleer since 2022. Later in the quarter, with Coastal trailing 35–20, Malcolm Gillie returned a kickoff 96 yards for a touchdown, the program's first since 2020.
Xamarion Gordon led the Chanticleer defense with eight total tackles, recovered a fumble, and hauled in an interception. As a team, Coastal recorded nine tackles for loss and forced two turnovers.
With the loss, Coastal falls to 6–4 overall and 5–2 in Sun Belt play.
Up Next:
The Chanticleers travel to Columbia, S.C., on Saturday, Nov. 22, to face the South Carolina Gamecocks. Kickoff is set for 4:15 p.m. ET on the SEC Network.
Players Mentioned
Team Stats
CCU 0, GS 7
GS - Arnold,OJ 1 yd run (Bryant,Tripp kick), 5 plays, 92 yards, TOP 01:49
CCU 7, GS 7
CCU - Tucker,Jameson 75 yd pass from Graves,Bryson (Afrookhteh,Kian kick) 1 plays, 75 yards, TOP 00:12
CCU 7, GS 14
GS - Brown,Camden 4 yd pass from Bryan,Weston (Bryant,Tripp kick) 5 plays, 72 yards, TOP 02:08
CCU 14, GS 14
CCU - Collier,Samari 5 yd run (Afrookhteh,Kian kick), 4 plays, 38 yards, TOP 01:42
CCU 14, GS 21
GS - Arnold,OJ 62 yd run (Bryant,Tripp kick), 1 plays, 62 yards, TOP 00:08
CCU 17, GS 21
CCU - Afrookhteh,Kian 41 yd field goal 8 plays, 67 yards, TOP 03:06
CCU 17, GS 28
GS - Arnold,OJ 41 yd pass from French IV,JC (Bryant,Tripp kick) 6 plays, 65 yards, TOP 02:55
CCU 20, GS 28
CCU - Laforge,Philippe 51 yd field goal 13 plays, 45 yards, TOP 04:57
CCU 20, GS 35
GS - Brown,Camden 7 yd pass from French IV,JC (Bryant,Tripp kick) 2 plays, 6 yards, TOP 00:45
CCU 27, GS 35
CCU - Gillie,Malcolm 96 yd kickoff return (Afrookhteh,Kian kick)
CCU 33, GS 35
CCU - English,Karmello 12 yd pass from Washington,Robby () 9 plays, 75 yards, TOP 03:36
CCU 33, GS 42
GS - Brown,Camden 73 yd pass from Arnold,OJ (Bryant,Tripp kick) 2 plays, 75 yards, TOP 00:32
CCU 33, GS 45
GS - Bryant,Tripp 29 yd field goal 8 plays, 70 yards, TOP 02:40
CCU 40, GS 45
CCU - Knicely,Dominic 16 yd run (Afrookhteh,Kian kick), 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 03:18
