2016 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

2016 Georgia Southern Eagles football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
2016 record	0–0 (0–0 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Tyson Summers (1st year)
Co-offensive coordinator	Rance Gillespie (1st (4th overall) year)
Co-offensive coordinator	David Dean (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Spread Option
Defensive coordinator	Lorenzo Costantini (1st year)
Home stadium	Paulson Stadium (Capacity: 25,000)

2016 Sun Belt football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Appalachian State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Arkansas State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Georgia Southern		0	–	0					0	–	0
Georgia State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Idaho		0	–	0					0	–	0
Louisiana–Lafayette		0	–	0					0	–	0
Louisiana–Monroe		0	–	0					0	–	0
New Mexico State		0	–	0					0	–	0
South Alabama		0	–	0					0	–	0
Texas State		0	–	0					0	–	0
Troy		0	–	0					0	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016 Georgia Southern Eagles football team will represent Georgia Southern University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Eagles will play their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia, and compete in the Sun Belt Conference. They will be led by first year head coach Tyson Summers.

Schedule

Georgia Southern announced its 2016 football schedule on March 3, 2016. The 2016 schedule consists of 5 home and 7 away games in the regular season. The Eagles will host Sun Belt foes Appalachian State, Louisiana–Lafayette, Louisiana–Monroe, and Troy, and will travel to Arkansas State, Georgia State, New Mexico State, and South Alabama. Georgia Southern will skip out on two Sun Belt teams this season, Idaho and Texas State.^[1]

The team will play four non–conference games, one home game against Savannah State from the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC), and will travel to three road games against Georgia Tech from Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC), Ole Miss from the Southeastern Conference (SEC) and Western Michigan from the Mid-American Conference (MAC).

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3		Savannah State*		Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA
September 10		at South Alabama		Ladd–Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL
September 17		Louisiana–Monroe		Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA
September 24		at Western Michigan*		Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI
October 5		at Arkansas State		Centennial Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR
October 15		at Georgia Tech*		Bobby Dodd Stadium • Atlanta, GA
October 22		at New Mexico State		Aggie Memorial Stadium • Las Cruces, NM
October 27		Appalachian State		Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA (Rivalry)
November 5		at Ole Miss*		Vaught–Hemingway Stadium • Oxford, MS
November 10		Louisiana–Lafayette		Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA
November 19		at Georgia State		Georgia Dome • Atlanta, GA (Rivalry)
December 3		Troy		Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Schedule Source:^[2]

References

1. "2016 Georgia Southern Football Schedule Set For Summers’ Debut Season" (Press release). Georgia Southern University Department of Athletics. March 3, 2016. Retrieved March 14, 2016.
2. "2016 Georgia Southern Eagles Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 14, 2016.