1986 Georgia Southern Eagles football team
The 1986 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern College (now known as Georgia Southern University) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The team was coached by Erk Russell, in his fifth year as head coach for the Eagles.
| 1986 Georgia Southern Eagles football | |
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NCAA Division I-AA national champion | |
| Conference | Independent |
| 1986 record | 13–2 |
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| Home stadium | Paulson Stadium (Capacity: 18,000) |
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| Team | W | L | T | W | L | T | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Georgia Southern ^ | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 13 | – | 2 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Tennessee State ^ | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 William & Mary ^ | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Washington | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| James Madison | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 5 | – | 5 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida A&M | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northeastern | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | 4 | – | 6 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| August 30 | at No. 13 (I-A) Florida | No. 1 | L 14–38 | 74,221 | |
| September 13 | vs. Florida A&M | No. 1 | Jacksonville, FL | W 35–12 | |
| September 20 | at No. 17 Middle Tennessee State | No. 4 | W 34–31 | ||
| September 27 | Chattanooga | No. 4 | W 34–14 | ||
| October 4 | at Tennessee Tech | No. 4 | W 59–13 | ||
| October 11 | Bethune–Cookman | No. 3 |
| W 52–31 | |
| October 18 | at East Carolina | No. 2 | L 33–35 | 27,121 | |
| November 1 | at Western Kentucky | No. 9 | W 49–32 | ||
| November 8 | at UCF | No. 5 | W 33–23 | 11,137 | |
| November 15 | James Madison | No. 5 |
| W 45–35 | |
| November 22 | South Carolina State | No. 5 |
| W 28–7 | |
| November 29 | No. 20 North Carolina A&T | No. 4 |
| W 52–21 | |
| December 6 | No. 12 Nicholls State | No. 4 |
| W 55–31 | |
| December 13 | at No. 1 Nevada | No. 4 |
| W 48–38 | |
| December 19[1][2] | vs. No. 2 Arkansas State | No. 4 | W 48–21 | 4,419[3] | |
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References
- "Georgia Southern goes for 2nd-straight title". The News-Press. Fort Myers, Florida. AP. December 19, 1986. p. 5C. Retrieved May 2, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- "Georgia Southern wins I-AA football crown". Reno Gazette-Journal. Reno, Nevada. December 20, 1986. p. 1B. Retrieved May 2, 2019 – via newspapers.com.
- "NCAA Official Scoring Summary" (PDF). December 19, 1986. Retrieved May 2, 2019 – via Amazon Web Services.
- "1986 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Retrieved January 26, 2017.
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