1997 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

The 1997 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented the Georgia Southern Eagles of Georgia Southern University during the 1997 NCAA Division I-AA football season.[1] The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia. The team was coached by Paul Johnson, in his first year as head coach for the Eagles.

1997 Georgia Southern Eagles football
SoCon champion
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 8
1997 record10–3 (7–1 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Sewak (1st season)
Home stadiumPaulson Stadium
(Capacity: 18,000)
1997 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 Georgia Southern $^  7 1     10 3  
No. 15 Appalachian State  6 2     7 4  
East Tennessee State  5 3     7 4  
Furman  5 3     7 4  
The Citadel  4 4     6 5  
Chattanooga  4 4     7 4  
Western Carolina  3 5     3 8  
Wofford  2 6     3 7  
VMI  0 8     0 11  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network I-AA Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
August 30Valdosta State*W 45–26
September 6No. 3 William and Mary (VA)*No. 23
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
L 28–2910,329
September 20at Wofford (SC)No. 20W 22–7
September 27No. 22 ChattanoogaNo. 20
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 37–10
October 4at VMINo. 17W 49–0
October 11Western CarolinaNo. 11
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 30–7
October 18at Appalachian StateNo. 9L 12–24
October 25The CitadelNo. 16
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 49–714,731
November 1at No. 12 East Tennessee StateNo. 14W 38–30
November 8Furman (SC)No. 11
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
W 30–13
November 157:00 pmat USF*No. 8W 24–2330,470
November 29No. 10 Florida A&M*No. 8
W 52–37
December 6at No. 3 Delaware*No. 8L 7–16

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References

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2015-12-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "1997 Football Schedule". CFBDataWarehouse.com. Retrieved January 17, 2017.


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