Georgia Southern 2014
Non-Conference Schedule
Aug. 30 at N.C. State Raleigh, N.C.
Sept. 13 at Georgia Tech Atlanta, Ga.
Sept. 20 DUQUESNE PAULSON STADIUM
Nov. 15 at Navy Annapolis, Md.
The 2014 Sun Belt Schedule will be released next year. A 2014 game that was previously scheduled against LSU will be rescheduled for a season to be named later.
Kickoff of the 2013 Georgia Southern Football season is just over 100 days away, but Eagle fans can lock in key game dates on their 2014 calendars.
Georgia Southern has agreed to terms for four non-conference games in 2014, three in the first month of the season, with one in the 12th week. Georgia Southern opens at N.C. State on Saturday, Aug. 30, and makes a Sept. 13 trip to Georgia Tech. A home game against Duquesne on Sept. 20, leads into the remainder of the Eagles’ conference schedule.
Georgia Southern returns to Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium for the final non-conference game Nov. 15, at the U.S. Naval Academy.
“With our move to FBS and the Sun Belt, this first schedule immediately allows us to showcase the university and our program, increase our department revenue, and provide great experiences for our fans,” GSU Director of Athletics Tom Kleinlein said. “It was important to offer our fans the chance to see their Eagles play and introduce our university on a national stage. We’ll have seven games, five at home, a game in Atlanta, and a non-conference game within a six-hour drive, to accomplish those goals.”
Three of the four 2014 non-conference games mark the first meeting between the respective institutions with Georgia Southern playing the Midshipmen once before in 2010.
Contests against the Wolfpack and Yellow Jackets will be the first against an Atlantic Coast Conference opponent since the Eagles played North Carolina in 2009.
The Georgia Southern-Georgia Tech game had been announced for 2015, but the Eagles’ move to FBS and a vacancy on the Yellow Jackets' schedule opened discussions for the athletics directors to move the game up a year. Duquesne visits Paulson Stadium in the first-ever matchup between the two institutions. The Dukes and Saint Francis Red Flash, a 2013 Georgia Southern opponent, are both members of the Northeast Conference.
The 2014 Sun Belt schedule will be released by the conference next year.
A game with LSU at Tiger Stadium in Baton Rouge for 2014 will be rescheduled for another season.
