Scorebook
Join
Teams / Sun Belt / Georgia Southern
Index · this season
59
at its 5-year level▲ Up 6 this season
Career59since 1936
Peak692015
Last 556seasons
#89 nationally · 2-4 (1-1 conf)
Résumé #110 · better than its record
Schedule so far #68
Margin ±5 pts (tightens with games)
Why 59? →

Georgia Southern Eagles

Sun Belt · Statesboro, GA · Allen E. Paulson Stadium · Head coach Clay Helton
Rival
Building rivalry
9-14 all time (23 meetings since 2003)
App State leads
Last: won 25-23 (2025) · Georgia Southern has won 2 straight
Holds it
program traits are earned from history
No recognized national titles since 1936. Counted: AP poll champion, a coaches-poll champion, or the BCS / playoff title-game winner; a split year counts for both.0national titles
Heisman Trophy winners0Heisman
Seasons finishing in the AP top 10 since 19360AP top-10
Consensus All-Americans since 19360All-Americans
NFL draft picks since 19674NFL picks
Winning percentage since 193651.4%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 2014. Every season →
Chemistry
Chem 57: typical57
Chem 52: typical
52Foundation
Chem 62: typical
62Gel
gel counts 45% so far
▲ Above its norm +4
early · #73 of 138
HC year5
Ret. starters18%
QB yrs w/ OC1
View chemistry →
Team chemistryearly · #73 of 138 FBS teams
Chem 52: typicalFoundation52+Chem 62: typicalGel62=Chem 57: typicalChem57Gel counts 45% so far (it grows as games are played, up to half)
Foundationwhat the program has built · moves over seasons
Foundation52Staff stability — Coach and coordinator tenure, staff who came along, assistant turnoverStaff stability67Roster continuity — Returning starters and the lineup's experienceRoster continuity52Unit cohesion — QB & coordinator, QB & receivers, offensive line, defense: how long each unit has played togetherUnit cohesion59Administration — Athletic director continuity and coach-AD alignmentAdministration30Investment — Commitment to football: its share of the department's spending and whether that is growing, plus spending and recruitingInvestment55Fan base — How passionate and loyal the fan base is: how often it sells out, and whether it sells out games that don't matterFan base62
ContinuityClimate
Continuity · who has played and coached togetherlive

Who has played and coached together, and for how long, ranked against every FBS team at the same point of the season.

▸Staff stability
Coach and coordinator tenure, staff who came along, assistant turnover
67
Staff cohesion71
HC year 5 · OC year 3 · DC year 1
Assistant turnover63
42% of on-field staff new this season (FBS average about 45%)
▸Roster continuity
Returning starters and the lineup's experience
52
Returning core37
18% of last season's starters · FBS median 32%
Experience66
12 career starts per starter · FBS median 12
▸Unit cohesion
QB & coordinator, QB & receivers, offensive line, defense: how long each unit has played together
59
QB & coordinator55
1st season together · same as 76% of FBS teams
QB & receivers60
3.8 games started together on average · FBS median 3.9
Line cohesion64
5.3 games per linemen pair · FBS median 5.2
Defensive cohesion58
4.3 games per defensive pair · FBS median 4.5
Climate · around the programlive

The administration, money and fans around the team: athletic director continuity, willingness to invest, and crowds.

▸Administration
Athletic director continuity and coach-AD alignment
30
AD continuity30
Chris Davis · year 1 (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
▸Investment
Commitment to football: its share of the department's spending and whether that is growing, plus spending and recruiting
55
Football's share61
29% of department spending goes to football
Investment trend74
+55% over three years
Football investment35
$11.2M on football (2024-25 federal report)
Recruiting spend16
$0.35M men's recruiting
Department resources35
$38M athletic department revenue
▸Fan base
How passionate and loyal the fan base is: how often it sells out, and whether it sells out games that don't matter
62
Sellouts62
sellout crowds (95%+ of capacity) at 5 of 39 home games (last 8 seasons)
Sells out anyway63
sellout crowds at 4 of 29 games that didn't matter: cupcakes, or a team expected to lose or having a losing season

Finances: U.S. Department of Education athletics disclosures, as reported by each school. Athletic directors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Attendance: reported crowds vs stadium capacity.

Gelhow it is working right now · moves week to week
Gel62Playing above its parts — Results vs what its preseason projection expected, game by gamePlaying above its parts72Settled & sharp — A settled starting lineup and clean execution (penalties, turnovers) vs its own normalSettled & sharp57Alignment — Coaches and players telling the same story; the staff on one pageAlignmentsoonResilience — Confidence, and how the team sounds after adversityResiliencesoonFan & media mood — Expectations met or missed this season (preseason rank vs now), stronger for fan bases that react hard; fan and media sentiment joins laterFan & media mood78Coach security — The hard-facts hot seat, inverted: results vs expectation, recent seasons vs the program's norm, stakes, a new ADCoach security45
InternalOn-field fitExternal
Internal · how the program talkscoming

How the team talks in press conferences and interviews, each program against its own normal, so a naturally terse coach isn't read as upset. Being built program by program, Big Ten first.

▸Alignment
Coaches and players telling the same story; the staff on one page
soon
Coming: measured from press conferences and interviews.
▸Resilience
Confidence, and how the team sounds after adversity
soon
Coming: measured from press conferences and interviews.

Readings are team-level; we don't publish psychological readings of individual players.

On-field fit · how it is playing togetherlive

How the team is playing together this season: beating or missing its preseason expectation, a settled lineup, clean execution.

▸Playing above its parts
Results vs what its preseason projection expected, game by game
72
This season72
+3.4 points a game vs its preseason projection (5 games)
▸Settled & sharp
A settled starting lineup and clean execution (penalties, turnovers) vs its own normal
57
This season57
83% of starters kept game to game
External · pressure from outsidelive

Pressure from outside the building: the hard-facts hot seat now; this season's fan and media mood as it is measured.

▸Fan & media mood
Expectations met or missed this season (preseason rank vs now), stronger for fan bases that react hard; fan and media sentiment joins later
78
This season78
outside the AP poll: projected #107 preseason -> #89 in our Index now · beat rival Coastal Carolina 31-24 (+7) · results 2-4 (-4, recent games count more)
▸Coach security
The hard-facts hot seat, inverted: results vs expectation, recent seasons vs the program's norm, stakes, a new AD
45
This season45
Clay Helton, year 5 · 33% wins so far · +3.4 pts a game vs preseason expectation · last two seasons +6% vs the program's norm · new athletic director

Dashed gold ring = typical (62). 20-50 is the warning zone; under 10 is a collapse. Spokes with no data yet are dashed and left out until they fill in. Chem blends the two halves, then places the blend among this season's teams.

Trend · Foundationeach program year runs Feb 1 to the title game
'1635'1755'1854'1963'2058'2150'2249'2352'2456'2563'262016 wk 1 vs Savannah State: 17 · W2016 wk 2 vs South Alabama: 37 · W2016 wk 3 vs UL Monroe: 28 · W2016 wk 4 vs Western Michigan: 28 · L2016 wk 6 vs Arkansas State: 23 · L2016 wk 7 vs Georgia Tech: 37 · L2016 wk 8 vs New Mexico State: 37 · W2016 wk 9 vs App State: 32 · L2016 wk 10 vs Ole Miss: 33 · L2016 wk 11 vs Louisiana: 35 · L2016 wk 12 vs Georgia State: 22 · L2016 wk 14 vs Troy: 35 · W2017 wk 2 vs New Hampshire: 49 · L2017 wk 4 vs Indiana: 50 · L2017 wk 6 vs Arkansas State: 51 · L2017 wk 7 vs New Mexico State: 55 · L2017 wk 8 vs Massachusetts: 55 · L2017 wk 9 vs Troy: 55 · L2017 wk 10 vs Georgia State: 56 · L2017 wk 11 vs App State: 53 · L2017 wk 12 vs South Alabama: 51 · W2017 wk 13 vs Louisiana: 45 · W2017 wk 14 vs Coastal Carolina: 55 · L2018 wk 2 vs Massachusetts: 52 · W2018 wk 3 vs Clemson: 53 · L2018 wk 5 vs Arkansas State: 53 · W2018 wk 6 vs South Alabama: 54 · W2018 wk 7 vs Texas State: 54 · W2018 wk 8 vs New Mexico State: 54 · W2018 wk 9 vs App State: 53 · W2018 wk 10 vs UL Monroe: 51 · L2018 wk 11 vs Troy: 52 · L2018 wk 12 vs Coastal Carolina: 55 · W2018 wk 13 vs Georgia State: 53 · W2018 wk 1 vs Eastern Michigan: 54 · W2019 wk 2 vs Maine: 68 · W2019 wk 3 vs Minnesota: 63 · L2019 wk 5 vs Louisiana: 65 · L2019 wk 6 vs South Alabama: 68 · W2019 wk 8 vs Coastal Carolina: 67 · W2019 wk 9 vs New Mexico State: 66 · W2019 wk 10 vs App State: 68 · W2019 wk 11 vs Troy: 68 · L2019 wk 12 vs UL Monroe: 68 · W2019 wk 13 vs Arkansas State: 67 · L2019 wk 14 vs Georgia State: 66 · W2019 wk 1 vs Liberty: 63 · L2020 wk 4 vs Louisiana: 58 · L2020 wk 5 vs UL Monroe: 60 · W2020 wk 7 vs Massachusetts: 59 · W2020 wk 8 vs Coastal Carolina: 57 · L2020 wk 9 vs South Alabama: 59 · W2020 wk 10 vs Troy: 60 · W2020 wk 11 vs Texas State: 61 · W2020 wk 12 vs Army: 61 · L2020 wk 13 vs Georgia State: 62 · L2020 wk 14 vs Florida Atlantic: 58 · W2020 wk 15 vs App State: 52 · L2020 wk 1 vs Louisiana Tech: 58 · W2021 wk 3 vs Arkansas: 50 · L2021 wk 4 vs Louisiana: 50 · L2021 wk 5 vs Arkansas State: 51 · W2021 wk 6 vs Troy: 52 · L2021 wk 7 vs South Alabama: 52 · L2021 wk 9 vs Georgia State: 52 · L2021 wk 10 vs Coastal Carolina: 49 · L2021 wk 11 vs Texas State: 52 · W2021 wk 12 vs BYU: 49 · L2021 wk 13 vs App State: 50 · L2022 wk 2 vs Nebraska: 47 · W2022 wk 3 vs UAB: 49 · L2022 wk 4 vs Ball State: 48 · W2022 wk 5 vs Coastal Carolina: 49 · L2022 wk 6 vs Georgia State: 50 · L2022 wk 7 vs James Madison: 49 · W2022 wk 8 vs Old Dominion: 50 · W2022 wk 10 vs South Alabama: 50 · L2022 wk 11 vs Louisiana: 50 · L2022 wk 12 vs Marshall: 49 · L2022 wk 13 vs App State: 50 · W2022 wk 1 vs Buffalo: 49 · L2023 wk 2 vs UAB: 51 · W2023 wk 3 vs Wisconsin: 52 · L2023 wk 4 vs Ball State: 54 · W2023 wk 5 vs Coastal Carolina: 53 · W2023 wk 7 vs James Madison: 54 · L2023 wk 8 vs UL Monroe: 54 · W2023 wk 9 vs Georgia State: 55 · W2023 wk 10 vs Texas State: 55 · L2023 wk 11 vs Marshall: 55 · L2023 wk 12 vs Old Dominion: 53 · L2023 wk 13 vs App State: 54 · L2023 wk 1 vs Ohio: 52 · L2024 wk 2 vs Nevada: 58 · W2024 wk 3 vs South Carolina State: 57 · W2024 wk 4 vs Ole Miss: 57 · L2024 wk 5 vs Georgia State: 59 · W2024 wk 7 vs Marshall: 59 · W2024 wk 8 vs James Madison: 57 · W2024 wk 9 vs Old Dominion: 57 · L2024 wk 10 vs South Alabama: 58 · W2024 wk 12 vs Troy: 57 · L2024 wk 13 vs Coastal Carolina: 58 · W2024 wk 14 vs App State: 57 · W2024 wk 1 vs Sam Houston: 56 · L2025 wk 2 vs USC: 66 · L2025 wk 3 vs Jacksonville State: 65 · W2025 wk 4 vs Maine: 65 · W2025 wk 5 vs James Madison: 64 · L2025 wk 7 vs Southern Miss: 65 · L2025 wk 8 vs Georgia State: 66 · W2025 wk 9 vs Arkansas State: 66 · L2025 wk 11 vs App State: 65 · W2025 wk 12 vs Coastal Carolina: 65 · W2025 wk 13 vs Old Dominion: 64 · L2025 wk 14 vs Marshall: 66 · W2025 wk 1 vs App State: 63 · W2026 wk 2 vs Clemson: 51 · L2026 wk 3 vs Jacksonville State: 53 · L2026 wk 4 vs Houston: 53 · L2026 wk 5 vs Coastal Carolina: 49 · W2026 wk 6 vs James Madison: 52 · L2026 wk 7 vs Old Dominion: 52 · next gametypical 62

Every game since 2016, one continuous line; thin rules separate seasons and the chip is where each season finished. Navy dot = win, red = loss. Big drops usually mean a new staff, a new quarterback or a rebuilt line.

Trend · Gelthis season, after each game
typical 62wk 2 vs Clemson · L · on-field 73 · fan mood 66702wk 3 vs Jacksonville State · L · on-field 70 · fan mood 57653wk 4 vs Houston · L · on-field 63 · fan mood 60624wk 5 vs Coastal Carolina · W · on-field 62 · fan mood 75675wk 6 vs James Madison · L · on-field 60 · fan mood 72656

How the team is working right now, rebuilt after each game from only the games so far: on-field fit (results vs preseason expectation, lineup settling, execution) and that week's fan & media mood. Coach security is part of today's Gel number but isn't rebuilt week by week yet. Navy frame = win, red = loss.

Continuity facts
Head coach
Year 5
at this school
Offensive coordinator
Year 3
at this school
Defensive coordinator
Year 1
new this season
HC & OC together
3 seasons
working together
QB with his OC
1 seasons
same play-caller
QB & receivers
3.8 games
started together, average
Offensive line pairs
5.3 games
started together, average
Returning starters
18%
from last season
Starter experience
12 starts
career average
Internal facts
Pressers read
soon
this season, coaches and players
Coach tone
soon
vs his own normal
"We" vs "I"
soon
share of team language
Owning mistakes
soon
vs pointing outward
Same story
soon
coaches and players agree
After losses
soon
how fast tone recovers
Leaders named
soon
players teammates point to
Newcomers
soon
transfers talked about as part of it
Openness
soon
forthcoming vs guarded
Measured from press conferences and interviews, program by program.
Climate facts
Athletic director
Chris Davis
year 1
Football spending
$11.2M
2024-25 federal report
Spending trend
+55%
over three years
Department revenue
$38M
all sports
Recruiting spend
$0.35M
men's teams
Home crowds
—
of capacity
Staff turnover
42%
on-field staff new this season
Fan mood
soon
fans and local media
Coach & AD
soon
on the same page
Finances: U.S. Department of Education athletics disclosures. Athletic directors: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Offense · games started togetherlatest lineup · 11 starters
Johnson
Mbadinga
Greene
Taylor
Ware
Helms
Furnish
Williams
Williams
Alexander
Stoner
QBMax Johnson64361566556
RBDavid Mbadinga45341344334
WRAndre Greene Jr.33331233223
WRAlex Taylor64361566556
WRJeremiah Ware11111111111
TERiver Helms53251555555
OLTy Furnish64361566556
OLEthan Williams64361566556
OLMatthew Williams53251555555
OLColin Alexander53251555555
OLBrandon Stoner64361566556

Each square: games the two players have started together at this school (darker = more). Gray diagonal: the player's own starts here.

Defense · games started togetherlatest lineup · 11 starters
Fears
Stroud
Tyson
Bynum
Anders
Aviles
Gamble
Hill
Sears
Jones
Jackson
DLElijah Fears99941148441
LBMJ Stroud91811622813651
LBBrandon Tyson911186221016651
LBAnthony Bynum46662264651
LBEli Anders12222222221
LBDiego Aviles12222222221
DBChance Gamble48106221916651
DBTracy Hill Jr.813164221627441
DBAaron Sears46662264651
DBJakyri Jones45552254551
DBJayden Jackson11111111111

Each square: games the two players have started together at this school (darker = more). Gray diagonal: the player's own starts here.

Chemistry is Scorebook's own rating of how well a program fits together, on the same all-time 0-99 scale as our other ratings (compared with every FBS team since 2016; 62 is typical, 20-50 signals something is wrong, and single digits are reserved for true collapses; each season is compared with its own era). This early version blends continuity (who has played and coached together, and for how long; it counts most) with the climate around the program; how the program talks joins as it is measured. Within continuity, quarterback-centered pairings count most because they held up when we tested them against results. How our ratings work →