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)
Georgia Southern Eagles
Sun Belt · Statesboro, GA · Allen E. Paulson Stadium · Head coach Clay Helton
Rival
App State · also Coastal Carolina
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
0national titles
0Heisman
0AP top-10
0All-Americans
4NFL picks
51.4%win pct
History since 1936 · football since 2014. Every season →
Chemistry
57
52Foundation
62Gel
gel counts 45% so far
▲ Above its norm +4
early · #73 of 138
HC year5
Ret. starters18%
QB yrs w/ OC1
| Season | Record | Conference | AP final | Season rank | Rating | Head coach |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026in progress | 2-4 | Sun Belt | — | #89 | 59 | Clay Helton |
| 2025 | 7-6 | Sun Belt | — | #101 | 55 | Clay Helton |
| 2024 | 8-5 | Sun Belt | — | #81 | 61 | Clay Helton |
| 2023 | 6-7 | Sun Belt | — | #101 | 55 | Clay Helton |
| 2022 | 6-7 | Sun Belt | — | #85 | 59 | Clay Helton |
| 2021 | 3-9 | Sun Belt | — | #115 | 48 | Kevin Whitley; Chad Lunsford |
| 2020 | 8-5 | Sun Belt | — | #39 | 65 | Chad Lunsford |
| 2019 | 7-6 | Sun Belt | — | #66 | 63 | Chad Lunsford |
| 2018 | 10-3 | Sun Belt | — | #67 | 64 | Chad Lunsford |
| 2017 | 2-10 | Sun Belt | — | #118 | 50 | Tyson Summers; Chad Lunsford |
| 2016 | 5-7 | Sun Belt | — | #90 | 57 | Tyson Summers |
| 2015 | 9-4 | Sun Belt | — | #55 | 69 | Willie Fritz |
| 2014 | 9-3 | Sun Belt | — | #63 | 64 | Willie Fritz |
★ = a national title the school claims. Seasons before 1936 (the first AP poll) are the early era: shown in gray and rated on the same yardstick, but the all-time pool and program totals that matter most start in 1936.