The Eagles literally run over the Catamounts

The Georgia Southern Eagles ran for 664 yards of offense, with 619 of those yards came from their rushing attack. The Eagles had three players rushing for 100+ yards against the Catamounts, in their yearly thrashing of WCU, by a final score of 45-13.

The 614 rushing yards by GSU's triple option attack are the most ever by an opponent at Whitmire Stadium against the Catamounts. The rushing total was the fourth-largest in Georgia Southern school history, and the win was Georgia Southern's 18th-straight victory over the Catamounts, which is the longest current winning streak in the Southern Conference.

“I think I’ve said it enough times, but we have to run the ball if we’re going to be successful. We try to establish the run in every game, and fortunately we were able to gain some yards and keep the chains moving on those first two drives. It was a good job by the offense to start the game,” Head Coach Jeff Monken said after the game.

The Eagle defense held the Catamounts to 207 yards of total offense and just 95-yards passing. The quarterback duo of Eddie Sullivan and Troy Mitchell combined for 8 for 17 in passing attempts.  Mitchell led the team in rushing with 13 carries for 41 yards and a score. Michael Vaughn added another 35 yards on 11 carries, and  Shaun Warren scored a touchdown in six carries.

"We played a very good football team in Georgia Southern. All the turnover troubles they had been having, they didn't have one today," said head coach Mark Speir in post game comments. "I thought there were some positive things (for us) for three quarters, the guys played hard. I was very disappointed by the way we were played in the fourth quarter."

The Catamounts were without starters Jacoby Mitchell - wide receiver , senior tailback Michael Johnson and tailback Darius Ramsey.  On defense, the Cats were missing defensive end Caleb Hawkins, and linebacker Rock Williams, both sidelined with injuries.