NCAAF Game Recap - Maine at Georgia Southern
Sat Sep 7, 2019 6:00 PM EDT

TxAM
10
Clem
24
F
NMS
10
Bama
62
F
Murr
17
UGA
63
F
SD
14
Okla
70
F
Cin
0
OSU
42
F
LSU
45
Tex
38
F
Army
21
Mich
24
F(1OT)
Tul
6
Aub
24
F
UT-M
0
Fla
45
F
NIU
17
Utah
35
F
Cal
20
Wash
19
F
Buff
13
PSU
45
F
NEV
6
Oreg
77
F
C Mi
0
Wisc
61
F
UCF
48
FlAtl
14
F
WestMI
17
MSU
51
F
Rut
0
Iowa
30
F
Syr
20
MD
63
F
NoCol
17
WaSt
59
F
Stan
20
USC
45
F
Marsh
7
Boise
14
F
Neb
31
Colo
34
F OT
Wake
41
Rice
21
F
W&M
17
UVA
52
F
SacSt
7
AzSt
19
F
Ohio
10
Pitt
20
F
(N/A)
23
Kent
26
F
WVU
7
MIZ
38
F
Sou
24
Mem
55
F
BGSU
0
K St
52
F
OD
17
VaTec
31
F
ChaSo
10
SCar
72
F
Vand
24
Purd
42
F
UAB
31
Akr
20
F
WCU
0
NCSt
41
F
SoFL
10
GATec
14
F
Ford
29
Ball
57
F
TnTec
17
MiaOH
48
F
SMiss
15
MissSt
38
F
Gram
14
LT
20
F
SIU
45
UMass
20
F
E Il
0
Ind
52
F
Ill
31
UConn
23
F
Rich
13
BC
45
F
UNCC
41
App
56
F
WIl
13
ColSt
38
F
UTSA
14
Bayl
63
F
SDSU
23
UCLA
14
F
ULMon
44
FlaSt
45
F OT
StFPA
7
JMU
44
F
Maine
18
GaSo
26
F
GWebb
9
ECU
48
F
NCAT
13
Duke
45
F
(N/A)
0
SamHu
77
F
Furm
42
GASt
48
F
Chat
20
JacSt
41
F
Wyo
23
TxSt
14
F
JacSt
14
SoAl
37
F
NorTx
27
SMU
49
F
McNee
14
OkSt
56
F
TnSt
26
MidTN
45
F
CoCar
12
Kans
7
F
BYU
29
Tenn
26
F(1OT)
E Ky
0
Lou
42
F
W Ky
20
FLInt
14
F
Stony
7
UtSt
62
F
Ark
17
Miss
31
F
Lib
14
ULLaf
35
F
E Mi
17
KY
38
F
UTEP
3
TxTch
38
F
PVAM
17
Hou
37
F
MiaFL
25
UNC
28
F
Tuls
34
SJSU
16
F
ArkSt
43
UNLV
17
F
MIN
38
Fres
35
F(1OT)
NoAZ
41
Ariz
65
F
OreSt
28
Hawaii
31
F

Georgia Southern 26, Maine 18

Sep 7, 2019, 6:00 PM EDT

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Maine (1-1)

3

0

0

15

18

Georgia Southern (1-1)

0

10

6

10

26

3 over 100 yards in Georgia Southern's 26-18 victory
Sat Sep 7, 2019 9:34 PM

STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) Matt LaRoche, Justin Tomlin and Logan Wright each rushed for more than 100 yards and Georgia Southern beat Maine 26-18 on Saturday.

LaRoche and Tomlin scored touchdowns as the Eagles (1-1) rolled up 395 yards rushing. LaRoche had 154 on nine carries, Tomlin 132 on 11 and Wright 114 on 13. It was the first time since 2012 the Eagles had three rushers reach 100 yards in a single game.

Tyler Bass added a career high four field goals.

LaRoche's score for a 23-3 lead came early in the fourth quarter after Tomlin ran 29 yards to the Maine 11.

Maine (1-1) scored a pair of touchdowns after that, the second one on a 46-yard pass to Jaquan Blair with 2:19 remaining but the Black Bears didn't get the ball back.

Georgia Southern fumbled seven times but only lost one.

Passing

Maine Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
C. Ferguson 47 23 48.9 1 286 53 1 66.4
E. Edwards 1 1 100.0 1 21 21 0 158.3
GaSo Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
J. Tomlin 9 4 44.4 0 63 45 0 68.3

Rushing

Maine Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
E. Reed 14 53 3.8 11 0
J. Fitzpatrick 2 3 1.5 5 0
GaSo Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
M. LaRoche 9 154 17.1 75 1
J. Tomlin 11 132 12.0 50 1

Receiving

Maine Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
J. Blair 5 78 15.6 46 1
E. Edwards 4 73 18.3 53 0
GaSo Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
D. Anderson 1 45 45.0 45 0
M. Murray 2 13 6.5 11 0

Fumbles

Maine F FL
C. Ferguson 1 0
E. Reed 1 1
GaSo F FL
J. King 1 0
J. Tomlin 2 1

Returning

Maine KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
J. Hennie 1 0.0 0 0 0 0 0
GaSo KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
J. Liptrot 0 0 0 2 12.5 0 22
M. Brinson 2 22.0 0 31 0 0 0

Punting

Maine Punt Yds Avg LgPu
D. Gelb 6 242 40.3 55
GaSo Punt Yds Avg LgPu
A. Beck II 4 134 33.5 46

Takeaways

GaSo Int Yds InTD
K. Duncan Jr. 1 35 0

Team Stats Comparison

Maine GaSo
Points For 18 26
Total Yards 359 458
Rushing Yards 52 395
Passing Yards 307 63
Passing Completions / Attempts 24/48 4/9
Turnovers 2 1
Interceptions Thrown 1 0
Fumbles - Lost 2/1 7/1
First Downs 17 16
Penalties - Yards 6/40 7/67
Time Of Possession 43:43 17:17
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 4/16 3/13
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 1/2 0/0
Punts - Average Yards 6/40 4/34

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter Maine GaSo
Maine 07:13 FG Kenny Doak 26 yd FG 3 0
2nd Quarter Maine GaSo
GaSo 02:36 TD Justin Tomlin 45 yd run (Tyler Bass kick) 3 7
GaSo 08:44 FG Tyler Bass 37 yd FG 3 10
3rd Quarter Maine GaSo
GaSo 07:19 FG Tyler Bass 20 yd FG 3 13
GaSo 11:59 FG Tyler Bass 31 yd FG 3 16
4th Quarter Maine GaSo
GaSo 01:27 TD Matt LaRoche 11 yd run (Tyler Bass kick) 3 23
Maine 03:13 TD Devin Young 21 yd pass from Earnest Edwards (Kenny Doak kick) 10 23
GaSo 11:14 FG Tyler Bass 40 yd FG 10 26
Maine 12:41 TD Jaquan Blair 46 yd pass from Chris Ferguson (Jaquan Blair 2pt pass from Chris Ferguson) 18 26

Game Information

Stadium: Allen E. Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, Georgia
Attendance: 17,202
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