The 2024 season's largest margin: Georgia Southern 42, South Carolina State 14. A 28-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2024 — The Winning Chapter
Georgia Southern's 2024 season (8-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- JC FrenchQB2,831 passing yards
- Jalen WhiteRB745 rushing yards
- OJ ArnoldRB315 rushing yards
- David MbadingaRB229 rushing yards
- Derwin Burgess Jr.WR659 receiving yards
- Josh DallasWR614 receiving yards
- Dalen CobbWR599 receiving yards
- Marques Watson-TrentLB118 tackles
- Davon GilmoreLB62 tackles
- Jusfin MeyersDB61 tackles
- Davion RhodesDL3 sacks
- Elhadj FallDL2.5 sacks
- Marc Stampley IIDB2 sacks
Season leaders, 2024.
The season's deepest loss: Georgia Southern 13, Ole Miss 52. A 39-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Georgia Southern fell to Sam Houston 26-31 in the postseason.
"Hail Southern"
2024 is a middle chapter for Georgia Southern — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.