Georgia Southern·Sun Belt

2018 — The Ten-Win Year

Georgia Southern's 2018 season (10-3) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 10-3
Final result 10-win season Won the Camellia Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -1.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Sout Sta 37-6 W vs Massac 34-13 L @ Clemson 7-38 W vs Arka Sta 28-21 W vs Sout Ala 48-13 W @ Texa Sta 15-13 W @ New Sta 48-31 W vs App Sta 34-14 L @ UL Mon 25-44 L vs Troy 21-35 W @ Coas Car 41-17 W @ Geor Sta 35-14 W @ East Mic 23-21 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2018.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2018 season's largest margin: Georgia Southern 48, South Alabama 13. A 35-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Georgia Southern 7, Clemson 38. A 31-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Georgia Southern beat Eastern Michigan 23-21 in the postseason.

"Hail Southern"
— Georgia Southern fanbase voice · 2018· synthesized
What it meant

2018 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.