Georgia Southern·Sun Belt

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.

Record 8-5
Final result Bowl season Lost the New Orleans Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -2.1 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L vs Bois Sta 45-56 W @ Nevada 20-17 W vs Sout Sta 42-14 L @ Ole Miss 13-52 W @ Geor Sta 38-21 W vs Marshall 24-23 W vs Jame Mad 28-14 L @ Old Dom 19-47 W @ Sout Ala 34-30 L vs Troy 20-28 W @ Coas Car 26-6 W vs App Sta 29-20 L @ Sam Hou 26-31 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2024.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2024 season's largest margin: Georgia Southern 42, South Carolina State 14. A 28-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Georgia Southern 13, Ole Miss 52. A 39-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Georgia Southern fell to Sam Houston 26-31 in the postseason.

"Hail Southern"
— Georgia Southern fanbase voice · 2024· synthesized
What it meant

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.