Georgia Southern rolls past Savannah State 77-9

STATESBORO, Georgia  -- STATESBORO — Georgia Southern got started slowly Saturday night. Savannah State never seemed to get started.

The ninth-ranked Eagles scored touchdowns on seven straight full possessions from the first to third quarters and rolled to a 77-9 season-opening victory over the Tigers before 16,528 fans at Paulson Stadium.

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Southern, a semifinalist in the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs last season, established offensive control after missing two field goal tries on its first two possessions.

The 77 points and the 68-point margin of victory were the largest in GSU’s Jeff Monken’s head coaching career and ruined the coaching debut of SSU coach Earnest Wilson.

It was the second most points scored in school history. The Eagles set a scoring mark with 84 points against Johnson C. Smith in 2004.

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