Nebraska welcomes an unfamiliar opponent to Memorial Stadium on Saturday evening in the Georgia Southern Eagles. The Cornhuskers come into the game at 1-1 after breaking their 7-game losing streak with a 38-17 win over FCS member North Dakota on Sept. 3. Georgia Southern will make a 1,201 mile trip to Memorial Stadium fresh off a 59-7 thumping of Morgan State in their first game of the season.
The Huskers and Eagles have never met on the football field before and the game is Nebraska’s 18th all time against opponents from the Sun Belt Conference. On the other end, Georgia Southern has played two Big Ten opponents in their short history in the FBS, losing on both occasions. The Eagles were an FCS member until 2014 and won the Sun Belt that same year. In their FCS tenure, Georgia Southern won six championships between 1985 and 2000.
Listed below is key facts, stats and players from Nebraska’s Week 2 opponent: