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Game Recap: Football | 9\/13\/2025 10:49:00 PM <\/p>\n
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\n OJ Arnold rushes for a career-high 128 yards, nets game-winning touchdown in the fourth quarter for Eagles’ first win
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Next Game:<\/p>\n
Maine<\/p>\n
9\/20\/2025 | 7 PM<\/p>\n
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History <\/a><\/p>\n
<\/p>\n STATESBORO<\/strong> – OJ Arnold<\/a> rushed for a career-high 128 yards, including the go-ahead touchdown with 6:23 left in the fourth quarter, to give Georgia Southern football a 41-34 victory over visiting Jacksonville State on Saturday evening at Paulson Stadium.<\/p>\n The Eagles improved to 1-2 on the season with the victory in front of 24,585 fans, the fifth-largest crowd in Paulson Stadium history. Jacksonville State falls to 1-2 on the year. Georgia Southern returns to action on Saturday, September 20, hosting Maine at 7 p.m.\u00a0<\/p>\n With the score tied at 34-all, the Eagles embarked on a six play, 65-yard drive that culminated in a six-yard touchdown run by Arnold. Georgia Southern’s defense forced a punt on the next Jacksonville State drive, then the Eagles ran the clock out to preserve the victory. Arnold had 80 of his 128 yards in the second half, including 26 on the game-ending drive.<\/p>\n Both teams combined for 31 points in an explosive first quarter. JC French IV<\/a> had a two-yard touchdown run to open the scoring for the Eagles, while the Gamecocks answered with a Gavin Wimsatt 10-yard touchdown run. Dalen Cobb<\/a> then took the ensuing kickoff 95 yards for a touchdown, the first Eagle kickoff return for at TD since DeAndre Buchannon had a 100-yard kickoff return for a TD at App State on November 25, 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n Arnold added a 32-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, French IV found Camden Brown<\/a> for an 18-yard touchdown reception and Tripp Bryant<\/a> nailed a 37-yarder for his first collegiate field goal to give the Eagles a 31-17 lead at the break, tying the most points scored by a Georgia Southern team under Coach Clay Helton<\/a> (2023 vs. ULM).\u00a0<\/p>\n Jacksonville State got the last score of the first half, then scored 10 straight points to open the second half to take a 34-31 lead. Bryant’s 43-yard field goal with 11:19 left in the fourth quarter tied the score, setting up Arnold’s heroics.<\/p>\n