Football comes up quick 45-40 at Georgia Southern

Game Recap: Football | 11/15/2025 10:32:00 PM

STATESBORO, Ga. — Coastal Carolina’s offensive explosion got here up quick Saturday night time, falling to Georgia Southern 45–40 in a Sun Belt Conference shootout.

Producing 482 yards of offense — their most since Nov. 30 of final season in opposition to Georgia State — the Chanticleers dug deep into the playbook. Jameson Tucker led all Coastal receivers with 107 yards on 4 catches, together with a 75-yard landing thrown by wideout Bryson Graves on a double move. The Chants reached into their bag of tips once more within the third quarter when huge receiver Robby Washington took a handoff and tossed a 12-yard landing move to Karmello English. It marks the primary time since 2011 that two non-quarterbacks have thrown landing passes for Coastal in the identical season.

Quarterbacks Tad Hudson and Samari Collier mixed for 280 yards of complete offense. Collier added 69 dashing yards, together with a five-yard landing run.

Coastal’s particular groups shined within the second quarter. True freshman kicker Philippe Laforge drilled a 51-yard area purpose —the longest by a Chanticleer since 2022. Later within the quarter, with Coastal trailing 35–20, Malcolm Gillie returned a kickoff 96 yards for a landing, this system’s first since 2020.

Xamarion Gordon led the Chanticleer protection with 9 complete tackles. Coastal recorded 9 tackles for loss and compelled two turnovers.

With the loss, Coastal falls to six–4 total and 5–2 in Sun Belt play.

Up Next:

The Chanticleers journey to Columbia, S.C., on Saturday, Nov. 22, to face the South Carolina Gamecocks. Kickoff is ready for 4:15 p.m. ET on the SEC Network.