Georgia Southern beats Albany 29-26

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STATESBORO, Ga. (AP)Sophomore Adrian Mora kicked a 44-yard field goal with 40 seconds remaining to give Georgia Southern a 29-26 win over Albany (N.Y.) on Saturday night in the season opener for both teams.

It was a career long field goal for Mora.

Albany tied the game 26-26 with 6:41 to play on a 33-yard field goal by Herb Glass.

Georgia Southern sophomore Lee Chapple completed 30 of 43 passes for 259 yards and two touchdowns. Chapple completed his last 15 passes including eight on the game-winning drive.

Andrew Smith led the Great Danes with 99 yards, including a 39-yard scoring run in the third quarter.

Updated Sep 5, 10:16 pm EDT
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Head to Head - Week 1

Team Total Yds Pass Yds Rush Yds First Downs 3rdD% Pen./Yds Turnovers Time of Poss.
Albany 319 110 209 18 38.9% 9/69 2 33:54
Georgia Southern 317 259 58 18 42.9% 5/42 1 26:06

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  1. Don
    3. Posted by Don Sun Sep 13 12:27pm EDT

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    14,000 Paid Attendance maybe?
  2. Troy S
    2. Posted by Troy S Thu Sep 10 11:21pm EDT

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    I was there. And it was a nice game
  3. Eagle_AS
    1. Posted by Eagle_AS Tue Sep 8 4:56pm EDT

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    I was there Saturday and I know for certain there was more than 14,000 fans. Why are Southern's attendance records (posted here at least) always considerably lower than they should be?
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