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Georgia Southern pulls off upset bid at Nebraska, 45-42

It wasn’t always pretty, but Georgia Southern added to Saturday’s Sun Belt collection of Power 5 defeats with a 45-42 victory against Nebraska on Saturday night.

The Eagles compiled a whopping 642 yards of total offense in the win, with 409 coming off of the arm of Kyle Vantrease. The QB tossed one passing score, and ultimately rushed in the game winning touchdown against the Cornhuskers with 36 seconds to go in regulation to give GS its second win of the season.

Southern played a complete game on the offensive side of the ball in this one, rushing for 223 yards as a team, paced by running back Gerald Green, who ran for 132 yards on just 10 carries and notched 2 touchdowns.