Due to the threat of Hurricane Irma, Georgia Southern University officials have moved Saturday's football game against the University of New Hampshire to Birmingham, Alabama.The Eagles and Wildcats will now meet at 3 p.m. (Central) on Saturday, September 9 at Legion Field in Birmingham.Legion Field is the home of the University of Alabama-Birmingham. The Blazers travel to Ball State on Saturday.“When looking at the possibilities where we could try and play this football game, UAB and A.D. Mark Ingram reached out to us and offered us their facilities,” Georgia Southern Director of Athletics Tom Kleinlein said. “After reviewing the updated forecast, we believe the best option for ensuring this game being played is to move to Birmingham. With the developing weather situation, it was paramount to make a decision today so that we would not have to pull resources that may be used in an evacuation scenario."Admission for the game will be free. The game was supposed to be the home opener for Georgia Southern. The Eagles were originally set to host New Hampshire at 6 p.m. at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro.Georgia Southern is coming off a 41-7 loss to Auburn in their season opener. The Wildcats head south after a 24-23 win over Maine.

Due to the threat of Hurricane Irma, Georgia Southern University officials have moved Saturday's football game against the University of New Hampshire to Birmingham, Alabama.

The Eagles and Wildcats will now meet at 3 p.m. (Central) on Saturday, September 9 at Legion Field in Birmingham.


Legion Field is the home of the University of Alabama-Birmingham. The Blazers travel to Ball State on Saturday.

“When looking at the possibilities where we could try and play this football game, UAB and A.D. Mark Ingram reached out to us and offered us their facilities,” Georgia Southern Director of Athletics Tom Kleinlein said.

“After reviewing the updated forecast, we believe the best option for ensuring this game being played is to move to Birmingham. With the developing weather situation, it was paramount to make a decision today so that we would not have to pull resources that may be used in an evacuation scenario."

Admission for the game will be free.



The game was supposed to be the home opener for Georgia Southern. The Eagles were originally set to host New Hampshire at 6 p.m. at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro.

Georgia Southern is coming off a 41-7 loss to Auburn in their season opener. The Wildcats head south after a 24-23 win over Maine.