Football | 11/9/2016 3:27:00 PM

Georgia Southern Director of Athleticsannounced Wednesday the addition of a home-and-home football series with the University of Houston. The Cougars will travel to Statesboro on Sept. 26, 2020 and GS will return the trip to Houston on Sept. 4, 2021 to open the season."This is a big-time series for us and one that our fans should be really excited about," Kleinlein said. "Houston is a hot name in college football right now and to be able to get them to come to Statesboro is huge for our school, our program and our city."The Eagles and Cougars have never met in football. Georgia Southern has played 19 games all-time against current teams in American Athletic Conference, posting a 13-6 mark, including games against UConn (1-0), East Carolina (0-3), Navy (0-2), South Florida (2-0) and UCF (10-1).In recent weeks, Georgia Southern has announced contracts to play football games with Minnesota and Florida Atlantic, to go along with previously scheduled games against the likes of Auburn, Clemson, LSU and Indiana.Below is Georgia Southern's scheduled non-conference slate through 2021:at Auburn (Sept. 2)New Hampshire (Sept. 9)at Indiana (Sept. 23)at UMass (Oct. 21)Presbyterian College (Sept. 1)UMass (Sept. 8)at Clemson (Sept. 15)at Kent State (Sept. 22)at LSU (Aug. 31)at Minnesota (Sept. 14)Kent State (Sept. 21)FAU (Sept. 19)Houston (Sept. 26)at Houston (Sept. 4)at FAU (Sept. 25)