NCAAF Game Recap - Georgia State at Georgia Southern
Sat Nov 30, 2019 6:00 PM EST

TxAM
7
LSU
50
F
OSU
56
Mich
27
F
Clem
38
SCar
3
F
UGA
52
GATec
7
F
Bama
45
Aub
48
F
Colo
15
Utah
45
F
Okla
34
OkSt
16
F
FlaSt
17
Fla
40
F
Wisc
38
MIN
17
F
Bayl
61
Kans
6
F
Rut
6
PSU
27
F
OreSt
10
Oreg
24
F
ND
45
Stan
24
F
Cin
24
Mem
34
F
Iowa
27
Neb
24
F
Boise
31
ColSt
24
F
App
48
Troy
13
F
VaTec
30
UVA
39
F
Navy
56
Hou
41
F
Ohio
52
Akr
3
F
WestMI
14
NIU
17
F
Miss
20
MissSt
21
F
Kent
34
E Mi
26
F
Toled
7
C Mi
49
F
BGSU
7
Buff
49
F
MiaOH
27
Ball
41
F
TxTch
24
Tex
49
F
MIZ
24
Ark
14
F
WaSt
13
Wash
31
F
WVU
20
TCU
17
F
ArkSt
30
SoAl
34
F
SoFL
7
UCF
34
F
TxSt
21
CoCar
24
F
Tuls
49
ECU
24
F
NW
29
Ill
10
F
Ind
44
Purd
41
F(1OT)
FLInt
27
Marsh
30
F OT
Lou
13
KY
45
F
Wake
30
Syr
39
F OT
Wyo
6
AF
20
F
MidTN
26
W Ky
31
F
UNCC
38
OD
22
F
NMS
28
Lib
49
F
UNLV
33
NEV
30
F OT
Rice
30
UTEP
16
F
UConn
17
Temp
49
F
UTSA
27
LT
41
F
BC
26
Pitt
19
F
MD
16
MSU
19
F
SMiss
17
FlAtl
34
F
MiaFL
17
Duke
27
F
Tul
20
SMU
37
F
UtSt
38
NM
25
F
UAB
26
NorTx
21
F
Vand
10
Tenn
28
F
GASt
10
GaSo
38
F
IASt
17
K St
27
F
UNC
41
NCSt
10
F
ULMon
30
ULLaf
31
F
BYU
3
SDSU
13
F
Ariz
14
AzSt
24
F
Cal
28
UCLA
18
F
Fres
16
SJSU
17
F
Army
31
Hawaii
52
F

Nov 30, 2019, 6:00 PM EST

Final

1

2

3

4

T

Georgia State (7-5)

7

0

3

0

10

Georgia Southern (7-5)

7

10

14

7

38

King, Georgia Southern run past Georgia State, 38-10
Sat Nov 30, 2019 9:03 PM

STATESBORO, Ga. (AP) J.D. King had 107 yards rushing and three touchdowns, Wesley Kennedy III and Shai Werts each ran for a score, and Georgia Southern beat Georgia State 38-10 on Saturday night.

Kennedy had 11 carries for 78 yards and Werts was 7-of-10 passing for 73 yards and added 55 yards rushing on 15 carries.

Tra Barnett’s 15-yards touchdown run capped a nine-play, 86-yard drive and gave Georgia State (7-5, 4-4 Sun Belt Conference) a 7-0 lead midway through the first quarter but the Eagles (7-5, 5-3) scored the next 31 points before taking a 21-point lead into the fourth quarter. Werts tied it with a 11-yard TD run late in the first quarter, Tyler Bass made a 49-yard field goal early in the second and King’s first touchdown, a 7-yard run, made it 17-7 at halftime. Kennedy and King each had 13-yard scoring runs in the third quarter and King added a 30-yard TD run with 7:06 to play to make it 38-10.

Barnett finished with 15 carries for 55 yards. Georgia State, which went into the game averaging 257.8 yards rushing per game (No. 11 in the FBS) ran 37 times for a season-low 107 yards.

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Passing

GASt Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
D. Ellington 27 18 66.7 0 182 26 0 85.7
GaSo Att Cmp % TD-Pa Yds-Pa LgPa Int Rat
S. Werts 10 7 70.0 0 73 18 0 90.8

Rushing

GASt Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
D. Coates 4 54 13.5 34 0
T. Barnett 15 53 3.5 15 1
GaSo Att Yds-Ru Avg LgRu TDRu
J. King 16 107 6.7 30 3
W. Kennedy III 11 78 7.1 20 1

Receiving

GASt Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
C. McCoy 7 89 12.7 25 0
D. Gentry 3 34 11.3 26 0
GaSo Rec Yds-Rc Avg LgRc TD-Rc
K. Hood 2 28 14.0 18 0
M. Michaud 2 25 12.5 13 0

Fumbles

Returning

GASt KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
Q. White 0 0 0 1 0.0 0 0
GaSo KR Avg KRTD LgKR PR Avg TD LgPR
W. Kennedy III 1 48.0 0 48 1 0.0 0 0

Punting

GASt Punt Yds Avg LgPu
B. Wright 4 190 47.5 58
GaSo Punt Yds Avg LgPu
A. Beck II 4 195 48.8 54

Takeaways

Team Stats Comparison

GASt GaSo
Points For 10 38
Total Yards 290 352
Rushing Yards 108 279
Passing Yards 182 73
Passing Completions / Attempts 18/27 7/10
Turnovers 0 0
Interceptions Thrown 0 0
Fumbles - Lost 0/0 0/0
First Downs 18 22
Penalties - Yards 2/20 2/25
Time Of Possession 21:21 39:39
Third Down Conversions/Attempts 4/14 2/8
Fourth Down Conversions/Attempts 1/4 0/0
Punts - Average Yards 4/48 4/49

Scoring Summary

1st Quarter GASt GaSo
GASt 07:01 TD Tra Barnett 15 yd run (Brandon Wright kick) 7 0
GaSo 11:36 TD Shai Werts 11 yd run (Tyler Bass kick) 7 7
2nd Quarter GASt GaSo
GaSo 05:00 FG Tyler Bass 49 yd FG 7 10
GaSo 12:01 TD J.D. King 7 yd run (Tyler Bass kick) 7 17
3rd Quarter GASt GaSo
GaSo 02:52 TD Wesley Kennedy III 13 yd run (Tyler Bass kick) 7 24
GaSo 11:07 TD J.D. King 13 yd run (Tyler Bass kick) 7 31
GASt 14:22 FG Brandon Wright 35 yd FG 10 31
4th Quarter GASt GaSo
GaSo 07:54 TD J.D. King 30 yd run (Tyler Bass kick) 10 38

Game Information

Stadium: Allen E. Paulson Stadium, Statesboro, Georgia
Attendance: 15,175
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