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Team Entrance Team Entrance
Team Entrance
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Jamari Thrash Jamari Thrash
Jamari Thrash
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Jamyest Williams Jamyest Williams
Jamyest Williams
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Robert Lewis Robert Lewis
Robert Lewis
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Robert Lewis Robert Lewis
Robert Lewis
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Robert Lewis Robert Lewis
Robert Lewis
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Darren Grainger Darren Grainger
Darren Grainger
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Tucker Gregg Tucker Gregg
Tucker Gregg
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Tucker Gregg Tucker Gregg
Tucker Gregg
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Tucker Gregg Tucker Gregg
Tucker Gregg
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Jamari Thrash Jamari Thrash
Jamari Thrash
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Team Entrance Team Entrance
Team Entrance
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Darren Grainger Darren Grainger
Darren Grainger
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Robert Lewis Robert Lewis
Robert Lewis
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Bryson Broadway Bryson Broadway
Bryson Broadway
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Kris Byrd Kris Byrd
Kris Byrd
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Antavious Lane Antavious Lane
Antavious Lane
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Quavian White Quavian White
Quavian White
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Michael Hayes Michael Hayes
Michael Hayes
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Antavious Lane Antavious Lane
Antavious Lane
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Defense Defense
Defense
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Marcus Carroll Marcus Carroll
Marcus Carroll
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Jordan Veneziale, Antavious Lane Jordan Veneziale, Antavious Lane
Jordan Veneziale, Antavious Lane
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Jordan Veneziale Jordan Veneziale
Jordan Veneziale
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Ja'Cyais Credle Ja'Cyais Credle
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Khris Byrd Khris Byrd
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Fans Fans
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Jaylon Jones Jaylon Jones
Jaylon Jones
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Darren Grainger Darren Grainger
Darren Grainger
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Marcus Carroll Marcus Carroll
Marcus Carroll
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Marcus Carroll Marcus Carroll
Marcus Carroll
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Michael Hayes Michael Hayes
Michael Hayes
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Defense Defense
Defense
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Shamar McCollum Shamar McCollum
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Jamari Thrash Jamari Thrash
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Jaylon Jones Jaylon Jones
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Winner Charlotte CLT 1-3 , 0-1
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Georgia St. GSU 0-3 , 0-0
Winner
Charlotte CLT
1-3 , 0-1
42
Final
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Georgia St. GSU
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Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
CLT Charlotte 7 14 7 14 42
GSU Georgia St. 14 6 7 14 41

Game Recap: Football |

Panthers Fall to Charlotte on Late Score

ATLANTA -- Georgia State rallied to take the lead on Darren Grainger's 32-yard touchdown pass to Jamari Thrash with 1:39 left, but Charlotte scored with just 17 seconds to play to come away with a 42-41 win Saturday night at Center Parc Stadium.

Chris Reynolds' 2-yard scoring pass to Grant DuBose for the winning score spoiled prolific nights by Grainger, who passed for a career-high 343 yards, and Thrash, who broke the Georgia State single-game receiving yardage record with 213 yards on 10 catches. The previous high was 191 yards by Penny Hart in 2017.

Georgia State (0-3) piled up 602 yards of offense, the fourth-highest figure in program history, as Grainger completed 22 of 34 passes with four touchdowns while the Panthers rushed for 259 yards, including an even 100 by Tucker Gregg, 94 by Marcus Carroll and 54 by Grainger. Sophomore tight end Kris Byrd caught two touchdown passes.

But the Panthers had trouble stopping Charlotte (1-3), which gained 501 yards, including 401 through the air as Reynolds was 31-for-43 for 401 yards and five touchdowns.

Trailing 35-33, GSU took over at its own 26 with 4:21 to play. Four straight runs by Carroll moved the bll out to the GSU 49, and then Gregg rushed three times to give the Panthers a first down at the Charlotte 32, setting up Grainger's TD pass to Thrash. Grainger then rushed for the two-point conversion to give the Panthers a 41-35 lead with 1:33 left.

Reynolds moved Charlotte into the red zone, and then a pass interference penalty in the end zone gave the 49ers a first-and-goal at the 2. On third-and-three, Reynolds found DuBose over the middle for the go-ahead score.

"It was a poorly executed football game, starting with me," head coach Shawn Elliott said. "It starts with myself and it goes down to our assistant coaches, to our captains and our seniors and to everyone in that locker room. Offensively, defensively and special teams. It's 42-41 and we missed an extra point, gave up a sack fumble and gave up 500 yards of offense. I'm just sick. We didn't execute at all today, and it's a very pitiful feeling."

Georgia State started fast with a touchdown on the opening possession, driving 75 yards in 11 plays, capped by Grainger's 9-yard TD pass to Byrd.

The Panthers also scored on their second possession as Grainger connected with Robert Lewis for a 49-yard scoring play to take a 14-7 lead with 6:21 left in the first quarter. That was Lewis' fourth TD catch of the season and fifth over the last four games.

Charlotte moved ahead 21-14 with back-to-back touchdowns, including a sack-fumble returned for a score. Georgia State answered with Tucker Gregg's 2-yard touchdown run, but a missed extra point left the Panthers trailing 21-20 midway through the second quarter.

Gregg's TD was set up by a 73-yard pass to Thrash for Grainger's longest completion in a Panther uniform and the longest pass for any GSU quarterback since 2016 (Conner Manning to Glenn Smith for 78 yards).

Super senior cornerback Quavian White grabbed his 10th career interception to take sole possession of the Georgia State career lead, moving ahead of junior safety Antavious Lane (9).

Georgia State will be back in action in just five days as the Panthers host Coastal Carolina for a Thursday night game at Center Parc Stadium before a national television audience on ESPNU. Kickoff is at 7:30 p.m.
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