Georgia State football versus Coastal Carolina. Photo: Dale Zanine

Coastal Carolina CCU 4-0 , 1-0

Georgia St. GSU 0-4 , 0-1

Coastal Carolina CCU

4-0 , 1-0

Final

Sep. 22, 2022

Georgia St. GSU

0-4 , 0-1

Score By Quarters
Team	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	F
CCU Coastal Carolina	21	6	7	7	41
GSU Georgia St.	7	10	0	7	24

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Panthers Fall to Coastal Carolina

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ATLANTA -- Georgia State fell to Coastal Carolina 41-24 Thursday night at Center Parc Stadium.

Darren Grainger passed for 231 yards, and outside linebacker Jontrey Hunter had a school-record 77-yard interception return for a touchdown, but the Panthers' (0-4) potent running game was limited to 78 yards.

Coastal Carolina (4-0) got off to a hot start with a pair of quick touchdowns to take a 14-0 lead just three minutes into the game before Georgia State got on the board with an 87-yard touchdown drive. Tucker Gregg scored on a 4-yard run for his 19th career rushing touchdown to tie the GSU record set by Tra Barnett (2016-19). That pulled the Panthers within 14-7 with midway through the first quarter.

Late in the first half, Robert Lewis hauled in a 29-yard touchdown pass to bring the Panthers within 27-17 with 44 seconds left in the first half. The sophomore receiver has caught a TD pass in five straight games, including two against North Carolina for six scores in his last five contests.

Georgia State opened the second half with the ball, but a promising drive ended with an interception and the Coastal 16, and the Chanticleers converted the turnover into a long touchdown drive for a 14-point swing and a 34-17 lead.

That remained the score until Hunter grabbed his first career interception and raced for the end zone, pulling the Panthers within 34-24 with 7:28 to play. But Coastal sealed the win with a final touchdown drive.

"I credit Coastal Carolina. They've got a good football team, and they play extremely hard," Elliott said. "You just can't make the mistakes that we made.

"It was a very diappointing night. We were short-handed a little bit tonight, but there are capable players to go out there and play. A couple of missed assignments right from the get-go just got us behind very very quickly.

"We're going to have to grow, we're going to have to learn from it, and we're going to have to make some changes. I can't sit here right now and tell you the changes we're going to make, but something's got to be different," Elliott said.

Georgia State's next game is Saturday, Oct. 1 at Army at 12 noon on CBS Sportsnetwork.

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Team Statistics

Team Statistics
Game Stats	CCU	GSU
Total Yards	540	309
Pass Yards	268	231
Rushing Yards	272	78
Penalty Yards	2-27	3-30
1st Downs	28	17
3rd Downs	9-15	5-12
4th Downs	0-0	1-1
TOP	40:04	19:56

Scoring Summary
Scoring Play	Visiting Team Score	Home Team Score
1st Quarter
14:43 - CCU - Brown,Jared 50 yd pass from McCall,Grayson (Hensley,Kade kick) 1 plays, 50 yards, TOP 00:08	7	0
12:07 - CCU - Brown,Jared 53 yd pass from McCall,Grayson (Hensley,Kade kick) 4 plays, 64 yards, TOP 01:39	14	0
06:45 - GSU - Gregg,Tucker 4 yd run (Hayes,Michael kick), 8 plays, 87 yards, TOP 03:06	14	7
01:45 - CCU - McCall,Grayson 2 yd run (Hensley,Kade kick), 10 plays, 75 yards, TOP 05:00	21	7
2nd Quarter
09:17 - CCU - Hensley,Kade 24 yd field goal 11 plays, 57 yards, TOP 05:43	24	7
05:00 - GSU - Hayes,Michael 36 yd field goal 4 plays, 7 yards, TOP 01:45	24	10
01:52 - CCU - Hensley,Kade 44 yd field goal 8 plays, 48 yards, TOP 03:08	27	10
00:44 - GSU - Lewis,Robert 29 yd pass from Grainger,Darren (Hayes,Michael kick) 5 plays, 75 yards, TOP 01:08	27	17
3rd Quarter
03:15 - CCU - Hope,Nate 2 yd run (Hensley,Kade kick), 16 plays, 84 yards, TOP 09:07	34	17
4th Quarter
07:28 - GSU - Hunter,Jontrey 77 yd interception (Hayes,Michael kick)	34	24
04:25 - CCU - Guest,Jarrett 5 yd run (Hensley,Kade kick), 7 plays, 75 yards, TOP 03:03	41	24