GEORGIA STATE (2-8, 0-6 SBC) at TEXAS STATE (6-4, 4-2 Sun Belt)
Saturday, Nov. 23 | 3:30 p.m. ET | Zane Showker Field at Bridgeforth Stadium
TV: ESPN+
RADIO: Georgia State Radio Network in Atlanta on WRAS-FM 88.5, in Gainesville on WGTJ-FM 97.5, GSU Athletics mobile app
ATLANTA-- Georgia State travels to San Marcos to face Texas State in their final road contest of the season on Saturday, Nov. 23 at 7:00 p.m. ET at UFCU Stadium.
SERIES NOTES: Georgia State and Texas State are meeting for the eighth time in program history. The Panthers are 4-4 in the series against the Bobcats.
> The Panthers and Bobcats are meeting for the first time since the 2021 season. Georgia State tied the series record in the last match-up after taking advantage of a 28-16 win at home on Oct. 23, 2021.
PANTHERS VS. THE SUN BELT: Despite a slow start to conference play, the Panthers continue to stand in Sun Belt rankings, on both sides of the ball.
> The Panthers rank fourth in the Sun Belt and top 50 in the nation for fewest penalties (56).
> Defensively, GSU ranks fifth in the conference and top 50 in the nation for fumbles recovered with six. Henry Bryant leads the Panthers and the Sun Belt with two fumble recoveries, ranking fifth in the nation. KD McDaniel, Izaiah Guy, Anthony Blume and Rykem Laney all have one to tie for eighth in the conference for fumbles recovered.
> Senior Kevin Swint leads the Panthers with three forced fumbles to rank second in the conference and 12th in the nation. D-Icey Hopkins, Josiah Robinson and Henry Bryant have one forced fumble.
TRACKING THE RECORD:
> Ted Hurst broke the program record for single-season touchdowns after snagging his ninth receiving touchdown in the Panthers' home contest against Arkansas State (Nov. 16). *(record 8 previously held by Albert Wilson, Penny Hart)
> Senior linebacker Kevin Swint currently has four sacks on the season, which is two away from tying the second place spot for single-season sacks (6) and seven away from breaking the record (10.5).
> Swint is also on track to beat the career record for forced fumbles. Standing at four in his career, he is four forced fumbles away from breaking the record of seven.
> Henry Bryant stands at three career fumble recoveries, which is tied for fifth in program history. He needs two more to tie the career record for fumbles recovered.
> Gavin Pringle and Jeremiah Johnson both have six pass breakups on the season, which
is on track to break the program record for single-season pass breakups (11).
> Liam Rickman stands with 12 field goals made, which is on track to break the single-season FG-made record of 15.
NEW STARTING QB: After a GSU-record 36 consecutive games with Darren Grainger as the starting quarterback, Christian Veilleux and Zach Gibson continue the battle for the Panthers' starting quarterback position.
> After starting Christian Veilleux at quarterback for the first six games, Zach Gibson earned the starting position for game seven at App State (Oct. 26), and has started for the Panthers in the last two games.
> Gibson is 102-for-115 for 1004 passing yards and seven touchdowns this season.
>In his first start at GSU, at App State, Gibson went 16-for-22 for a career-high 192 yards and one touchdown against the Mountaineers.
> Gibson stepped in as the Panthers' quarterback early in the first half of play at Marshall (Oct. 17), and finished the contest going 19-of-32 for 192 yards and two touchdowns.
> Gibson saw his season debut in the final minutes against Old Dominion (Oct. 12), when he went 6-for-6 for 49 yards with one touchdown against the Monarchs.
> The redshirt senior joined the Panthers for the 2024 season as a transfer from Georgia Tech.
