Georgia State won its eighth game of the season and second bowl game in as many seasons, beating Ball State 51-20 in the TaxAct Camellia Bowl on Christmas Day. The Panthers did so in dominating fashion, toppling the Cardinals by the largest deficit in Camellia Bowl history.
The game was even from the gun, GSU led by just seven at halftime, but the game came unraveled quickly in the third quarter. The Panthers scored 28 unanswered points in that period alone and held the Cardinals to just 41 total yards.
“We started getting that ball in the end zone and the points started coming,” GSU head coach Shawn Elliott said.