For the first time in program history, the Georgia State Panthers beat an opponent ranked in the AP Top 25 after they defeated Sun Belt rival #22 Coastal Carolina 42-40 on Saturday night. Georgia State held a lead for most of the game, but briefly fell behind in a fourth quarter that included two touchdowns from either team. The Panthers scored two touchdowns on two consecutive drives in the final period and stopped Coastal on what would have been a game-tying two-point conversion and its penalty-induced retry all within the final five minutes of play.
“This is the first ever win against a top-25 team,” head coach Shawn Elliott said post-game, “[Coastal Carolina] has been ranked for 22-consecutive weeks and our Georgia State football team came out here and played a marvelous game.