Football Associated Press & Sun Belt Institutional Athletic Media Relations

Football Recaps and Scores - November 23

Georgia State 28, South Alabama 15
ATLANTA
– Georgia State won a regular-season record seventh game and topped South Alabama 28-15 on Saturday afternoon at Georgia State Stadium. Georgia State (7-4, 4-3 Sun Belt) allowed its fewest points since giving up 13 to the Jaguars in 2017.  South Alabama (1-10, 0-7 Sun Belt) lost for the ninth-straight time and was held to just 326 total yards, the second-fewest allowed by the Panthers this season.

No. 24 Appalachian State 35, Texas State 13
BOONE, N.C.
– Darrynton Evans ran for 154 yards and three second-half touchdowns and No. 23 Appalachian State avoided another home upset with a big second half to beat Texas State 35-13 on a rain-soaked Saturday. Zac Thomas threw for 174 yards and two touchdowns to help the Mountaineers (10-1, 6-1 Sun Belt) improve to 30-6 at home since becoming an FBS team in 2014.

Arkansas State 38, Georgia Southern 33
JONESBORO, Ark. – Layne Hatcher threw for four touchdowns in the first half to stake Arkansas State to a 35-10 lead and the Red Wolves defense held off a Georgia Southern rally in a 38-33 senior day victory Saturday at Centennial Bank Stadium. Arkanas State (7-4, 5-2 Sun Belt) finished with 445 yards of total offense with Hatcher throwing for 354 yards on 19-of-24 passing. Jamal Jones had 10 carries for 74 yards while Murray had 13 rushes for 37 yards as the Red Wolves had 91 yards on the ground. Georgia Southern (6-5, 4-3 Sun Belt) finished with 481 yards of offense, 299 yards rushing and 182 yards through the air.

ULM 45, Coastal Carolina 42
MONROE, La.
 Caleb Evans threw for two touchdowns and Josh Johnson ran for two more as ULM rallied to get past Coastal Carolina 45-42 on Saturday night. ULM (5-6, 4-3 Sun Belt) took a 21-14 lead into the break and was ahead 31-28 going into the final quarter. The Chanticleers took their first lead since early in the first stanza when Fred Payton hit Reese White on a 41-yard scoring strike to go ahead 35-31 with 12:17 remaining in the game.

/RV Louisiana 53, Troy 3
LAFAYETTE, La.
– Trey Ragas ran for two touchdowns as Louisiana rolled to a 53-3 win over Troy on Saturday night. Ragas had 79 yards rushing and was one of four running backs to score touchdowns for the Ragin' Cajuns (9-2, 6-1 Sun Belt Conference). Chris Smith led with 87 yards and Raymond Calais and Elijah Mitchell each contributed to a total of 254 rushing yards. Levi Lewis threw for 273 yards and a score.