Saturday, October 8, 2016
 
Georgia State 41, Texas State 21
ATLANTA (AP) Conner Manning threw for a career-high 340 yards and two scores as Georgia State granted Texas State a 14-0 lead, then ran off 34 unanswered points to roll over the Bobcats 41-21 on Saturday.
 
Texas State, held without a touchdown in the first quarter of their first four games, was up 14-0 going into the second period. Georgia State (1-4, 1-1 Sun Belt) dominated the final three quarters to pick up its first win.
 
Trailing by 20 in the second half Texas State had its chances as the defense scooped up three Panther fumbles in Georgia State territory, but the Bobcats failed to convert on all three.
 
Robert Davis equaled his career-high of nine catches, gaining 149 yards and one touchdown. Kyler Neal rushed for 89 yards and a score.
 
Tyler Jones led Texas State (2-3, 0-1), throwing for 300 yards and one TD, but he was picked off twice.
 
Idaho 34, UL Monroe 31
MONROE, La. (AP) Austin Rehkow's fourth field goal, a 27-yarder as time expired, lifted Idaho to a 34-31 win over Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday night.
 
Rehkow scored the first nine points of the game as the Vandals (3-3, 1-1 Sun Belt) raced to a 16-0 lead after one quarter before the Warhawks (1-4, 0-2) rallied.
 
Louisiana-Monroe tied the game at 31 with 2:28 to play as Garrett Smith took advantage of an Idaho blitz and broken coverage for a 30-yard touchdown pass to Ajalen Holley. However the Vandals replied with a six-play drive, highlighted by Aaron Duckworth's 40-yard run. Duckworth finished with 121 yards and a touchdown, which made it 24-7 early in the second quarter, on 16 carries.
 
Smith scored on a 6-yard run and hooked up with Xavier Brown on a 44-yard score to cut the deficit to 24-21 at the half.
 
After a field goal tied it in the third quarter, Matt Linehan and Jordan Frysinger hooked up on a 71-yard score to make it 31-24.
 
Smith threw for 302 yards but was intercepted three times.