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Football Recaps and Scores - November 16

Arkansas State 28, Coastal Carolina 27
JONESBORO, Ark.
– Layne Hatcher connected with Kirk Merritt for a 21-yard, go-ahead touchdown with 32 seconds left and Arkansas State beat Coastal Carolina 28-27 on Saturday despite turning it over five times.

Georgia Southern 51, ULM 29
STATESBORO, Ga.
– J.D. King rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown, and Georgia Southern scored 21 points off of three ULM turnovers to defeat the Warhawks 51-29 in Sun Belt Conference football action Saturday afternoon in Paulson Stadium.

Troy 63, Texas State 27
SAN MARCOS, Texas – Kaleb Barker threw six touchdown passes – five in the first half – to tie the Troy single-game record as the Trojans systematically dismantled Texas State, 63-27, Saturday afternoon at Bobcat Stadium.

Louisiana 37, South Alabama 27
MOBILE, Ala. – Trailing 7-3 after the first quarter, Louisiana found its offensive with 34 points over the final three quarters to propel it to a 37-27 victory over South Alabama at Ladd-Peebles Stadium. With the victory, the Ragin' Cajuns finished the regular season with a perfect 5-0 record away from home, the first time it has accomplished the feat since 1970. The team also improved to 8-2 on the year, its best record through ten games since 1976.

No. 25 Appalachian State 56, Georgia State 27
ATLANTA, Ga.
–  Facing a two-score deficit after a momentum-swinging touchdown on the road, App State swung back and kept on punching. The 25th-ranked and first-place Mountaineers responded to the early adversity by scoring seven consecutive touchdowns en route to a 56-27 victory against Georgia State on Saturday night.