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2017 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL @GeorgiaStateFB | @CoachSElliott | @GSUPanthers | @GSUStadium GEORGIA STATE (6-3, 5-1) vs. APPALACHIAN STATE (6-4, 5-1) Saturday, Nov. 25 | 2 p.m. ET | ESPN3 “Pete” Petit Field at Georgia State Stadium | Atlanta, Ga. THE KICKOFF: First place in the Sun Belt (Charlotte, CCU, ULM) with no home games Conference is on the line as Georgia State in between. (6-3, 5-1 Sun Belt) hosts Appalachian State > GSU is tied for second nationally (with Saturday at 2 p.m. at Georgia State Stadium. Oklahoma, San Diego State, Southern Miss, With two games to play, the Panthers UCF and Central Michigan) with five road and Mountaineers (6-4, 5-1) are tied with GAME 10 victories this season. Only Oklahoma State Arkansas State and Troy atop the league. (6) has more. GEORGIA STATE PANTHERS vs. > The Panthers have won three straight and > Due to the Memphis cancellation, the APPALACHIAN STATE MOUNTAINEERS six of their last seven games under first-year Panthers went 51 days between home head coach Shawn Elliott to become bowl games (from Aug. 31 to Oct. 21). Then, after TV: ESPN3. Announcers are Brock Bowling eligible for the second time in three years. playing two home games in six days, Georgia and Hutson Mason. > Five of Georgia State’s six victories have State had another four weeks away from come on the road, including wins at Georgia home before finishing the season with two RADIO: Georgia State Radio Network, Southern (21-17) and Texas State (33-30) straight games at Georgia State Stadium. including Atlanta flagship 1340 AM/103.7 in the Panthers’ last two games before last FM and WRAS 88.5 FM. Dave Cohen is in Saturday’s open date. ELLIOTT FACES ALMA MATER: his 35th season as the play-by-play voice Georgia State head coach Shawn Elliott is of Panther athletics. Brandon Leak and > Sophomore receiver Penny Hart is the Sun a 1996 graduate of Appalachian State and Harper LeBel join him from the booth with Belt’s leading receiver with 65 catches for 961 was a long-time assistant coach for the Sam Crenshaw on the sideline. Free audio yards and eight touchdowns. He is fifth in the Mountaineers. stream on GeorgiaStateSports.com and nation in receiving yards (106.8 per game) > Elliott spent 13 seasons on the App State GSU mobile app. and seventh with 7.2 receptions per game. staff under head coach Jerry Moore. He > Senior quarterback Conner Manning is worked two seasons as a defensive assistant RECORDS: averaging 266.4 yards passing per game (1997-98) and two seasons as tight ends Georgia State: 6-3 Overall, 5-1 Sun Belt (third in the Sun Belt) with 13 touch- coach (1999-00) before taking over the Appalachian State: 6-4, 5-1 Sun Belt downs. He leads the league in completion offensive line (2001-09). percentage at 64.2 percent. > Elliott helped lead the Mountaineers to SERIES: three NCAA FCS titles (2005-07) plus two Appalachian State leads 3-0 > Senior cornerback and Senior Bowl invitee Chandon Sullivan is one of 13 national trips to the national semifinals and three appearances in the quarterfinals. App State LAST MEETING: finalists at all levels for the 2017 William V. Campbell Trophy®, presented by Fidelity reached the NCAA playoffs 10 times in his 13 Appalachian State 17, Georgia State 3 (Oct. 1, seasons. 2016 at Boone, N.C.) Investments® for the National Football Foundation (NFF) & College Hall of Fame. The > Elliott, a four-year letterman as a defensive lineman, and Mountaineers head coach COACHES: trophy recognizes the absolute best football scholar-athlete in the nation. Scott Satterfield were teammates and room- Georgia State: Shawn Elliott mates at App State. Alma Mater: Appalachian State, 1996 > Sullivan was named last week to the Record at GSU: 6-3 (1st year) CoSIDA Academic All-District® team for the Career Record: 7-8 (2nd year) PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS: third straight year. He is joined on this year’s Sophomore Penny Hart is enjoying a record- team by junior offensive lineman Gabe setting season and career for the Panthers: Appalachian State: Scott Satterfield Mobley and senior noseguard Julien Laurent. Record at App: 38-22 (5th year) All three are now eligible for the CoSIDA > The Sun Belt’s leading receiver, Hart ranks Career Record: 38-22 (5th year) Academic All-America® team. fifth in FBS in receiving yards (106.8 per game) and seventh in receptions (7.2 per 2017 SCHEDULE AND RESULTS ROAD WARRIORS: In winning six of its game) and has eight touchdowns. last seven games, Georgia State has won > He has accounted for 33 percent of the A. 31 TENNESSEE STATE (ESPN3) .......hL 10-17 five straight road contests with victories at S. 16 at 5/5 Penn State (BTN) ..................... aL 0-56 Panthers’ receptions (65) and 38 percent of Charlotte, Coastal Carolina, ULM, Georgia their receiving yards (961) this season while S. 23 at Charlotte (WCCB) ......................... aW 28-0 Southern and Texas State. catching eight of the team’s 14 TD passes. S. 30 MEMPHIS ....................................Cancelled > GSU is the only FBS school this season O. 7 at Coastal Carolina (ESPN3) .........aW 27-21 > After just 24 career games, Hart has to play four straight road games and the amassed 144 receptions for 2,121 yards and O. 14 at ULM (ESPN3) ................................aW 47-37 only one to win three straight road games O. 21 TROY (Homecoming) (ESPN3) ..hL 10-34 GEORGIA STATE BY THE NUMBERS O. 26 SOUTH ALABAMA (ESPNU) ..... hW 21-13 N. 4 at Georgia Southern (ESPN3) .....aW 21-17 N. 11 at Texas State (ESPN3) ...................aW 33-30 N. 25 APPALACHIAN STATE (ESPN3) .......2 p.m. Penny Hart4 ranks fourth GSU is tied5 for second Senior13 CB Chandon D. 2 IDAHO (ESPN3) .................................2 p.m. among all active FBS in the nation with five Sullivan is one of 13 receivers in career road wins this season. national finalists for the All times Eastern. receptions per game (6.0) Only Oklahoma State Campbell Trophy® as and fifth in receiving yards has more. the top football scholar- per game (88.4). athlete in the nation. 2017 GEORGIA STATE FOOTBALL NOTES, PAGE 2 GAME 10: GEORGIA STATE vs. APPALACHIAN STATE GENERAL INFORMATION Full Name Georgia State University Location Atlanta, Ga. Founded 1913 Enrollment 50,000 Nickname Panthers Colors Blue & White Affiliation NCAA Division I FBS Conference Sun Belt Conference President Mark P. Becker Director of Athletics Charlie Cobb COACHING STAFF Head Coach Shawn Elliott Offensive Coordinator/QBs Travis Trickett “Pete” Petit Field at Defensive Coordinator/OLBs Nate Fuqua GEORGIA STATE STADIUM Safeties Chris Collins Defensive Line Skylor Magee 17 touchdowns. He ranks third in school Receivers Trent McKnight THE 2017 SEASON marks the history in all three categories, and the two inaugural year of “Pete” Petit (pronounced Cornerbacks Sam Shade receivers in front of him, Albert Wilson and puh-TEET) Field at Georgia State Stadium, Running Backs/Tight Ends Josh Stepp Robert Davis, are in the NFL. the former Turner Field and venue for the Offensive Line Cedric Williams > Hart ranks fourth among all active FBS Atlanta Braves that has been converted ILBs/Special Teams/RC Rusty Wright receivers with career averages of 6.0 recep- into the new home of Panther football. Strength & Conditioning Scott Holsopple tions and fifth with 88.4 receiving yards per Georgia State Stadium features 25,000 game. Athletic Trainer Bob Murphy seats, a FieldTurf playing surface, the Panthers’ 7,500-square foot locker room, Equipment Manager Tim Davis > The 2015 Sun Belt Freshman of the Year and Freshman All-American played sparingly and a 5,600-square foot video board that Asst AD-FB Operations Steve Wojcikowski in just two games before his 2016 season is the eighth-largest in college football. Director of Player Personnel Daniel Wilcox was ended by a broken foot. As a rookie in The conversion process incorporated Dir. of High School Relations Ginny Thompson 2015, Hart led the Sun Belt with 5.5 recep- the existing seating areas on the north, Graduate Assts Tyler Nemec, tions and 84.5 receiving yards per game, west and south sides of the stadium with Travian Robertson, John Russ, Hayden Wilks and he set the Sun Belt freshman record for a new grandstand constructed on the east receiving yards (1,099). side, formerly the baseball outfield. FACILITY INFORMATION SERIES VS. APP STATE: Appalachian Georgia State Stadium was originally Home Field “Pete” Petit (puh-TEET) Field State has won all three meetings in the constructed as the 85,000-seat Centennial at Georgia State Stadium series, including a 17-3 victory last season Olympic Stadium and used for the 1996 in Boone, N.C. and a 37-3 win in 2016 in the Centennial Olympic Games. Following the Capacity 25,000 only previous meeting in Atlanta. Olympic Games, much of the north end Surface FieldTurf > Last season in Boone, N.C., the teams of the stadium was removed in order to Opened as Georgia State Stadium 2017 played a scoreless first half, and the Georgia convert it to the 49,000-seat baseball park Originally Built 1996 State defense kept the Panthers in the within that served as the home of the Atlanta one score until an App State touchdown Braves from 1997 through 2016. with three minutes left. The Braves played their final game at PROGRAM INFORMATION Turner Field on Oct. 2, 2016. In November First Season of Football 2010 FOURTH-QUARTER COMEBACKS: 2016, the Board of Regents approved Joined Sun Belt Conference 2013 Georgia State executed fourth-quarter come- Georgia State University’s purchase of 38 backs in its last two victories, both on the Full FBS Eligibility 2014 acres of the 68-acre site for $22.8 million, road, at Georgia Southern and Texas State.