Jamyest Williams
31
Winner Georgia St. GSU 1-4 , 0-1
14
Army West Point AWP 1-3 , 0-0
Winner
Georgia St. GSU
1-4 , 0-1
31
Final
14
Army West Point AWP
1-3 , 0-0
Score By Quarters
Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
GSU Georgia St. 3 14 0 14 31
AWP Army West Point 0 0 7 7 14

Game Recap: Football |

Running Game, Defense Lead 31-14 Win at Army

WEST POINT, N.Y. -- Tucker Gregg and Jamyest Williams each rushed for over 100 yards, and the Georgia State defense came up with a huge goal-line stand in the fourth quarter to lead the Panthers to a 31-14 victory at Army Saturday afternoon at Michie Stadium.

With the Panthers holding a 17-14 lead in the fourth quarter, Georgia State (1-4) stopped Army (1-3) on fourth down inside the 1-yard line to preserve the lead with nine minutes to play and then stopped Army one more time on fourth down with three minutes left. The GSU offense took over at midfield, needing one first down to seal the win, and on 3rd-and-5 at the GSU 43, quarterback Darren Grainger connected with Ja'Cyais Credle down the right sideline for a 57-yard touchdown and a 24-14 lead with 2:59 left.

"It was a great way to win," head coach Shawn Elliott said. "We faced some adversity in the second half and we had to dig down and find out what we're made of to make a stop. They had about six inches to go for that touchdown. Then to see us finish the game offensively the way we did, it was a great way to finish.

"We still have a long way to go, but what you saw out there today was what I had envisioned for our first four contests."

Gregg put the exclamation point on the victory with a 56-yard touchdown run with 55 seconds left. Not only did that run give him 124 yards for his fifth career 100-yard game, but it was his 20th career rushing touchdown to give him sole possession of the Georgia State record.
 
Williams had 106 yards rushing, including a 33-yard TD run in the second quarter that put the Panthers up 17-0. Grainger rushed for 48 yards with a 13-yard touchdown, and Marcus Carroll added 28 yards as Georgia State put up 299 yards on the ground.

Grainger threw just 12 times, completing eight for 157 yards and one touchdown.

Leading the Georgia State defense was inside linebacker Jordan Veneziale, who had a career-high 13 tackles, two fumble recoveries and two pass breakups. Redshirt freshman linebacker Jordan Jones, making his first start in place of injured star Blake Carroll, made 12 tackles.

The Panthers shut out Army in the first half, but then had to hold on as the Black Knights got their running game going in the second half.

"I don't know what we'll do from here on out, but that goal-line stand just may be the doggone click that we needed," Elliott said. "This team decided we were not losing today and they rallied around one another and pulled for one another and won for one another."
 
Once the defense came up with those two fourth-down stops, the offense sealed it with the gutsy call that resulted in the Credle's 57-yard touchdown catch.

"The call was win the game," Elliott said. "He said, if the shot is there, do you want to take it, and I said, Yes sir, we're taking it.

"It was so nice to see that ball go up in the air and land in those hands and run into the end zone." 
 
Georgia State returns home to host Georgia Southern next Saturday at 2 p.m. at Center Parc Stadium. Visit GeorgiaStateSports.com for tickets.


 
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