From there, the Red Wolves and Georgia State traded defensive stops and missed field goals until Cameran Brown finally connected with DJ Riles for a game tying touchdown midway through the second quarter. With a half minute left in the half, Georgia State back up QB Ayden Pereira, who filled in for an injured Cameran Brown, connected with Qwantavius Wiggins to re-tie the game. Pereira’s final stat line: 163 yards, two touchdowns and a pair of picks.

The Red Wolves opened the half with a promising drive until a touchdown run was negated by a holding call, resulting in a second miss from Clune Van Andel. A pick from Brandon Greil followed immediately by a Owens to Nana Burriss TD bomb game the Red Wolves a seven point pieces.

Georgia State responded to the insult by retaliating with a 77-yard sideline touchdown run from Wiggins. Undeterred, the Red Wolves would retake the lead on a Owen’s punch in.

The fourth quarter opened with Arkansas State leading 28-21 with the Red Wolves on the Georgia State two. James Lee pounded the ball in for a two TD lead. Clune Van Andel would shake off the misses to make it a three-score game with 11 minutes left in the fourth.

Then the Red Wolves decided to increase the degree of difficulty. Withe Georgia State moving, corner back Dontre Henderson got hit with the un-sportsman, then got burned in the end zone for the touchdown. Georgia State went for two and narrowed the score to 38-29. After a quick Red Wolves three and out and a poor punt, the Panthers put themselves in field goal position and drew the score to 28-32.

A Red Wolves drive stalled just past midfield, leading to a punt to the Georgia State 11 with 1:49 left to play, The Red Wolves Makai Shahid picked off the QB on fourth down, but was hit with a questionable roughing the passer that gave the Panthers new life with :21 on the clock. It didn’t matter. Shahid picked off the next pass on the Red Wolves 6 tow in game.

The Red Wolves recorded two 100 yard receivers, with Bonelli collecting 150 yards and Burris racking up 114, with both scoring touchdowns. Trey Owens threw for 309 yards and totaled four touchdowns.

The defense, having collected three sacks in seven games, put up two on Saturday.

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WHAT WAS SAID AFTER THE GAME

“I just wanted to star in my role,” – Nate Burris on his third quarter touchdown reception

“Blessed that we got the win and sent everyone home happy.” Burriss on winning the Homecoming game.

“When you talk about storylines, we talk about turnovers. We turned the over twice. We didn’t turn it over once.” – Butch Jones

“We can’t miss field goals. It made it a lot harder for us. Clune will bounce back.” – Butch Jones

“I want to thank our fans. They gave us a competitive advantage at the end of the game.” – Butch Jones”

“Penalties happen. It is what it is. You just regroup.” Trey Owens on losing out on a TD after a holding penalty.

“It’s a group effort to get into the end zone.” – Trey Owens on running it in versus passing