College football game
The 2017 Cure Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 16, 2017, at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida , with kickoff at 2:30 p.m. local time.[4] The third annual edition of the Cure Bowl , the game was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concludes the 2017 FBS football season . Sponsored by automotive retailer AutoNation , the game was officially known as the AutoNation Cure Bowl .
The game featured Georgia State Panthers of the Sun Belt Conference and the Western Kentucky Hilltoppers of Conference USA . Georgia State beat Western Kentucky by a score of 27–17.
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Teams
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
This was the Hilltoppers' fifth bowl game and their fourth consecutive. They previously won the 2014 Bahamas Bowl , 2015 Miami Beach Bowl and 2016 Boca Raton Bowl . This was their first Cure Bowl appearance.
Georgia State Panthers
This was the Panthers' second bowl and second Cure Bowl appearance in school history. They previously lost to San Jose State in 2015 .
Game summary
Scoring summary
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
WKU
GSU
1
8:07
10
40
4:57
GSU
42-yard field goal by Brandon Wright
0
3
1
7:29
2
75
0:38
WKU
Deon Yelder 54-yard touchdown reception from Mike White , Ryan Nuss kick good
7
3
1
6:18
3
85
1:11
GSU
Demarcus Kirk 26-yard touchdown run, Brandon Wright kick good
7
10
2
14:18
4
5
1:36
WKU
38-yard field goal by Ryan Nuss
10
10
2
9:07
10
55
5:11
GSU
37-yard field goal by Brandon Wright
10
13
3
5:55
5
80
1:46
GSU
Roger Carter 42-yard touchdown reception from Conner Manning, Brandon Wright kick good
10
20
4
5:50
16
74
9:01
GSU
Kyler Neal 1-yard touchdown run, Brandon Wright kick good
10
27
4
2:34
11
87
3:16
WKU
Deon Yelder 4-yard touchdown reception from Mike White, Ryan Nuss kick good
17
27
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
17
27
Statistics
1
2
3
4
Total
Hilltoppers
7
3
0
7
17
Panthers
10
3
7
7
27
Statistics
WKU
GSU
First downs
17
21
Plays–yards
61–349
71–419
Rushes–yards
21– -2
43–143
Passing yards
351
419
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
26–40–2
20–28–0
Time of possession
24:39
35:21
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Western Kentucky
Passing
Mike White
26/39, 351 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
Jakairi Moses
7 car, 19 yds
Receiving
Deon Yelder
5 rec, 112 yds, 2 TD
Georgia State
Passing
Conner Manning
20/28, 276 yds, 1 TD
Rushing
Glenn Smith
23 car, 73 yds
Receiving
Roger Carter
4 rec, 85 yds, 1 TD
References
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