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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.
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
|
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