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40–42
Final
 Bridgeforth Stadium, HarrisonburgJMU -10
FINALGeorgia State 40, James Madison 42GAST covered +10CLOSED JMU -10

Highlights

1 CLIPS · ESPN
Kris Thornton scores key touchdown for JMUVIDEO: ESPN ↗

Win probability

EVERY PLAY · ESPN MODEL
JMU WINNING
GAST WINNING
KICKQ2Q3Q4FINAL

KICKOFF: JMU 74% · BIGGEST SINGLE-PLAY SWING: 21 PTS

Scoring plays

13 SCORES
Q1
Passing Touchdown

Kris Thornton 26 Yd pass from Todd Centeio (Camden Wise Kick)

5:22
0-7
Field Goal Good

Michael Hayes 51 Yd Field Goal

0:25
3-7
Fumble Return Touchdown

Javon Denis 21 Yd Fumble Return (Michael Hayes Kick)

0:09
10-7
Q2
Rushing Touchdown

Darren Grainger 28 Yd Run (Michael Hayes Kick)

10:12
17-7
Field Goal Good

Michael Hayes 22 Yd Field Goal

8:10
20-7
Fumble Return Touchdown

Terrell Gordon 32 Yd Fumble Return (Michael Hayes Kick)

7:26
27-7
Passing Touchdown

Devin Ravenel 4 Yd pass from Todd Centeio (Camden Wise Kick)

1:28
27-14
Passing Touchdown

Jamari Thrash 75 Yd pass from Darren Grainger (Michael Hayes Kick)

1:16
34-14
Q3
Rushing Touchdown

Percy Agyei-Obese 1 Yd Run (Camden Wise Kick)

13:32
34-21
Passing Touchdown

Kaelon Black 15 Yd pass from Todd Centeio (Camden Wise Kick)

6:18
34-28
Rushing Touchdown

Percy Agyei-Obese 36 Yd Run (Camden Wise Kick)

1:45
34-35
Q4
Passing Touchdown

Kris Thornton 16 Yd pass from Todd Centeio (Camden Wise Kick)

10:02
34-42
Rushing Touchdown

Marcus Carroll 6 Yd Run (Two-Point Pass Conversion Failed)

2:30
40-42

What happened

ESPN RECAP

James Madison rallies to beat Georgia State 42-40

HARRISONBURG, Va. -- , Todd Centeio threw four touchdown passes, Percy Agyei-Obese ran for two scores and James Madison rallied from 20 points down to beat Georgia State 42-40 on Saturday. Centeio's 26-yard touchdown toss to Kris Thornton gave James Madison (7-3, 5-2 Sun Belt Conference) an early lead, but Georgia State (4-7, 3-4) scored the next 27 points. Darren Grainger 's 75-yard scoring strike to Jamari Thrash gave Georgia State a 34-14 lead at halftime. Agyei-Obese scored on runs of 1 and 36 yards, Centeio hit Kaelon Black for a 15-yard touchdown and the Dukes moved ahead 35-34 after three quarters. Centeio made it 42-34 with a 16-yard touchdown pass to Kris Thornton before Grainger scored on a 6-yard run with 2:30 left. Grainger's two-point conversion pass was incomplete and James Madison used four plays to run out the clock. ------

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Top performers

GAST
PASSINGDarren Grainger8/15, 176 YDS, 1 TD
RUSHINGMarcus Carroll14 CAR, 41 YDS, 1 TD
RECEIVINGJamari Thrash4 REC, 136 YDS, 1 TD
JMU
PASSINGTodd Centeio21/27, 274 YDS, 4 TD
RUSHINGPercy Agyei-Obese20 CAR, 89 YDS, 2 TD
RECEIVINGTerrance Greene Jr.2 REC, 81 YDS

Team stats

GAST · JMU
257
TOTAL YARDS
425
176
PASSING
274
81
RUSHING
151
9
1ST DOWNS
22
3-13
3RD DOWN EFFICIENCY
9-14
1
TURNOVERS
4
6-54
PENALTIES
5-30
24:45
POSSESSION
35:15

BRIDGEFORTH STADIUM, HARRISONBURG · ATTENDANCE 20,055

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