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Arkansas State beat South Alabama

South Alabama2-416
Arkansas State3-218Final
Sat, Oct 5 · Centennial Bank Stadium, Jonesboro, Ark. · Crowd 21,427 · 80°, clearESPN+

Records are after this game.

Arkansas State had a 9 percent chance to win with 1:43 left in the 4th quarter, by our win chance curve, and won 18-16, October 5, 2024.

How the game turned

Arkansas State aheadSouth Alabama aheadLow: 9%

Q4 0:10 Arkansas State 18, South Alabama 16

Arkansas State 15% to win

Van Andel 34-yd field goal, Arkansas State goes ahead 18-16

Big moments

  1. 1Q1 4:43 · Arkansas State 3, South Alabama 0Van Andel 20-yd field goal, Arkansas State goes ahead 3-0
  2. 2Q3 1:09 · Arkansas State 9, South Alabama 10Arkansas State's win chance fell from 51% to 25%.Lopez 75-yd TD pass to Pritchett, South Alabama goes ahead 10-9
  3. 3Q4 5:58 · Arkansas State 15, South Alabama 10Raynor 5-yd TD pass to Little, two-point try fails, Arkansas State goes ahead 15-10
  4. 4Q4 1:49 · Arkansas State 15, South Alabama 16Arkansas State's win chance fell from 12% to 11%.Lopez 26-yd TD pass to Pritchett, two-point try fails, South Alabama goes ahead 16-15
  5. 5Q4 0:10 · Arkansas State 18, South Alabama 16Arkansas State's win chance rose from 14% to 15%.Van Andel 34-yd field goal, Arkansas State goes ahead 18-16

Arkansas State's lowest chance to win was 9 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.

How the lead changed

Arkansas State took the lead for good with 0:10 left in the 4th quarter, Arkansas State 18, South Alabama 16.

It was Arkansas State's first win over South Alabama since the 2018 season, after 5 straight losses in the series, counted since 1970 in our games data.

What happened next

  1. Arkansas State's next game: L 9-41 at Texas State, Oct 12

    7 days later
  2. South Alabama's next game: W 25-9 vs Troy, Oct 15

    10 days later
  3. The teams' next meeting after Oct 5, 2024: Arkansas State 15, South Alabama 14, Oct 14, 2025

    about 12 months later

Related pages

Scores, dates and the stage: ESPN. Win chance: our curve from play-by-play; the turn is its largest one-play change that moved with the score.

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