Conference USA Championship ·
Conference USA Championship
Records are after this game.
Kennesaw State beat Jacksonville State by 4 points, the Conference USA Championship.
How the game turned
Q4 0:51 Kennesaw State 19, Jacksonville State 15
Kennesaw State 85% to win
Odom 11-yd TD pass to Dean, Kennesaw State goes ahead 19-15
Big moments
- 1Q1 2:36 · Kennesaw State 0, Jacksonville State 0Kennesaw State's win chance rose from 42% to 56%.Creel intercepted by Jones
- 2Q2 13:03 · Kennesaw State 7, Jacksonville State 0Kennesaw State's win chance rose from 63% to 72%.Bennett 3-yd TD run, Kennesaw State goes ahead 7-0
- 3Q4 10:20 · Kennesaw State 12, Jacksonville State 7Kennesaw State's win chance fell from 89% to 73%.Cook 1-yd TD run, cuts it to 12-7
- 4Q4 4:04 · Kennesaw State 12, Jacksonville State 15Kennesaw State's win chance fell from 60% to 30%.Creel 19-yd TD run, Jacksonville State goes ahead 15-12
- 5Q4 0:51 · Kennesaw State 19, Jacksonville State 15Kennesaw State's win chance rose from 22% to 85%.Odom 11-yd TD pass to Dean, Kennesaw State goes ahead 19-15
Kennesaw State's lowest chance to win was 22 percent. Win chance is our own calculation from the play-by-play, with each game's start set from the pregame expectation.
The biggest swing
With 0:51 left in the 4th quarter, Kennesaw State's chance to win went from 22 percent to 85 percent when Kennesaw State scored a touchdown.
The score went from Kennesaw State 12, Jacksonville State 15 to Kennesaw State 19, Jacksonville State 15.
The play: Odom 11-yd TD pass to Dean, Kennesaw State goes ahead 19-15.
It was Kennesaw State's first win over Jacksonville State since the 2021 season, after 3 straight losses in the series, counted since 1970 in our games data.
What happened next
Jacksonville State's next game: W 17-13 vs Troy in the IS4S Salute to Veterans Bowl, Dec 16
11 days laterKennesaw State's next game: L 6-41 vs Western Michigan in the Myrtle Beach Bowl, Dec 19
14 days laterThe teams' next meeting after Dec 5, 2025: Jacksonville State 27, Kennesaw State 26, Oct 7, 2026
about 10 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.