# 2017 Cure Bowl

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. 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 | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | 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 |
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### 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 |
| Western Kentucky | Rushing | Jakairi Moses | 7 car, 19 yds |
| Western Kentucky | Receiving | Deon Yelder | 5 rec, 112 yds, 2 TD |
| Georgia State | Passing | Conner Manning | 20/28, 276 yds, 1 TD |
| Georgia State | Rushing | Glenn Smith | 23 car, 73 yds |
| Georgia State | Receiving | Roger Carter | 4 rec, 85 yds, 1 TD |