ATLANTA (Interstat) — Georgia State defeated Northern Illinois 35-14 on Saturday in a Football Bowl Subdivision game at Center Parc Stadium. Cameran Brown completed 14 of 21 passes for 148 yards and two touchdowns and rushed two times for 18 yards for the Panthers. Rodshaun Dorsey caught five passes for 114 yards and two touchdowns. Taron Dickens completed 28 of 42 passes for 320 yards and one touchdown for the Huskies. DeAree Rogers had nine receptions for 107 yards and one touchdown. Telly Johnson Jr. rushed 15 times for 85 yards and one touchdown. Georgia State improved to 3-1. Northern Illinois fell to 0-4.

Georgia State opened the scoring in the first quarter when Brown connected with Avion McBride on a 5-yard touchdown pass. Samer Layous kicked the extra point. Northern Illinois answered late in the quarter on Johnson’s 14-yard touchdown run. JJ Schlenhardt made the extra point. The Huskies had a chance earlier in the quarter, but Schlenhardt missed a 37-yard field goal attempt. The first quarter ended with the teams tied.

The Panthers broke the tie in the second quarter when Brown found Dorsey for an 18-yard touchdown pass. Layous added the extra point. Northern Illinois responded when Dickens hit Rogers for a 22-yard touchdown pass. Schlenhardt’s extra point tied the game again. Georgia State needed only seconds to regain the lead, as Isaiah Stone returned the ensuing kickoff 100 yards for a touchdown. Layous’ extra point gave the Panthers a 21-14 halftime lead.

Georgia State pulled away in the third quarter. L. McCrary Jr. scored on a 1-yard run, and Layous made the extra point. Later in the quarter, DJ Riles threw a 50-yard touchdown pass to Dorsey. Layous converted again. The Panthers defense kept Northern Illinois off the scoreboard in the second half. Georgia State finished with 35 points and Northern Illinois finished with 14.

Dickens’ 320 passing yards led the Northern Illinois offense. Rogers finished with nine catches for 107 yards and one touchdown and returned one punt for 2 yards. Johnson added three receptions for 26 yards to go with his rushing touchdown. La’Don Bryant caught six passes for 70 yards. Cam Thompson had five receptions for 46 yards. George Dimopoulos caught three passes for 51 yards. Jaiduan Cranford rushed three times for 43 yards. Elijah Porter rushed four times for 10 yards, caught two passes for 20 yards and returned two kickoffs for 20 yards. Jake Ference punted four times for 138 yards.

Brown paced Georgia State through the air and on the ground. Dorsey’s five catches for 114 yards and two touchdowns led the receivers. McBride caught two passes for 12 yards and one touchdown. Stone had one rush for 10 yards, one reception for 4 yards and one tackle to go with his kickoff return score. Riles completed his only pass for 50 yards and a touchdown and caught three passes for 15 yards. Kyle Washington had one reception for 21 yards and one tackle. Owen Dupree caught one pass for 11 yards. Savion Hart had one reception for 12 yards. Qwantavius Wiggins rushed eight times for 6 yards. Ayden Pereira rushed once for 3 yards. Christian Teeter punted three times for 142 yards, and Landon Vargas punted once for 51 yards. Layous converted five extra points.

Defensively for Northern Illinois, Kyon Conyers recorded six tackles and one interception. Brady Kerperin had 11 tackles. Avery Jones added six tackles. Kole Sneed and Montrel Canion each had five tackles. Dev’ion Reynolds had three tackles and returned one kickoff for 19 yards. James Bradley, Aaron Warren, Jack Murray and Yassine Falke each finished with three tackles. Jay’shon Thomas and Cooper Mau each had two tackles. Malik Armstrong, Fawzy Omotoso, Jacob McGhee, Romelo Walker and Champ Smith III each had one tackle. JT King had one tackle and one quarterback hurry. Andruw Ellis and JJ Schlenhardt also appeared for the Huskies.

For Georgia State, Donovan Faria had nine tackles. Coby Owens added seven tackles. Jaydon Hood had six tackles and half a sack. Deuce Walker and Tre Mittman each had five tackles. Jabriel Rhodes-Nelson had three tackles and one sack. Zach Stair and the Georgia State team also appeared in the defensive statistics. The Panthers allowed 14 points and forced one interception.

Northern Illinois entered the game after losses at Arizona, to Illinois State and at Iowa. Georgia State had beaten North Carolina A&T and Kennesaw State before a loss at UCF. The Huskies will host Air Force in their next game. The Panthers will host Old Dominion in their next game. Brown had thrown for 282 yards and two touchdowns in his previous game at UCF.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Northern Illinois 37, Georgia State 34. Interstat’s ELO system gave Georgia State a 66.7 percent probability to win. Northern Illinois had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of +10.5. The total score of 49 was below the over/under line of 56.5.