The Panthers currently play at Center Parc Stadium, about ten minutes from GSU's downtown campus.

It found Georgia State to be in a good position to begin a competitive football team, and based its remarks on the location and resources of the university.

On April 15, 2007, former Atlanta Falcons head coach Dan Reeves was hired by Georgia State as a consultant.

[5] On November 20, 2008, ground was broken for a downtown practice facility at 188 Martin Luther King Drive.

[6] On January 4, 2009, Mark Hogan, son of former Georgia Tech player Mark Hogan Sr., enrolled to play as wide receiver on scholarship, making him the first football player to receive a scholarship from Georgia State.

[7] The following month, the program signed its first recruiting class of 27 players, including the three-star running back Parris Lee.

Throughout the season, the Panthers were plagued with inconsistencies on both the offense and defense, made worse by injuries on either side and inexperienced quarterbacks.

[19] After Coach Bill Curry announced his retirement in August,[20] the administration hired Parker Executive Search to help find potential candidates.

[22] With Trent Miles' arrival as new head coach came the Panthers first complete change in uniform since the programs inception.

The original uniform consisted solely of 2 different outfits; a blue home jersey with Panthers written across the chest above the player number and two white stripes on each arm; and a white away jersey with similar stylings, but with Georgia State written across the chest.

[24] However, after a two-day-long social media event that had fans unravelling parts of a "puzzle", Miles' altered uniforms were unveiled, showing up to 12 possible variations.

[25] Along with these changes, it was announced that the original blue helmet with the GSU insignia on it would still be available as a part of the uniform and would be worn at homecoming.

[26] The uniforms drew praise from Atlanta area fashion professionals, who cited it as "a modern take on a classic style.

[30] Elliott signed a five-year contract with Georgia State that paid him a base salary of $515,000 annually.

[32] They began the season on a sour note; dropping a 17–10 game to FCS opponent Tennessee State[33] and a 56–0 shutout to No.

[34] Elliott's team won its first game of the season in their third contest, defeating Charlotte by a shutout score of 28–0.

[35] Georgia State was scheduled to play Memphis on September 30, but due to the Tigers having to reschedule American Athletic Conference opponent UCF for September 30 due to Hurricane Irma, the game between the Tigers and Panthers was canceled.

[37] They earned their third straight win on October 14 with a 47–37 victory over Louisiana-Monroe, a game in which the offense set a school record with 670 total yards.

[44] The Panthers accepted a berth in the 2017 Cure Bowl, a game they won over Western Kentucky by a score of 27–17.

[47] On September 14, 2024, Georgia State defeated the Vanderbilt Commodores out of the Southeastern Conference (SEC) 36-32 at Center Parc Stadium.

[51] During his tenure as head coach, Curry saw the program grow from an idea into a fully fledged division I – FCS team.

He also was present for the beginning of the transition from the football championship subdivision (FCS) to the football bowl subdivision (FBS) as the school changed athletics conferences from the Colonial Athletic Association to the Sun Belt Conference.

[52] While Georgia State built the foundations for its football program with him at its helm, including new practice facilities and offices, Curry's teams experienced little success on the field.

However, the university honored its founding head coach by naming the locker rooms at the new football practice facility after Curry.

On November 12, 2016, after losing to conference foe ULM, it was reported that Trent Miles was fired, leaving with a career record of 9–38 at Georgia State.

During the run up to the game, fans from both teams expressed their dislike for the other over social media outlets such as Twitter, at times trending with tags of "SouthernNotState" which were used as slogans for shirts.

Georgia State began hosting its home games at Center Parc Stadium during the 2017 season.

Center Parc Stadium boasts the eighth-largest video board in college football, with a 71-by-79-foot (22 m × 24 m) span and an area of 5,600 sq ft (520 m2).