2017 Las Vegas Bowl
The 2017 Las Vegas Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 16, 2017, at Sam Boyd Stadium in Whitney, Nevada. The twenty-sixth annual Las Vegas Bowl was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concludes the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game aired on ABC.
| 2017 Las Vegas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 26th Las Vegas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 16, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Sam Boyd Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Whitney, Nevada | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Boise State WR Cedrick Wilson Jr. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Adam Savoie (American) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 36,432 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$2,800,000[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ABC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Rece Davis, Kirk Herbstreit, Molly McGrath | ||||||||||||||||||
Team selection
The game featured teams from the Mountain West Conference and Pac-12 Conference. The representative from Mountain West was Boise State, who qualified for the bowl by winning the 2017 Mountain West Conference Football Championship Game. The Pac-12 representative was Oregon. This was Boise State's fourth trip to the Las Vegas Bowl, while it was Oregon's third.
This was the third meeting between the schools, with Boise State having won both previous meeting. The most recent prior meeting was on September 3, 2009, when the Broncos defeated the Ducks by a score of 19–8.[2]
Oregon
Oregon finished the regular season with a record of 7–5 overall and 4–5 in Pac-12 play, to finish in fourth place in the North Division. The Ducks were led by head coach Mario Cristobal after it was announced on December 5th that head coach Willie Taggart had accepted the head coaching position at Florida State.[3]
Boise State
Boise State finished the regular season 10–3 overall and 7–1 in Mountain West play, to finish in first place in the Mountain Division. They defeated Fresno State in the Mountain West Championship Game to become Mountain West champions.
Game summary
Scoring summary
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Statistics
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 25 Broncos | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| Ducks | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| Statistics | BSU | ORE |
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| First downs | 28 | 14 |
| Plays–yards | 90–476 | 64–280 |
| Rushes–yards | 47–107 | 28–47 |
| Passing yards | 369 | 233 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 23–43–2 | 26–36–2 |
| Time of possession | 36:36 | 23:24 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Boise State | Passing | Brett Rypien | 21/38, 362 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT |
| Rushing | Ryan Wolpin | 23 car, 71 yds, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Cedrick Wilson Jr. | 10 rec, 221 yds, 1 TD | |
| Oregon | Passing | Justin Herbert | 26/36, 233 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT |
| Rushing | Justin Herbert | 9 car, 17 yds | |
| Receiving | Dillon Mitchell | 9 rec, 143 yds |
References
- "College Football Poll.com". www.collegefootballpoll.com. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- "Winsipedia - Boise State Broncos vs. Oregon Ducks football series history". Retrieved 22 December 2017.
- "Willie Taggart leaves Oregon Ducks to become head coach at Florida State". Retrieved 22 December 2017.