2017 Armed Forces Bowl
The 2017 Armed Forces Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2017, at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. The fifteenth edition of the Armed Forces Bowl featured the Army Black Knights against the San Diego State Aztecs of the Mountain West Conference. Kickoff was scheduled for 2:30 p.m. CST and the game aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin, the game was officially known as the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl.[3]
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| 15th Armed Forces Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 23, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Amon G. Carter Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Fort Worth, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Ahmad Bradshaw (QB, Army) & Rashaad Penny (RB, San Diego State)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Ron Snodgrass (Big Ten) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 35,986[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Adam Amin, Mack Brown, Paul Carcaterra | ||||||||||||||||||
Teams
The game featured the Army Black Knights against the San Diego State Aztecs.
This was the third time that Army and San Diego State played each other; the Aztecs won both previous meetings, defeating the Black Knights by a score of 23–20 in West Point on September 10, 2011, and then again on September 8, 2012, this time by a score of 42–7 in San Diego.[4]
Army Black Knights
For 2017, Army had reached a contractual agreement to play in the 2017 Armed Forces Bowl should they be bowl-eligible that season and not selected for a New Year's Six bowl game. Immediately following their 31–28 overtime win over Temple to become bowl-eligible, the Black Knights officially accepted their invitation.[3]
This was the Black Knights' second Armed Forces Bowl, following their victory over the SMU Mustangs in the 2010 Armed Forces Bowl by a score of 16–14.
San Diego State Aztecs
This was the Aztecs' first Armed Forces Bowl.
Game summary
Scoring Summary
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Statistics
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Aztecs | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| Black Knights | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 42 |
| Statistics | SDSU | Army |
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| First Downs | 11 | 31 |
| Total offense, plays-yards | 31–280 | 91–446 |
| Rushes-yards (net) | 21–255 | 87–440 |
| Passing yards (net) | 25 | 6 |
| Passes, Comp-Att-Int | 6–10–1 | 1–4–1 |
| Time of Possession | 14:00 | 46:00 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| San Diego State | Passing | Christian Chapman | 6/10, 25 yds, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Rashaad Penny | 14 car, 221 yds, 4 TD | |
| Receiving | Fred Trevillion | 3 rec, 34 yds | |
| Army | Passing | Ahmad Bradshaw | 1/3, 6 yds |
| Rushing | Ahmad Bradshaw | 32 car, 180 yds, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Camden Harrison | 1 rec, 6 yds |
References
- @ArmedForcesBowl (December 23, 2017). "Both @pennyhendrixx and @RealAli17 were just given MVP honors for their play in @ArmedForcesBowl" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- "2017 Bowl Game Attendance". sportshoop.la. December 25, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- "Army West Point Accepts Invitation to 2017 LMAFB". Armed Forces Bowl. November 14, 2016.
- "Winsipedia - Army Black Knights vs. San Diego State Aztecs football series history". Retrieved December 23, 2017.