2017 Gasparilla Bowl

The 2017 Gasparilla Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 21, 2017, at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida. The tenth edition of the game previously known as the St. Petersburg Bowl, it featured the Temple Owls of the American Athletic Conference against the FIU Panthers of Conference USA. It began at 8:00 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 FBS football season. The Owls defeated the Panthers by a score of 28–3.

2017 Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl
10th Gasparilla Bowl
Temple Owls FIU Panthers
(6–6) (8–4)
The American C-USA
28 3
Head coach: 
Geoff Collins		 Head coach: 
Butch Davis
1234 Total
Temple 07714 28
FIU 0030 3
DateDecember 21, 2017
Season2017
StadiumTropicana Field
LocationSt. Petersburg, Florida
MVPFrank Nutile (QB, Temple)
RefereeTim O'Dey (MAC)
Attendance16,363[1]
PayoutUS$1,300,000[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
RedVoice, LLC
AnnouncersMike Couzens, John Congemi, Kris Budden

This was the first edition of the bowl to use the Gasparilla naming, a nod to the legend of José Gaspar, a mythical pirate who is the inspiration for Tampa's Gasparilla Pirate Festival. Sponsored by lawnmower manufacturing company Bad Boy Mowers, the game was officially known as the Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl.[3] This was the last edition of the bowl played at Tropicana Field.

Teams

The game featured the Temple Owls against the FIU Panthers and was the first-ever meeting between the two schools.

Temple Owls
See also: 2017 Temple Owls football team and 2017 American Athletic Conference football season

This was Temple's first Gasparilla Bowl and the third consecutive (and seventh overall) bowl game for the Owls, extending the longest bowl streak in school history.

FIU Panthers
See also: 2017 FIU Panthers football team and 2017 Conference USA football season

This was FIU's third bowl game in school history and second Gasparilla Bowl; the Panthers had previously played in the 2011 game (when it was known as the Beef 'O' Brady's Bowl), losing to Marshall by a score of 20–10. That game was the most recent bowl that the Panthers had appeared in prior to this Gasparilla Bowl, which snapped their five-year streak of not appearing in a bowl.

Game summary

Scoring summary
Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP TEM FIU
2 11:45 7 68 3:08 TEM Frank Nutile 4-yard touchdown run, Aaron Boumerhi kick good 7 0
3 3:12 12 62 4:13 FIU 27-yard field goal by José Borregales 7 3
3 0:28 8 75 2:44 TEM David Hood 1-yard touchdown run, Aaron Boumerhi kick good 14 3
4 7:26 5 93 1:48 TEM Isaiah Wright 45-yard touchdown reception from Frank Nutile, Aaron Boumerhi kick good 21 3
4 3:54 5 23 2:09 TEM Ryquell Armstead 5-yard touchdown run, Aaron Boumerhi kick good 28 3
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 28 3

Statistics
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 7 7 14 28
Panthers 0 0 3 0 3
StatisticsTempleFIU
First Downs2020
Total offense, yards400252
Rushes-yards (net)41–14141–83
Passing yards (net)259169
Passes, Comp-Att-Int19–29–017–34–2
Time of Possession29:5230:08
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Temple PassingFrank Nutile19/29, 259 yds, 1 TD
RushingDavid Hood14 car, 76 yds, 1 TD
ReceivingKeith Kirkwood6 rec, 96 yds
FIU PassingMaurice Alexander16/33, 162 yds, 2 INT
RushingNapoleon Maxwell11 car, 52 yds
ReceivingAustin Maloney3 rec, 42 yds

Source:[4]

References
  1. "StatBroadcast® Systems - Box Score - TEMPLE 28 at FIU 3". www.statbroadcast.com.
  2. "College Football Poll.com". www.collegefootballpoll.com.
  3. "FIU & Temple Accept Invitations to Play in 2017 Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl". GasparillaBowl.com. December 3, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  4. "Scoring Summary (Final). 2017 Bad Boy Mowers Gasparilla Bowl" (PDF). gasparillabowl.com. May 2017.
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