Annual NCAA football game
2017 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
1 2 3 4
Total
San Diego State 7 14 7 7
35
Army 7 14 0 21
42
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] Network ESPN Announcers Adam Amin, Mack Brown , Paul Carcaterra
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 PM 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]
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 [ ]
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
SDSU
ARMY
1
13:36
3
73
1:22
SDSU
Rashaad Penny 81-yard touchdown run, John Baron II kick good
7
0
1
2:13
8
70
4:09
ARMY
Ahmad Bradshaw 19-yard touchdown run, Blake Wilson kick good
7
7
2
14:52
5
70
2:21
SDSU
Rashaad Penny 32-yard touchdown run, John Baron II kick good
14
7
2
7:50
12
74
7:02
ARMY
Darnell Woolfolk 7-yard touchdown run, Blake Wilson kick good
14
14
2
0:18
13
53
5:55
ARMY
Andy Davidson 4-yard touchdown run, Blake Wilson kick good
14
21
2
0:05
0
0
0:13
SDSU
Juwan Washington 78-yard touchdown run, John Baron II kick good
21
21
3
1:49
4
72
1:52
SDSU
Rashaad Penny 49-yard touchdown run, John Baron kick good
28
21
4
9:25
10
79
4:47
ARMY
Ahmad Bradshaw 27-yard touchdown run, Blake Wilson kick good
28
28
4
5:47
7
44
3:38
SDSU
Rashaad Penny 4-yard touchdown run, John Baron II kick good
35
28
4
0:18
15
72
5:29
ARMY
Darnell Woolfolk 1-yard touchdown run, 2-point run good
35
36
4
0:00
2
-11
0:18
ARMY
Fumble recovery returned 29 yards for touchdown by Elijah Riley , kick not taken
35
42
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
35
42
Statistics [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Aztecs
7
14
7
7
35
Black Knights
7
14
0
21
42
Statistics
SDSU
Army
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
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 [ ]
