2017 Dollar General Bowl

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2017 Dollar General Bowl
19th Dollar General Bowl
Appalachian State Mountaineers Toledo Rockets
(8–4) (11–2)
Sun Belt MAC
34 0
Head coach: 
Scott Satterfield		 Head coach: 
Jason Candle
1234 Total
Appalachian State 71377 34
Toledo 0000 0
DateDecember 23, 2017
Season2017
StadiumLadd–Peebles Stadium
LocationMobile, Alabama
MVPJalin Moore (RB, Appalachian State)
RefereeKevin Hassell (Mtn. West)
Attendance28,706[1]
PayoutUS$1,500,000[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersDave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Dawn Davenport
Dollar General Bowl
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The 2017 Dollar General Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2017, at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The 19th edition of the Dollar General Bowl featured the Sun Belt Conference co-champion Appalachian State Mountaineers against the Mid-American Conference champion Toledo Rockets. Kickoff was scheduled for 6:00 PM CST and the game aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season.[3] The game was sponsored by the Dollar General chain of variety stores.

Teams[]

The game featured the Appalachian State Mountaineers against the Toledo Rockets. It was the second all-time meeting between the schools; the first was the 2016 Camellia Bowl which saw the Mountaineers defeat the Rockets by a score of 31–28.[4]

Appalachian State Mountaineers[]

See also: 2017 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team and 2017 Sun Belt Conference football season

This was the Mountaineers' first Dollar General Bowl.

Toledo Rockets[]

See also: 2017 Toledo Rockets football team and 2017 Mid-American Conference football season

This was the Rockets' third Dollar General Bowl; their record in prior games was 2–0, having previously defeated the UTEP Miners 45–13 in the 2005 game (when it was known as the GMAC Bowl) and having subsequently defeated the Arkansas State Red Wolves 63–44 in the January 2015 game (when it was known as the GoDaddy Bowl).

Game summary[]

Scoring summary[]

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP APP TOL
1 4:06 5 36 1:13 APP Jalin Moore 7-yard touchdown run, Chandler Staton kick good 7 0
2 13:51 8 64 3:23 APP Jalin Moore 7-yard touchdown run, Chandler Staton kick good 14 0
2 8:09 7 57 3:56 APP 29-yard field goal by Chandler Staton 17 0
2 5:52 4 8 2:17 APP 23-yard field goal by Chandler Staton 20 0
3 8:14 7 61 3:59 APP Jalin Moore 31-yard touchdown run, Chandler Staton kick good 27 0
4 14:54 7 55 2:30 APP Malik Williams 3-yard touchdown run, Chandler Staton kick good 34 0
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 34 0

Statistics[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Mountaineers 7 13 7 7 34
Rockets 0 0 0 0 0
Statistics APP TOL
First Downs 23 8
Total offense, plays-yards 70–458 50–146
Rushes-yards (net) 53–327 21–22
Passing yards (net) 131 124
Passes, Comp-Att-Int 8–17–0 16–29–3
Time of Possession 35:50 24:10
Team Category Player Statistics
Appalachian State Passing Taylor Lamb 8/16, 131 yds
Rushing Jalin Moore 22 car, 125 yds, 3 TD
Receiving Ike Lewis 4 rec, 67 yds
Toledo Passing Logan Woodside 16/29, 124 yds, 3 INT
Rushing Trery Swanson 11 car, 44 yds
Receiving Jordan Fisher 2 rec, 29 yds

References[]

  1. ^ "2017 Bowl Game Attendance". sportshoop.la. December 25, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  2. ^ Bowl payout
  3. ^ "Appalachian State And Toledo To Face Off In 2017 Dollar General Bowl". DollarGeneralBowl.com. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  4. ^ Appalachian State Mountaineers vs. Toledo Rockets series history

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