Annual NCAA football game
The 2017 Frisco Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 20, 2017, at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas , United States . The first annual Frisco Bowl , it featured the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs of Conference USA and the SMU Mustangs of the American Athletic Conference . It began at 7:00 PM CST and aired on ESPN . It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 FBS football season . Sponsored by DXL , a retailer of men's big and tall apparel, the game was officially known as the DXL Frisco Bowl .[4]
Teams [ ] The game featured the SMU Mustangs against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs . It was the fifth all-time meeting between the schools, with Louisiana Tech having led the series 3–1. The Mustangs and Bulldogs played together in the Western Athletic Conference from 2001 until 2004, when SMU joined Conference USA. Coincidentally, Conference USA is the conference that Louisiana Tech would join in the same season that SMU joined The American.[5]
SMU Mustangs [ ] This was the sixteenth bowl game in school history for SMU, and the Mustangs' seventh to be played in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex .
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs [ ] This was the tenth bowl game in school history for Louisiana Tech, and their fourth consecutive (all wins). It was the Bulldogs' third bowl game to be played in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.
Game summary [ ] Scoring summary [ ]
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
La. Tech
SMU
1
7:43
9
30
3:24
La. Tech
J'Mar Smith 1-yard touchdown run, Jonathan Barnes kick good
7
0
1
6:50
3
2
0:52
La. Tech
Interception returned 45 yards for touchdown by Amik Robertson, Jonathan Barnes kick good
14
0
1
3:04
9
47
3:46
SMU
25-yard field goal by Josh Williams
14
3
1
0:45
4
26
2:19
La. Tech
Teddy Veal 6-yard touchdown reception from J'Mar Smith, Jonathan Barnes kick good
21
3
2
11:31
3
7
1:03
La. Tech
Interception returned 23 yards for touchdown by Darryl Lewis, Jonathan Barnes kick good
28
3
2
5:12
5
82
2:26
La. Tech
Teddy Veal 27-yard touchdown reception from J'Mar Smith, Jonathan Barnes kick good
35
3
2
1:33
6
30
3:05
La. Tech
Kam McKnight 11-yard touchdown reception from J'Mar Smith, Jonathan Barnes kick good
42
3
2
0:15
9
78
1:18
SMU
Trey Quinn 9-yard touchdown reception from Ben Hicks, Josh Williams kick good
42
10
3
10:33
9
65
4:27
La. Tech
28-yard field goal by Jonathan Barnes
45
10
3
3:53
11
41
5:01
La. Tech
43-yard field goal by Jonathan Barnes
48
10
4
8:47
5
37
1:53
La. Tech
41-yard field goal by Jonathan Barnes
51
10
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
51
10
Statistics [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
21
21
6
3
51
Mustangs
3
7
0
0
10
Toyota Stadium during the 2017 Frisco Bowl
Statistics
La. Tech
SMU
First Downs
18
20
Total offense, yards
357
294
Rushes-yards (net)
38–141
41–167
Passing yards (net)
216
127
Passes, Comp-Att-Int
16–27–0
19–34–3
Time of Possession
30:21
29:39
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Louisiana Tech Passing
J'Mar Smith
15/23, 216 yds, 3 TD
Rushing
Boston Scott 20 car, 110 yds
Receiving
Teddy Veal
5 rec, 118 yds, 2 TD
SMU Passing
Ben Hicks
19/34, 127 yds, 1 TD, 3 INT
Rushing
Xavier Jones 12 car, 56 yds
Receiving
Courtland Sutton 6 rec, 68 yds
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