2017 Texas Bowl

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2017 Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl
12th Texas Bowl
Texas Longhorns Missouri Tigers
(6–6) (7–5)
Big 12 SEC
33 16
Head coach: 
Tom Herman		 Head coach: 
Barry Odom
1234 Total
Texas 147210 33
Missouri 0790 16
DateDecember 27, 2017
Season2017
StadiumNRG Stadium
LocationHouston, Texas
MVPMichael Dickson (P, Texas)[1]
RefereeMark Duddy (Pac-12)
Attendance67,820
PayoutUS$3,000,000[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN/ESPN Radio
AnnouncersTV: Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath
Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons
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The 2017 Texas Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 27, 2017, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.[3] Sponsored by the Academy Sports + Outdoors sporting goods company, it was officially known as the Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl. The game was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season.

The twelfth edition of the Texas Bowl,[4] the game featured the Texas Longhorns of the Big 12 Conference against the Missouri Tigers of the Southeastern Conference. This was the teams' 24th meeting. Prior to the game, Texas led the series 17–6. This was their first match-up since Missouri left the Big 12 Conference after the 2011 season.[5][6] Texas defeated Missouri, 33–16.

Teams[]

Texas Longhorns[]

See also: 2017 Texas Longhorns football team and 2017 Big 12 Conference football season

Missouri Tigers[]

See also: 2017 Missouri Tigers football team and 2017 Southeastern Conference football season

Game summary[]

Scoring summary[]

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP TEX MIZ
1 13:28 5 75 1:32 TEX Daniel Young 22-yard touchdown reception from Shane Buechele, Joshua Rowland kick good 7 0
1 3:58 4 55 1:19 TEX John Burt 7-yard touchdown reception from Sam Ehlinger, Joshua Rowland kick good 14 0
2 12:10 5 50 1:19 MIZ Ish Witter 4-yard touchdown run, Tucker McCann kick good 14 7
2 7:47 TEX Fumble recovery returned 38 yards for touchdown by Anthony Wheeler, Joshua Rowland kick good 21 7
3 14:42 1 79 0:18 MIZ Johnathon Johnson 79-yard touchdown reception from Drew Lock, 2-point attempt failed 21 13
3 2:44 16 87 5:33 MIZ 28-yard field goal by Tucker McCann 21 16
3 0:10 2 -10 0:10 TEX Missouri rush for -10 yards, safety 23 16
4 12:15 8 30 3:55 TEX 41-yard field goal by Joshua Rowland 26 16
4 1:39 4 14 1:36 TEX Armanti Foreman 18-yard touchdown run, Joshua Rowland kick good 33 16
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 33 16

Statistics[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Longhorns 14 7 2 10 33
Tigers 0 7 9 0 16
Statistics TEX MIZ
First downs 16 17
Plays–yards 71–280 68–390
Rushes–yards 42–113 34–121
Passing yards 167 269
Passing: Comp–Att–Int 17–29–0 18–34–1
Time of possession 35:15 24:45
Team Category Player Statistics
TEX Passing Sam Ehlinger 11/15, 112 yds, 1 TD
Rushing Daniel Young 12 car, 48 yds
Receiving Daniel Young 3 rec, 64 yds, 1 TD
MIZ Passing Drew Lock 18/34, 269 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing Larry Rountree III 14 car, 74 yds
Receiving Johnathon Johnson 3 rec, 85 yds, 1 TD

References[]

  1. ^ "Texas Defense Powers Longhorns to Texas Bowl Win vs. Missouri". Bleacher Report.
  2. ^ "Bowl games". collegefootballpoll.com. College Football Poll. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  3. ^ "THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ACCEPT BIDS TO PLAY IN ACADEMY SPORTS + OUTDOORS TEXAS BOWL". academytexasbowl.org. Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl. December 3, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  4. ^ "About the Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl". academytexasbowl.org. Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl. Archived from the original on December 27, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  5. ^ "Texas Longhorns vs. Missouri Tigers series history". winsipedia.com. Winsipedia. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
  6. ^ "Series record: Texas vs. Missouri". mcubed.net. M Cubed. Retrieved December 27, 2017.

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