2017 New Mexico Bowl
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12th New Mexico Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 16, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | Dreamstyle Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
Location | Albuquerque, New Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Offense: Marshall WR Tyre Brady[1] Defense: Marshall LB Channing Hames[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Colorado State by 3[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Luke Richmond (MAC) | ||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 26,087 | ||||||||||||||||||
Payout | US$1,050,000[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Roddy Jones | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2017 New Mexico Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game played at Dreamstyle Stadium in Albuquerque, New Mexico on December 16, 2017. The game was the 12th edition of the New Mexico Bowl and featured the Marshall Thundering Herd of Conference USA and the Colorado State Rams of the Mountain West Conference. Sponsored by clothing company Gildan, the game was officially known as the 2017 Gildan New Mexico Bowl.[4]
Teams
[edit]This game featured the Marshall Thundering Herd of Conference USA against the Colorado State Rams of the Mountain West Conference in their first meeting against each other.
Marshall Thundering Herd
[edit]The Marshall Thundering Herd finished the 2017 regular season with a 7–5 (4–4 C-USA) record. The game was the team's first appearance in the New Mexico Bowl and fourteenth overall. This was Marshall's first bowl game against a team from the Mountain West Conference since the 1999 Motor City Bowl win over BYU.
Colorado State Rams
[edit]The Colorado State Rams finished the 2017 regular season with a 7–5 (5–3 MW) record. The game was the team's third appearance in the New Mexico Bowl and seventeenth overall. The Rams had previously played in the 2013 game, winning against Washington State.
Game summary
[edit]Scoring summary
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Source: [5]
Statistics
[edit]Statistics | Marshall | Colo. St. |
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First downs | 18 | 26 |
Third down efficiency | 5-14 | 9-19 |
Rushes–yards | 33-239 | 31-70 |
Passing yards | 262 | 320 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 17-32-2 | 25-52-0 |
Time of possession | 27:56 | 32:04 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Marshall | Passing | Chase Litton | 17/32, 262 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT |
Rushing | Keion Davis | 18 car, 141 yds, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Tyre Brady | 6 rec, 165 yds, 1 TD | |
Colo. St. | Passing | Nick Stevens | 25/52, 320 yds, 2 TD |
Rushing | Dalyn Dawkins | 10 car, 50 yds | |
Receiving | Bisi Johnson | 6 rec, 119 yds |
Source: [5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "HERDZONE.COM :: MCGILL: Marshall Keeps Bowl Win Streak Intact, Beats CSU in New Mexico Bowl :: Marshall Thundering Herd Athletic Site :: Football". www.herdzone.com. Archived from the original on December 20, 2017. Retrieved January 15, 2022.
- ^ Odds
- ^ Bowl payout
- ^ "Colorado State, Marshall Accept Invitations to 12th Annual New Mexico Bowl". ESPN Events. December 3, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ a b "Marshall Thundering Herd vs. Colorado State Rams". ESPN. December 16, 2017. Retrieved December 16, 2017.
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