2017 Heart of Dallas Bowl
2017 Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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8th Heart of Dallas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 26, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
Season | Network ESPN | | |||||||||||||||||
Announcers | Roy Philpott, Rene Ingoglia, Kris Budden | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2017 Heart of Dallas Bowl was an American
Heart of Dallas Bowl, it was sponsored by fast food chicken restaurant Zaxby's
, and was officially known as the Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl.
The game featured the Utah Utes from the Pac-12 Conference against the West Virginia Mountaineers from the Big 12 Conference. Utah defeated West Virginia, 30–14.[1]
Team selection
The game featured conference tie-ins with teams from Conference USA and the Big 12 Conference. However, the bowl instead invited a team from the Pac-12 Conference. This was the second all-time meeting between the two schools, with the first occurring in the 1964 Liberty Bowl. It was the first Heart of Dallas Bowl for each team.
Utah
West Virginia
Game summary
Scoring summary
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Statistics
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Utes | 7 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 30 |
Mountaineers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
Statistics | Utah | WVU |
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First downs | 19 | 6 |
Plays–yards | 80 | 51 |
Rushes–yards | 53–197 | 21–29 |
Passing yards | 165 | 124 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 12–27–0 | 10–30–2 |
Time of possession | 38:34 | 21:26 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Utah | Passing | Tyler Huntley | 12/26, 165 yds |
Rushing | Zack Moss | 20 car, 150 yds, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Darren Carrington II | 4 rec, 62 yds | |
West Virginia | Passing | Chris Chugunov | 9/28, 129 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT |
Rushing | Kennedy McCoy | 14 car, 31 yds | |
Receiving | Gary Jennings | 3 rec, 66 yds |
Media
The game was broadcast by
ET
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References
- ^ a b Harris, Drew (December 26, 2017). "Utah halts West Virginia to claim another bowl win". theheartofdallasbowl.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017 – via Wayback Machine.
External links
- Game summary at ESPN