2017 Arizona Bowl

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2017 Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl
3rd Arizona Bowl
1234OTTotal
New Mexico State10307626
Utah State7607020
DateDecember 29, 2017
Season 2017
Stadium Arizona Stadium
Location Tucson, Arizona
MVP Larry Rose III (RB, New Mexico State) & Leon McQuaker (LB, New Mexico State) [1]
Favorite New Mexico State by 4 [2]
Referee Rodney Burnette (C-USA)
Attendance39,132 [3]
Payout US$155,820 [4]
United States TV coverage
Network CBSSN
Announcers Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous and Melanie Collins (sideline)
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The 2017 Arizona Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2017, at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The third edition of the Arizona Bowl featured the New Mexico State Aggies of the Sun Belt Conference against the Utah State Aggies of the Mountain West Conference. Kickoff was scheduled for 3:30 p.m. MST and the game aired on CBS Sports Network. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Nova Home Loans mortgage broker company, the game was officially known as the Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl. The win for New Mexico State ended a 57-year drought for bowl wins.

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Teams

The game featured the New Mexico State Aggies against the Utah State Aggies. It was the 38th all-time meeting between the schools, with Utah State leading the series 30–7. From 1984 until 2000, and again from 2003 until 2012, New Mexico State and Utah State were members of the same conference, spanning the Big West, Sun Belt and WAC until Utah State joined Mountain West in 2013.

New Mexico State Aggies

This was New Mexico State's fourth bowl game in school history and their first since the 1960 Sun Bowl, which coincidentally saw them play against Utah State; New Mexico State won that game by a score of 20–13. New Mexico State's appearance in this Arizona Bowl snapped their 56-year bowlless streak, which was the longest in all of FBS.

This bowl was also New Mexico State's final game as a member of the Sun Belt before going independent for 2018.

Utah State Aggies

This was Utah State's first Arizona Bowl.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP NMSUUSU
111:1512593:45NMSU24-yard field goal by Dylan Brown30
111:01USUKickoff returned 96 yards for touchdown by Savon Scarver, Dominik Eberle kick good37
110:47NMSUKickoff returned 100 yards for touchdown by Jason Huntley, Dylan Brown kick good107
214:5510633:49USU24-yard field goal by Dominik Eberle1010
211:359563:20NMSU33-yard field goal by Dylan Brown1310
20:005190:36USU30-yard field goal by Dominik Eberle1313
413:284240:48USULaJuan Hunt 1-yard touchdown run, Dominik Eberle kick good1320
46:3111693:47NMSU Jaleel Scott 11-yard touchdown reception from Tyler Rogers, Dylan Brown kick good2020
OT225NMSU Larry Rose III 21-yard touchdown run, kick not attempted2620
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.2620

Statistics

1234OTTotal
NMSU Aggies10307626
USU Aggies7607020
StatisticsNMSUUSU
First downs1622
Plays–yards83–37589–441
Rushes–yards29–17445–187
Passing yards191254
Passing: Comp–Att–Int29–54–225–44–0
Time of possession28:5831:02
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
NMSUPassingTyler Rogers29/54, 191 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
RushingLarry Rose III16 car, 132 yds, 1 TD
ReceivingJohnathan Boone5 rec, 48 yds
USUPassing Jordan Love 25/44, 254 yds
RushingLaJuan Hunt20 car, 133 yds, 1 TD
ReceivingRon'quavion Tarver8 rec, 97 yds

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  2. "New Mexico State vs. Utah State - Game Summary - December 29, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com.
  3. Bowl, Arizona (December 29, 2017). "39,132 fans in attendance to see the best football festival in the country! Thank you to fans of @NMStateFootball, @USUFootball, and the great people of @VisitTucsonAZ!pic.twitter.com/JeJq358qki".
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