2017 Armed Forces Bowl

2017 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
15th Armed Forces Bowl
San Diego State Aztecs Army Black Knights (10–2) (9–3) Mountain West Conference Independent 35 42 Head coach:  Rocky Long Head coach:  Jeff Monken
1 2 3 4 Total San Diego State 7 14 7 7 35 Army 7 14 0 21 42
Date	December 23, 2017
Season	2017
Stadium	Amon G. Carter Stadium
Location	Fort Worth, Texas
MVP	Ahmad Bradshaw (QB, Army) & Rashaad Penny (RB, San Diego State) [1]
Referee	Ron Snodgrass (Big Ten)
Attendance	35,986 [2]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Adam Amin, Mack Brown, Paul Carcaterra
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The 2017 Armed Forces Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2017, at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. The fifteenth edition of the Armed Forces Bowl featured the Army Black Knights against the San Diego State Aztecs of the Mountain West Conference. Kickoff was scheduled for 2:30 p.m. CST and the game aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin, the game was officially known as the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl. ^[3]

Teams

The game featured the Army Black Knights against the San Diego State Aztecs.

This was the third time that Army and San Diego State played each other; the Aztecs won both previous meetings, defeating the Black Knights by a score of 23–20 in West Point on September 10, 2011, and then again on September 8, 2012, this time by a score of 42–7 in San Diego. ^[4]

Army Black Knights

See also: 2017 Army Black Knights football team

For 2017, Army had reached a contractual agreement to play in the 2017 Armed Forces Bowl should they be bowl-eligible that season and not selected for a New Year's Six bowl game. Immediately following their 31–28 overtime win over Temple to become bowl-eligible, the Black Knights officially accepted their invitation. ^[3]

This was the Black Knights' second Armed Forces Bowl, following their victory over the SMU Mustangs in the 2010 Armed Forces Bowl by a score of 16–14.

San Diego State Aztecs

See also: 2017 San Diego State Aztecs football team

This was the Aztecs' first Armed Forces Bowl.

Game summary

Scoring Summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP SDSU ARMY 1 13:36 3 73 1:22 SDSU Rashaad Penny 81-yard touchdown run, John Baron II kick good 7 0 1 2:13 8 70 4:09 ARMY Ahmad Bradshaw 19-yard touchdown run, Blake Wilson kick good 7 7 2 14:52 5 70 2:21 SDSU Rashaad Penny 32-yard touchdown run, John Baron II kick good 14 7 2 7:50 12 74 7:02 ARMY Darnell Woolfolk 7-yard touchdown run, Blake Wilson kick good 14 14 2 0:18 13 53 5:55 ARMY Andy Davidson 4-yard touchdown run, Blake Wilson kick good 14 21 2 0:05 0 0 0:13 SDSU Juwan Washington 78-yard touchdown run, John Baron II kick good 21 21 3 1:49 4 72 1:52 SDSU Rashaad Penny 49-yard touchdown run, John Baron kick good 28 21 4 9:25 10 79 4:47 ARMY Ahmad Bradshaw 27-yard touchdown run, Blake Wilson kick good 28 28 4 5:47 7 44 3:38 SDSU Rashaad Penny 4-yard touchdown run, John Baron II kick good 35 28 4 0:18 15 72 5:29 ARMY Darnell Woolfolk 1-yard touchdown run, 2-point run good 35 36 4 0:00 2 -11 0:18 ARMY Fumble recovery returned 29 yards for touchdown by Elijah Riley, kick not taken 35 42 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 35 42

Statistics

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	7	14	7	7	35
Black Knights	7	14	0	21	42

Statistics	SDSU	Army
First Downs	11	31
Total offense, plays-yards	31–280	91–446
Rushes-yards (net)	21–255	87–440
Passing yards (net)	25	6
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	6–10–1	1–4–1
Time of Possession	14:00	46:00

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
San Diego State	Passing	Christian Chapman	6/10, 25 yds, 1 INT
	Rushing	Rashaad Penny	14 car, 221 yds, 4 TD
	Receiving	Fred Trevillion	3 rec, 34 yds
Army	Passing	Ahmad Bradshaw	1/3, 6 yds
	Rushing	Ahmad Bradshaw	32 car, 180 yds, 2 TD
	Receiving	Camden Harrison	1 rec, 6 yds

References

1. @ArmedForcesBowl (December 23, 2017). "Both @pennyhendrixx and @RealAli17 were just given MVP honors for their play in @ArmedForcesBowl" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
2. "2017 Bowl Game Attendance". sportshoop.la. December 25, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
3. "Army West Point Accepts Invitation to 2017 LMAFB". Armed Forces Bowl. November 14, 2016.
4. "Winsipedia - Army Black Knights vs. San Diego State Aztecs football series history" . Retrieved December 23, 2017.