2017 Cactus Bowl

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2017 Cactus Bowl
29th Cactus Bowl
1234Total
Kansas State70141435
UCLA3140017
DateDecember 26, 2017
Season 2017
Stadium Chase Field
Location Phoenix, Arizona
MVP Alex Delton (QB, Kansas State) & Denzel Goolsby (S, Kansas State) [1]
Favorite Kansas State by 6 [2]
Referee Jerry Magallanes (ACC)
Attendance32,859 [3]
Payout US$TBD
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers TV: Jason Benetti, Jordan Rodgers, Olivia Harlan
Radio: Marc Kestecher, Tom Ramsey, Desmond Purnell
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The 2017 Cactus Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 26, 2017, at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. The game was the twenty-ninth edition of the Cactus Bowl, which was originally known as the Copper Bowl, Insight Bowl and then as the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl.

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The game was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. The bowl featured the Kansas State Wildcats of the Big 12 Conference against the UCLA Bruins of the Pac-12 Conference, and was the final game of the season for both teams. [4] Kansas State won, 35–17.

Teams

Kansas State and UCLA had met three times previously, most recently in the 2015 Alamo Bowl, with UCLA leading the series, 2–1.

Kansas State Wildcats

UCLA Bruins

It was announced pregame that UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen had not cleared the concussion protocol and would not play. [5] UCLA named Devon Modster to the starting role in Rosen's absence. [5]

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP KSUUCLA
11:0012446:11UCLA44-yard field goal by JJ Molson03
10:002761:00KSU Alex Delton 68-yard touchdown run, Matthew McCrane kick good73
211:348863:26UCLA Jordan Lasley 52-yard touchdown reception from Devon Modster, JJ Molson kick good710
29:252720:46UCLATheo Howard 70-yard touchdown reception from Devon Modster, JJ Molson kick good717
36:398744:40KSUAlex Delton 1-yard touchdown run, Matthew McCrane kick good1417
34:224242:01KSUDominique Heath 8-yard touchdown reception from Alex Delton, Matthew McCrane kick good2117
414:014502:08KSU Alex Barnes 41-yard touchdown run, Matthew McCrane kick good2817
44:3415988:06KSUAlex Delton 3-yard touchdown run, Matthew McCrane kick good3517
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.3517

Statistics

1234Total
Wildcats70141435
Bruins3140017
StatisticsKSUUCLA
First downs2114
Plays–yards66–42359–364
Rushes–yards49–34425–69
Passing yards79295
Passing: Comp–Att–Int10–17–121–34–0
Time of possession35:0724:43
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Kansas StatePassing Alex Delton 7/10, 52 yds, 1 TD
RushingAlex Delton20 car, 158 yds, 3 TD
ReceivingDominique Heath5 rec, 49 yds, 1 TD
UCLAPassingDevon Modster21/34, 295 yds, 2 TD
RushingBolu Olorunfunmi12 car, 23 yds
Receiving Jordan Lasley 8 rec, 128 yds, 1 TD

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