2017 Frisco Bowl

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2017 DXL Frisco Bowl
1st Frisco Bowl
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs SMU Mustangs
(6–6)(7–5)
C-USA The American
5110
Head coach: 
Skip Holtz 		Head coach: 
Sonny Dykes
1234Total
Louisiana Tech21216351
SMU370010
DateDecember 20, 2017
Season 2017
Stadium Toyota Stadium
Location Frisco, Texas
MVP J'Mar Smith (QB, La. Tech) & Amik Robertson (CB, La. Tech) [1]
Referee Ted Pitts (Sun Belt)
Attendance14,419 [2]
Payout US$100,000 [3]
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN
Announcers Mike Couzens, John Congemi, Kris Budden
Frisco Bowl
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The 2017 Frisco Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 20, 2017, at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, United States. The first annual Frisco Bowl, it featured the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs of Conference USA and the SMU Mustangs of the American Athletic Conference. It began at 7:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by DXL, a retailer of men's big and tall apparel, the game was officially known as the DXL Frisco Bowl. [4] The Bulldogs decisively beat the Mustangs by a score of 51–10.

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Teams

The game featured the SMU Mustangs against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs. It was the fifth all-time meeting between the schools, with Louisiana Tech having led the series 3–1. The Mustangs and Bulldogs played together in the Western Athletic Conference from 2001 until 2004, when SMU joined Conference USA. Coincidentally, Conference USA is the conference that Louisiana Tech would join in the same season that SMU joined The American. [5]

SMU Mustangs

This was the sixteenth bowl game in school history for SMU, and the Mustangs' seventh to be played in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

Louisiana Tech Bulldogs

This was the tenth bowl game in school history for Louisiana Tech, and their fourth consecutive (all wins). It was the Bulldogs' third bowl game to be played in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP La. TechSMU
17:439303:24La. Tech J'Mar Smith 1-yard touchdown run, Jonathan Barnes kick good70
16:50320:52La. TechInterception returned 45 yards for touchdown by Amik Robertson, Jonathan Barnes kick good140
13:049473:46SMU25-yard field goal by Josh Williams143
10:454262:19La. TechTeddy Veal 6-yard touchdown reception from J'Mar Smith, Jonathan Barnes kick good213
211:31371:03La. TechInterception returned 23 yards for touchdown by Darryl Lewis, Jonathan Barnes kick good283
25:125822:26La. TechTeddy Veal 27-yard touchdown reception from J'Mar Smith, Jonathan Barnes kick good353
21:336303:05La. TechKam McKnight 11-yard touchdown reception from J'Mar Smith, Jonathan Barnes kick good423
20:159781:18SMU Trey Quinn 9-yard touchdown reception from Ben Hicks, Josh Williams kick good4210
310:339654:27La. Tech28-yard field goal by Jonathan Barnes4510
33:5311415:01La. Tech43-yard field goal by Jonathan Barnes4810
48:475371:53La. Tech41-yard field goal by Jonathan Barnes5110
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.5110

Statistics

1234Total
Bulldogs21216351
Mustangs370010
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Toyota Stadium during the 2017 Frisco Bowl
StatisticsLa. TechSMU
First downs1820
Total offense, yards357294
Rushes-yards (net)38–14141–167
Passing yards (net)216127
Passes, Comp-Att-Int16–27–019–34–3
Time of Possession30:2129:39
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Louisiana TechPassingJ'Mar Smith15/23, 216 yds, 3 TD
Rushing Boston Scott 20 car, 110 yds
ReceivingTeddy Veal5 rec, 118 yds, 2 TD
SMUPassingBen Hicks19/34, 127 yds, 1 TD, 3 INT
Rushing Xavier Jones 12 car, 56 yds
Receiving Courtland Sutton 6 rec, 68 yds

References

  1. ↑ "Smith, Robertson named MVPS in LA Tech's Frisco bowl victory - ESPN Video". December 28, 2017. Archived from the original on December 27, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ "2017-18 bowl game attendance and schedule". Archived from the original on January 2, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Bowl payout". Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  4. ↑ "SMU and Louisiana Tech Selected to Play in Inaugural 2017 DXL Frisco Bowl". DXLFriscoBowl.com. December 3, 2017. Archived from the original on December 4, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.
  5. ↑ "SMU Mustangs vs. Louisiana Tech Bulldogs series history". Archived from the original on December 4, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2017.

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