2017 Outback Bowl

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2017 Outback Bowl
31st Outback Bowl
1234Total
Florida3771330
Iowa30003
DateJanuary 2, 2017
Season 2016
Stadium Raymond James Stadium
Location Tampa, Florida
MVP Chauncey Gardner
Favorite Florida by 1 [1]
Referee Brad Van Vark (Big 12)
Attendance51,119
Payout US$3,500,000 [2]
United States TV coverage
Network ABC
Announcers Mike Patrick (play-by-play)
Ed Cunningham (analyst)
Jerry Punch (sidelines)
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The 2017 Outback Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on Monday, January 2, 2017 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida. The 31st annual Outback Bowl featured the Iowa Hawkeyes from the Big Ten Conference and the Florida Gators from the Southeastern Conference, and was one of the 2016–17 NCAA football bowl games concluding the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game was nationally televised by ABC, and its title sponsor was the Outback Steakhouse restaurant franchise.

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Teams

On December 4, 2016, Florida and Iowa were selected to play one another. [3] This was the fourth overall meeting between the teams, and was the third time the Gators and Hawkeyes played each other in the Outback Bowl, with each team having won one of the previous meetings. This was also the fifth time each school played in the Outback Bowl.

Florida

Iowa

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
QuarterTime Drive TeamScoring informationScore
Plays Yards TOP FLAIOWA
18:56591:25IOWA36-yard field goal by Keith Duncan 03
15:428493:14FLA44-yard field goal by Eddy Piñeiro 33
21:461850:16FLAMark Thompson 85-yard touchdown reception from Austin Appleby, Eddy Piñeiro kick good103
30:4812806:47FLADeAndre Goolsby 6-yard touchdown reception from Austin Appleby, Eddy Piñeiro kick good173
414:44FLAInterception returned 58 yards for touchdown by Chauncey Gardner, Eddy Piñeiro kick good243
49:464-11:25FLA25-yard field goal by Eddy Piñeiro273
45:57461:39FLA48-yard field goal by Eddy Piñeiro303
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.303

Statistics

StatisticsFLAIOWA
First Downs1114
Plays-yards57-33165-226
Third down efficiency6/154/15
Rushes-yards109171
Passing yards22255
Passing, Comp-Att-Int14-25-27-24-3
Time of Possession28:4531:15
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
FLAPassingAustin Appleby14/25, 2 int., 222 yds, 2 TD
Rushing Jordan Scarlett 14 r./94 yds, 0 TD
Receiving Antonio Callaway 7 rec./55 yds, 0 TD
IOWAPassing C. J. Beathard 7/23, 3 int., 55 yds, 0 TD
Rushing Akrum Wadley 22 r./115 yds, 0 TD
ReceivingAkrum Wadley4 rec./21 yds, 0 TD

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