2017 Boca Raton Bowl

2017 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl
Akron Zips Florida Atlantic Owls
(7–6) (10–3)
MAC C-USA
3 50
Head coach: 
Terry Bowden		 Head coach: 
Lane Kiffin
1234 Total
Akron 0300 3
Florida Atlantic 7141514 50
Date December 19, 2017
Season 2017
Stadium FAU Stadium
Location Boca Raton, Florida
MVP Jason Driskel (QB, FAU)
Azeez Al-Shaair (LB, FAU)
Referee Kevin Stine (Sun Belt)
Attendance 25,912
Payout US$800,000[1]
United States TV coverage
Network ESPN
ESPN Radio
Announcers Clay Matvick, Kirk Morrison, Cole Cubelic
Radio: Steve Levy, Desmond Howard, Paul Carcaterra

The 2017 Boca Raton Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 19, 2017, at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. The fourth edition of the Boca Raton Bowl featured the Conference USA champion Florida Atlantic Owls against the Mid-American Conference East Division champion Akron Zips. Kickoff was scheduled for 7:00 PM EST and the game aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Cheribundi beverage company, the game was officially known as the Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl.[2]

Teams

The game featured the Florida Atlantic Owls against the Akron Zips and was the first-ever meeting between the two schools.[3]

Although FAU Stadium is the Owls' usual home field, the Zips served as the designated home team for the game.

Florida Atlantic Owls

This was Florida Atlantic's third bowl game in school history, first since 2008, and first Boca Raton Bowl; the Owls won both of their previous bowl games (the 2007 New Orleans Bowl and the 2008 Motor City Bowl).

Akron Zips

This was Akron's third bowl game in school history, first since 2015, and first Boca Raton Bowl; the Zips previously lost one bowl game (the 2005 Motor City Bowl) and won one bowl game (the 2015 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl).

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP Akron FAU
1 1:08 13 79 4:44 FAU Willie Wright 4-yard touchdown reception from Jason Driskel, Greg Joseph kick good 0 7
2 11:14 12 42 4:54 Akron 19-yard field goal by Nick Gasser 3 7
2 5:38 14 75 5:36 FAU Jason Driskel 3-yard touchdown run, Greg Joseph kick good 3 14
2 00:37 4 87 0:58 FAU Devin Singletary 6-yard touchdown run, Greg Joseph kick good 3 21
3 9:13 10 52 3:13 FAU Devin Singletary 2-yard touchdown run, Greg Joseph kick good 3 28
3 06:30 6 40 1:41 FAU Willie Wright 13-yard touchdown reception from Jason Driskel, 2-point run good 3 36
4 14:35 6 75 1:44 FAU Jason Driskel 7-yard touchdown run, Greg Joseph kick good 3 43
4 10:47 8 66 3:22 FAU Devin Singletary 26-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rickel kick good 3 50
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 3 50

Statistics

1 2 3 4 Total
Zips 0 3 0 0 3
Owls 7 14 15 14 50
StatisticsAkronFAU
First Downs1129
Total offense, yards146582
Rushes-yards (net)37–6960–312
Passing yards (net)77270
Passes, Comp-Att-Int10–21–019–26–0
Time of Possession27:5232:08
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
AkronPassingKato Nelson9/15, 80 yds
RushingManny Morgan17 car, 41 yds
ReceivingA.J. Coney2 rec, 28 yds
FAUPassingJason Driskel19/25, 270 yds, 2 TD
RushingDevin Singletary26 car, 124 yds, 3 TD
ReceivingKalib Woods4 rec, 79 yds

References

  1. ↑ Bowl payout
  2. ↑ "Sponsors – Boca Raton Bowl". cheribundibocaratonbowl.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
  3. ↑ Florida Atlantic Owls vs. Akron Zips series history
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