2017 Holiday Bowl

2017 Holiday Bowl
Washington State Cougars Michigan State Spartans
(9–3) (9–3)
Pac-12 Big Ten
17 42
Head coach: 
Mike Leach		 Head coach: 
Mark Dantonio
APCoachesCFP
211818
APCoachesCFP
191916
1234 Total
Washington State 3077 17
Michigan State 021147 42
Date December 28, 2017
Season 2017
Stadium SDCCU Stadium
Location San Diego, California
MVP Brian Lewerke (QB, Michigan State) & Chris Frey, Jr. (LB, Michigan State)
Favorite Michigan State by 3
Referee Marc Curles (SEC)
Attendance 47,092
United States TV coverage
Network FS1
Announcers Gus Johnson, Joel Klatt, Jenny Taft

The 2017 Holiday Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game, played at SDCCU Stadium in San Diego, California, on December 28, 2017. The 40th edition of the Holiday Bowl featured the Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten Conference versus the Washington State Cougars of the Pac-12 Conference. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by San Diego County Credit Union, the game was officially known as the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl.[1]

Teams

Michigan State

This was Michigan State's first appearance in a Holiday Bowl. The Spartans finished the 2017 regular season at 9–3, and were second in the B1G East Division (7–2). The team had upset wins over then-#7 Michigan and then-#7 Penn State. Their three losses were all against teams that finished in the AP Top 20 (#14 Notre Dame, #20 Northwestern and #5 Ohio State).

Washington State

This was Washington State's fourth appearance in the Holiday Bowl, having lost to #14 Brigham Young in 1981, having defeated #5 Texas in 2003, and having lost to Minnesota in 2016. The Cougars finished the 2017 regular season at 9–3, and were third in the Pac-12 North Division (6–3). The season featured wins against then-#5 USC and then-#18 Stanford.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP MSU WSU
1 05:45 14 64 6:05 WSU 45-yard field goal by Erik Powell 0 3
2 07:34 16 81 9:24 MSU Cody White 15-yard touchdown reception from Brian Lewerke, Matt Coghlin kick good 7 3
2 04:34 4 63 2:03 MSU Felton Davis 49-yard touchdown reception from Brian Lewerke, Matt Coghlin kick good 14 3
2 00:29 6 68 2:43 MSU LJ Scott 3-yard touchdown run, Matt Coghlin kick good 21 3
3 10:28 10 67 4:32 MSU Cody White 10-yard touchdown reception from Brian Lewerke, Matt Coghlin kick good 28 3
3 05:08 7 27 3:47 MSU Damion Terry 6-yard touchdown run, Matt Coghlin kick good 35 3
3 02:06 7 80 3:02 WSU Davontavean Martin 14-yard touchdown reception from Tyler Hilinski, Erik Powell kick good 35 10
4 08:26 9 67 2:57 WSU Davontavean Martin 15-yard touchdown reception from Tyler Hilinski, Erik Powell kick good 35 17
4 06:14 4 46 2:12 MSU LJ Scott 28-yard touchdown run, Matt Coghlin kick good 42 17
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 42 17

Statistics

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 0 21 14 7 42
Cougars 3 0 7 7 17
StatisticsMSUWSU
First downs2517
Plays–yards440296
Rushes–yards22724
Passing yards213272
Passing: Comp–Att–Int13–22–139–50–1
Time of possession36:4223:18
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
MSUPassingBrian Lewerke13/23, 213 yds, 3 TD
RushingLJ Scott18 car, 110 yds, 2 TD
ReceivingFelton Davis4 rec, 118 yds, TD
WSUPassingTyler Hilinski39/50, 272 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
RushingJames Williams3 car, 14 yds
ReceivingJames Williams10 rec, 65 yds

References

  1. ↑ "MICHIGAN STATE AND WASHINGTON STATE ANNOUNCED IN TOP 20 MATCH-UP FOR 40TH ANNUAL SDCCU HOLIDAY BOWL". Holiday Bowl. December 3, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
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