2017 Outback Bowl

2017 Outback Bowl
Florida Gators Iowa Hawkeyes
(8–4) (8–4)
SEC Big Ten
30 3
Head coach: 
Jim McElwain		 Head coach: 
Kirk Ferentz
APCoachesCFP
201817
APCoaches
2125
1234 Total
Florida 37713 30
Iowa 3000 3
Date January 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)
Attendance 51,119
Payout US$3,500,000[2]
United States TV coverage
Network ABC
Announcers Mike Patrick (play-by-play)
Ed Cunningham (analyst)
Jerry Punch (sidelines)

The 2017 Outback Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on 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.

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
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP FLA IOWA
1 8:56 5 9 1:25 IOWA 36-yard field goal by Keith Duncan 0 3
1 5:42 8 49 3:14 FLA 44-yard field goal by Eddy Pineiro 3 3
2 1:46 1 85 0:16 FLA Mark Thompson 85-yard touchdown reception from Austin Appleby, Eddy Pineiro kick good 10 3
3 0:48 12 80 6:47 FLA DeAndre Goolsby 6-yard touchdown reception from Austin Appleby, Eddy Pineiro kick good 17 3
4 14:44 FLA Interception returned 58 yards for touchdown by Chauncey Gardner, Eddy Pineiro kick good 24 3
4 9:46 4 -1 1:25 FLA 25-yard field goal by Eddy Pineiro 27 3
4 5:57 4 6 1:39 FLA 48-yard field goal by Eddy Pineiro 30 3
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 30 3

Statistics[4]

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
RushingJordan Scarlett14 r./94 yds, 0 TD
ReceivingAntonio Callaway7 rec./55 yds, 0 TD
IOWAPassingBeathard, C.J.7/23, 3 int., 55 yds, 0 TD
RushingWadley, Akrum22 r./115 yds, 0 TD
ReceivingWadley, Akrum4 rec./21 yds, 0 TD

References

  1. ↑ "College Bowl Game Odds". ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.
  2. ↑ Bowl payout
  3. ↑ "2017 Outback Bowl, Florida vs. Iowa: Date, time, location and everything to know". SB Nation. December 4, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  4. ↑ https://s3.amazonaws.com/sidearm.sites/gatorzone.com/documents/2017/1/2/OUT16.pdf
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