2018 Sugar Bowl

2018 Allstate Sugar Bowl
	College Football Playoff Semifinal at the 84th Sugar Bowl
	2018 Sugar Bowl trophy
Alabama Crimson Tide	Clemson Tigers
(11–1)	(12–1)
SEC	ACC
24	6
Head coach: ; Nick Saban	Head coach: ; Dabo Swinney
Date	January 1[1], 2018
Season	2017
Stadium	Mercedes-Benz Superdome
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana, US
MVP	Jalen Hurts, QB Daron Payne, DT
Favorite	Alabama by 3.5
Referee	Land Clark (Pac-12)
Halftime show	Bands from Participating Schools
Attendance	72,360[2]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN, ESPN Deportes
Announcers	Joe Tessitore, Todd Blackledge, Holly Rowe, and Laura Rutledge (ESPN); Bill Rosinski, David Norrie and Ian Fitzsimmons (ESPN Radio)

The 2018 Sugar Bowl is a College Football Playoff semifinals bowl game that was played on January 1, 2018, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans. This 84th Sugar Bowl game matched two of the top four teams selected by the Selection Committee to compete for a spot at the 2018 College Football Playoff National Championship to be played on January 8, 2018, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Allstate insurance company, the game is officially known as the Allstate Sugar Bowl.

The contest was televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, with a radio broadcast on ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio, with kickoff at 8:00 PM CT (9:00 PM ET).

Teams

The #1-ranked Clemson Tigers, champions of the Atlantic Coast Conference, faced the #4-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide, co-champions of the SEC West Division (along with Auburn who won head-to-head over Alabama.) This is the third consecutive year in which Clemson and Alabama have met in the CFPs, though the previous two meetings were in the CFP Championship Game.

Notes

January 1, 2018 – The Rose Bowl in Pasadena hosted the other semi-final game.

This was Alabama's first Sugar Bowl win of the Nick Saban era. This was also their first win in a Sugar bowl since 1993 against Miami. The Tide had lost games in the 2008-2009, 2013-2014, and 2014-2015 football/bowl seasons. This was also the first win for the Southeastern Conference in the Sugar Bowl since 2010 (Ole Miss has to vacate a win over Oklahoma State), including losses to Louisville, Oklahoma (twice) and Ohio State (twice).

Game summary

The Crimson Tide immediately took a 10-3 lead at halftime. Alex Spence was the only player to score for the Clemson Tigers with just two field goals. Alabama's defense was a huge factor in the game holding the Tigers to only six points. This matchup was a rematch of the 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship in which the Tigers won with quarterback Deshaun Watson leading the team as the game's MVP. The Tigers were not able to perform without Watson and with Kelly Bryant.

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive			Team	Scoring information	Score
Quarter	Time	Plays	Yards	TOP	Team	Scoring information	BAMA	CLEM
1	5:23	10	47	5:24	BAMA	24-yard field goal by Andy Pappanastos	3	0
1	0:12	8	46	3:34	BAMA	Calvin Ridley 12-yard touchdown reception from Jalen Hurts, Andy Pappanastos kick good	10	0
2	10:00	13	54	5:03	CLEM	44-yard field goal by Alex Spence	10	3
3	12:45	4	-5	2:03	CLEM	42-yard field goal by Alex Spence	10	6
3	5:40	7	27	3:38	BAMA	Daron Payne 1-yard touchdown reception from Jalen Hurts, Andy Pappanastos kick good	17	6
3	5:27				BAMA	Interception returned 18 yards for touchdown by Mack Wilson, Andy Pappanastos kick good	24	6
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football.							-	-

Statistics

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 4 Crimson Tide	10	0	14	0	24
No. 1 Tigers	0	3	3	0	6

Statistics	BAMA	CLEM
First downs	16	14
Plays–yards	66–261	70–188
Rushes–yards	42–141	33–64
Passing yards	120	124
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	141	64
Time of possession	32:11	27:49

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
BAMA	Passing	Jalen Hurts	16/24, 120 yds, 2 TD
	Rushing	Damien Harris	19 car, 77 yds
	Receiving	Calvin Ridley	4 rec, 39 yds, 1 TD
CLEM	Passing	Kelly Bryant	18/36, 124 yds, 2 INT
	Rushing	Travis Etienne	4 car, 22 yds
	Receiving	Deon Cain	6 rec, 75 yds

References

↑ "ESPN's Industry-Leading 2017-18 College Football Bowl Schedule - ESPN MediaZone". espnmediazone.com. Retrieved 2 January 2018.
↑ "ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL - CFP SEMIFINAL". espn.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

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[1] "ESPN's Industry-Leading 2017-18 College Football Bowl Schedule - ESPN MediaZone". espnmediazone.com. Retrieved 2 January 2018.

[2] "ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL - CFP SEMIFINAL". espn.com. Retrieved 3 January 2018.

2017–18 NCAA football bowl game season
New Mexico (Dec. 16) Las Vegas (Dec. 16) Camellia (Dec. 16) Cure (Dec. 16) New Orleans (Dec. 16) Boca Raton (Dec. 19) Frisco (Dec. 20) Gasparilla (Dec. 21) Famous Idaho Potato (Dec. 22) Bahamas (Dec. 22) Armed Forces (Dec. 23) Birmingham (Dec. 23) Dollar General (Dec. 23) Hawaii (Dec. 24) Quick Lane (Dec. 26) Heart of Dallas (Dec. 26) Cactus (Dec. 26) Independence (Dec. 27) Pinstripe (Dec. 27) Texas (Dec. 27) Foster Farms (Dec. 27) Military (Dec. 28) Camping World (Dec. 28) Alamo (Dec. 28) Holiday (Dec. 28) Belk (Dec. 29) Cotton (Dec. 29) Sun (Dec. 29) Music City (Dec. 29) Arizona (Dec. 29) Fiesta (Dec. 30) Liberty (Dec. 30) Orange (Dec. 30) TaxSlayer (Dec. 30) Citrus (Jan. 1) Outback (Jan. 1) Peach (Jan. 1)
College Football Playoff games: Rose (semifinal) (Jan. 1) Sugar (semifinal) (Jan. 1) National Championship Game (Jan. 8)
All-Star Games East–West Shrine Game (Jan. 20) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl (Jan. 20) Senior Bowl (Jan. 27)

Sugar Bowl Game
History & conference tie-ins	History Tulane Stadium Georgia Dome Mercedes-Benz Superdome College Football Playoff Broadcasters Southeastern Conference Big 12 Conference
Games	1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1995 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Notes	The 2006 game took place in Atlanta, Georgia due to Hurricane Katrina. The game was also the national title game for either the Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, or Bowl Championship Series in 1993, 1997, 2000, and 2004. There was a Sugar Bowl in January and December in 1972 and 1995. The game was a College Football Playoff semifinal in its 2015 and 2018 editions.