2017 Bahamas Bowl
The 2017 Bahamas Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 22, 2017, at Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau in the Bahamas. The fourth annual Bahamas Bowl, it was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. It began at 12:30 PM EST and aired on ESPN.
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| 4th Bahamas Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 22, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Thomas Robinson Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Nassau, Bahamas | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Dorian Brown (RB, Ohio) & Javon Hagan (FS, Ohio) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Charles Lamertina (American) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 13,585[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$200,000[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN RedVoice, LLC | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Steve Levy, Desmond Howard, Laura Rutledge | ||||||||||||||||||
The game featured the Ohio Bobcats of the Mid-American Conference against the UAB Blazers of Conference USA.[3] Ohio beat UAB by a score of 41–6.
Teams
The game featured the UAB Blazers against the Ohio Bobcats and was the first-ever meeting between the two schools.[4]
UAB Blazers
2017 was the Blazers' first season back on the football field following a two-year hiatus (the program had originally been dropped, but massive public outcry led to its reinstatement a year later). After finishing their regular season 8–4, the Blazers accepted their invitation to the Bahamas Bowl.[5]
This was the first bowl game for UAB since the 2004 Hawaii Bowl where they lost to the Hawaii Warriors by a score of 59–40.
Ohio Bobcats
After finishing their regular season 8–4, the Bobcats accepted their invitation to the Bahamas Bowl.[6]
This was Ohio's eighth bowl appearance in the last nine seasons, and their first appearance in the Bahamas Bowl.
Game summary
Scoring Summary
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Statistics
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Blazers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Bobcats | 13 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 41 |
| Statistics | UAB | Ohio |
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| First Downs | 20 | 24 |
| Total offense, yards | 353 | 459 |
| Rushes-yards (net) | 25–99 | 32–249 |
| Passing yards (net) | 254 | 210 |
| Passes, Comp-Att-Int | 24–45–0 | 14–22–0 |
| Time of Possession | 29:34 | 30:26 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| UAB | Passing | A.J. Erdely | 24/45, 254 yds |
| Rushing | Spencer Brown | 13 car, 37 yds | |
| Receiving | Ronnie Turner Jr. | 4 rec, 67 yds | |
| Ohio | Passing | Nathan Rourke | 12/18, 185 yds, 2 TD |
| Rushing | Dorian Brown | 12 car, 152 yds, 4 TD | |
| Receiving | Papi White | 4 rec, 106 yds, 1 TD |
References
- "2017 Bowl Game Attendance". sportshoop.la. December 25, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
- Bowl payout
- Bahamas Bowl Communications. "UAB and Ohio accept 2017 Bahamas Bowl invitations". BahamasBowl.com. Retrieved 2017-11-27.
- UAB Blazers vs. Ohio Bobcats series history
- "UAB To Play Ohio University in the 2017 Bahamas Bowl". UABSports.com. University of Alabama at Birmingham. November 26, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.
- "Ohio Football Headed To The Bahamas Bowl". OhioBobcats.com. Ohio University. November 26, 2016. Retrieved November 27, 2016.