2017 Dollar General Bowl

The 2017 Dollar General Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2017, at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The 19th edition of the Dollar General Bowl featured the Sun Belt Conference co-champion Appalachian State Mountaineers against the Mid-American Conference champion Toledo Rockets. Kickoff was scheduled for 6:00 PM CST and the game aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season.[3] The game was sponsored by the Dollar General chain of variety stores.

2017 Dollar General Bowl
19th Dollar General Bowl
Appalachian State Mountaineers Toledo Rockets
(8–4) (11–2)
Sun Belt MAC
34 0
Head coach: 
Scott Satterfield		 Head coach: 
Jason Candle
1234 Total
Appalachian State 71377 34
Toledo 0000 0
DateDecember 23, 2017
Season2017
StadiumLadd–Peebles Stadium
LocationMobile, Alabama
MVPJalin Moore (RB, Appalachian State)
RefereeKevin Hassell (Mtn. West)
Attendance28,706[1]
PayoutUS$1,500,000[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersDave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Dawn Davenport

Teams

The game featured the Appalachian State Mountaineers against the Toledo Rockets. It was the second all-time meeting between the schools; the first was the 2016 Camellia Bowl which saw the Mountaineers defeat the Rockets by a score of 31–28.[4]

Appalachian State Mountaineers
See also: 2017 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team and 2017 Sun Belt Conference football season

This was the Mountaineers' first Dollar General Bowl.

Toledo Rockets
See also: 2017 Toledo Rockets football team and 2017 Mid-American Conference football season

This was the Rockets' third Dollar General Bowl; their record in prior games was 2–0, having previously defeated the UTEP Miners 45–13 in the 2005 game (when it was known as the GMAC Bowl) and having subsequently defeated the Arkansas State Red Wolves 63–44 in the January 2015 game (when it was known as the GoDaddy Bowl).

Game summary

Scoring summary
Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP APP TOL
1 4:06 5 36 1:13 APP Jalin Moore 7-yard touchdown run, Chandler Staton kick good 7 0
2 13:51 8 64 3:23 APP Jalin Moore 7-yard touchdown run, Chandler Staton kick good 14 0
2 8:09 7 57 3:56 APP 29-yard field goal by Chandler Staton 17 0
2 5:52 4 8 2:17 APP 23-yard field goal by Chandler Staton 20 0
3 8:14 7 61 3:59 APP Jalin Moore 31-yard touchdown run, Chandler Staton kick good 27 0
4 14:54 7 55 2:30 APP Malik Williams 3-yard touchdown run, Chandler Staton kick good 34 0
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 34 0

Statistics
1 2 3 4 Total
Mountaineers 7 13 7 7 34
Rockets 0 0 0 0 0
StatisticsAPPTOL
First Downs238
Total offense, plays-yards70–45850–146
Rushes-yards (net)53–32721–22
Passing yards (net)131124
Passes, Comp-Att-Int8–17–016–29–3
Time of Possession35:5024:10
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Appalachian StatePassingTaylor Lamb8/16, 131 yds
RushingJalin Moore22 car, 125 yds, 3 TD
ReceivingIke Lewis4 rec, 67 yds
ToledoPassingLogan Woodside16/29, 124 yds, 3 INT
RushingTrery Swanson11 car, 44 yds
ReceivingJordan Fisher2 rec, 29 yds

References
  1. "2017 Bowl Game Attendance". sportshoop.la. December 25, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  2. Bowl payout
  3. "Appalachian State And Toledo To Face Off In 2017 Dollar General Bowl". DollarGeneralBowl.com. Retrieved 2017-12-03.
  4. Appalachian State Mountaineers vs. Toledo Rockets series history
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