College football game
2017 Valero Alamo Bowl 1 2 3 4 Total Stanford 14 7 10 6 37 TCU 3 7 13 16 39
Date December 28, 2017 Season 2017 Stadium Alamodome Location San Antonio, Texas MVP Offensive: Kenny Hill (QB, TCU) Defensive: Travin Howard (LB, TCU) Favorite TCU by 3 Referee Ken Williamson (SEC ) Attendance 57,653[ 1] Payout US$ 7,575,000[ 2] Network ESPN Announcers TV: Rece Davis , Joey Galloway , David Pollack , Quint Kessenich Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons
The 2017 Alamo Bowl (December) was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2017, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas . The 25th annual Alamo Bowl featured the Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-12 against the TCU Horned Frogs of the Big 12 . It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season . Sponsored by Valero Energy , the game was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl . The contest was televised on ESPN , with kickoff at 8:00 p.m. (CST ).
The game featured the Stanford Cardinal against the TCU Horned Frogs . This was the third meeting between the schools – they played games in 2007 and 2008 at each team's home stadium; TCU won both games to lead the series 2–0.[ 3]
Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP STAN TCU 1 8:42 3 23 1:26 STAN Bryce Love 15-yard touchdown run, Jet Toner kick good 7 0 1 6:01 8 58 2:41 TCU 38-yard field goal by Cole Bunce 7 3 1 1:51 7 70 4:10 STAN J. J. Arcega-Whiteside 18-yard touchdown reception from K. J. Costello , Jet Toner kick good 14 3 2 7:24 11 53 6:06 STAN J. J. Arcega-Whiteside 14-yard touchdown reception from K. J. Costello, Jet Toner kick good 21 3 2 3:06 9 76 4:18 TCU Kenny Hill 6-yard touchdown run, Cole Bunce kick good 21 10 3 11:11 9 75 3:49 TCU Kenny Hill 27-yard touchdown reception from Desmon White, Cole Bunce kick no good 21 16 3 9:01 4 79 2:10 STAN Bryce Love 69-yard touchdown run, Jet Toner kick good 28 16 3 5:51 9 75 3:10 TCU Desmon White 11-yard touchdown reception from Kenny Hill, Cole Bunce kick good 28 23 3 2:09 7 64 3:42 STAN 27-yard field goal by Jet Toner 31 23 4 14:34 1 93 0:11 TCU Jalen Reagor 93-yard touchdown reception from Kenny Hill, 2-point pass failed 31 29 4 11:49 - - - TCU Desmon White 76 yard punt return 31 36 4 6:42 10 76 5:07 STAN J. J. Arcega-Whiteside 4-yard touchdown reception from K. J. Costello, 2-point pass failed 37 36 4 3:07 9 59 3:35 TCU 33-yard field goal by Cole Bunce 37 39 "TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football . 37 39
1 2 3 4 Total No. 13 Cardinal 14 7 10 6 37 No. 15 Horned Frogs 3 7 13 16 39
Statistics STAN TCU First downs 17 21 Plays–yards 61–369 67–488 Rushes–yards 34–157 26–147 Passing yards 212 341 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 15–27–2 28–41–2 Time of possession 33:03 26:57
Team Category Player Statistics STAN Passing K. J. Costello 15/27, 212 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT Rushing Bryce Love 26 car, 145 yds, 2 TD Receiving Cameron Scarlett 2 rec, 85 yds TCU Passing Kenny Hill 24/40, 314 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT Rushing Kenny Hill 9 car, 40 yds, 1 TD Receiving Jalen Reagor 5 rec, 169 yds, 1 TD
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