College football game
The 2017 Foster Farms Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 27, 2017, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California . It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season . The 16th edition of the Foster Farms Bowl , the game featured the Arizona Wildcats from the Pac-12 Conference against the Purdue Boilermakers from the Big Ten Conference . It was sponsored by the Foster Farms poultry company.
The game features conference tie-ins with teams from the Pac-12 Conference and the Big Ten Conference .
The Wildcats finished their regular season 7–5 and accepted an invitation to play in the Foster Farms Bowl.[ 5] This was Arizona's first trip to the Foster Farms Bowl; they entered the game with a record of 9–10–1 in prior bowl appearances. Their last bowl win was at the 2015 New Mexico Bowl , when they defeated New Mexico 45–37.
After finishing their season 6–6, the Boilermakers received an invitation to play in the Foster Farms Bowl, which they accepted.[ 6] This bowl marked the Boilermakers' eighteenth bowl appearance (they were 9–8 in prior bowl games) and they were seeking their first bowl victory since the 2011 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl , when they beat Western Michigan 37–32.
Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP ARIZ PUR 1 11:43 6 60 1:24 PUR Anthony Mahoungou 31-yard touchdown reception from Elijah Sindelar, Spencer Evans kick good 0 7 1 6:43 4 68 1:00 ARIZ Shawn Poindexter 31-yard touchdown reception from Khalil Tate , Josh Pollack kick good 7 7 1 4:09 3 34 1:06 ARIZ Tony Ellison 29-yard touchdown reception from Khalil Tate, Josh Pollack kick good 14 7 1 2:22 5 75 1:47 PUR Gregory Phillips 42-yard touchdown reception from Elijah Sindelar, J.D. Dellinger kick good 14 14 2 9:12 13 90 5:04 PUR Gregory Phillips 22-yard touchdown reception from Elijah Sindelar, Spencer Evans kick good 14 21 2 4:11 6 80 2:06 PUR D.J. Knox 13-yard touchdown run, J.D. Dellinger kick good 14 28 2 0:00 11 92 1:35 PUR 26-yard field goal by Spencer Evans 14 31 3 8:53 7 72 3:21 ARIZ Tony Ellison 40-yard touchdown reception from Khalil Tate, Joshua Pollack kick good 21 31 3 6:31 4 51 1:27 ARIZ Tyrell Johnson 40-yard touchdown reception from Khalil Tate, Joshua Pollack kick good 28 31 4 3:21 7 67 2:26 ARIZ Shun Brown 24-yard touchdown reception from Khalil Tate, Josh Pollack kick good 35 31 4 1:44 8 75 1:37 PUR Anthony Mahoungou 38-yard touchdown reception from Elijah Sindelar, J.D. Dellinger kick good 35 38 "TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football . 35 38
1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 14 0 14 7 35 Boilermakers 14 17 0 7 38
Statistics ARIZ PUR First downs 19 27 Plays–yards 69–430 90–556 Rushes–yards 43–128 39–160 Passing yards 302 396 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 17–26–1 33–53–1 Time of possession 28:51 30:39
Team Category Player Statistics ARIZ Passing Khalil Tate 17/26, 302 yds, 5 TD, 1 INT Rushing Khalil Tate 20 car, 58 yds Receiving Tony Ellison 4 rec, 102 yds, 2 TD PUR Passing Elijah Sindelar 33/53, 396 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT Rushing D.J. Knox 11 car, 101 yds, 1 TD Receiving Gregory Phillips 14 rec, 149 yds, 2 TD