College football game
The 2017 Holiday Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game , played at SDCCU Stadium in San Diego , California , on December 28, 2017. This was the first time that the Holiday Bowl was played at SDCCU Stadium . Previous to the 2017 season, the Holiday Bowl was played at Qualcomm Stadium . The 40th edition of the Holiday Bowl featured the Washington State Cougars of the Pac-12 Conference versus the Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten Conference . It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season . Sponsored by San Diego County Credit Union, the game was officially known as the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl .[ 1]
This was Washington State's fourth appearance in the Holiday Bowl, having lost to #14 Brigham Young in 1981, having defeated #5 Texas in 2003, and having lost to Minnesota in 2016. The Cougars finished the 2017 regular season at 9–3, and were third in the Pac-12 North Division (6–3). The season featured wins against then-#5 USC and then-#18 Stanford.
This was Michigan State's first appearance in a Holiday Bowl. The Spartans finished the 2017 regular season at 9–3, and were second in the B1G East Division (7–2). The team had upset wins over then-#7 Michigan and then-#7 Penn State. Their three losses were all against teams that finished in the AP Top 20 (#14 Notre Dame, #20 Northwestern and #5 Ohio State).
Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP WSU MSU 1 05:45 14 64 6:05 WSU 45-yard field goal by Erik Powell 3 0 2 07:34 16 81 9:24 MSU Cody White 15-yard touchdown reception from Brian Lewerke , Matt Coghlin kick good 3 7 2 04:34 4 63 2:03 MSU Felton Davis 49-yard touchdown reception from Brian Lewerke, Matt Coghlin kick good 3 14 2 00:29 6 68 2:43 MSU LJ Scott 3-yard touchdown run, Matt Coghlin kick good 3 21 3 10:28 10 67 4:32 MSU Cody White 10-yard touchdown reception from Brian Lewerke, Matt Coghlin kick good 3 28 3 05:08 7 27 3:47 MSU Damion Terry 6-yard touchdown run, Matt Coghlin kick good 3 35 3 02:06 7 80 3:02 WSU Davontavean Martin 14-yard touchdown reception from Tyler Hilinski , Erik Powell kick good 10 35 4 08:26 9 67 2:57 WSU Davontavean Martin 15-yard touchdown reception from Tyler Hilinski, Erik Powell kick good 17 35 4 06:14 4 46 2:12 MSU LJ Scott 28-yard touchdown run, Matt Coghlin kick good 17 42 "TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football . 17 42
1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 3 0 7 7 17 Spartans 0 21 14 7 42
Statistics WSU MSU First downs 17 25 Plays–yards 63–296 77–440 Rushes–yards 8–24 48–227 Passing yards 272 213 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 39-50-1 13–22–1 Time of possession 23:18 36:42
Team Category Player Statistics MSU Passing Brian Lewerke 13/23, 213 yds, 3 TD Rushing LJ Scott 18 car, 110 yds, 2 TD Receiving Felton Davis III 4 rec, 118 yds, TD WSU Passing Tyler Hilinski 39/50, 272 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT Rushing James Williams 3 car, 14 yds Receiving James Williams 10 rec, 65 yds
History & conference tie-ins Games Notes The 1984 game is the only time that the eventual national champion played its bowl game in December.