College football game
2017 Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl 1 2 3 4 Total Texas 14 7 2 10 33 Missouri 0 7 9 0 16
Date December 27, 2017 Season 2017 Stadium NRG Stadium Location Houston, Texas MVP Michael Dickson (P, Texas)[ 1] Referee Mark Duddy (Pac-12 ) Attendance 67,820 Payout US$ 3,000,000[ 2] Network ESPN /ESPN Radio Announcers TV: Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek , Molly McGrath Radio: Bill Rosinski , David Norrie , Ian Fitzsimmons
The 2017 Texas Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 27, 2017, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas .[ 3] Sponsored by the Academy Sports + Outdoors sporting goods company, it was officially known as the Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl . The game was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season .
The twelfth edition of the Texas Bowl ,[ 4] the game featured the Texas Longhorns of the Big 12 Conference against the Missouri Tigers of the Southeastern Conference . This was the teams' 24th meeting. Prior to the game, Texas led the series 17–6. This was their first match-up since Missouri left the Big 12 Conference after the 2011 season.[ 5] [ 6] Texas defeated Missouri, 33–16 .
Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP TEX MIZ 1 13:28 5 75 1:32 TEX Daniel Young 22-yard touchdown reception from Shane Buechele , Joshua Rowland kick good 7 0 1 3:58 4 55 1:19 TEX John Burt 7-yard touchdown reception from Sam Ehlinger , Joshua Rowland kick good 14 0 2 12:10 5 50 1:19 MIZ Ish Witter 4-yard touchdown run, Tucker McCann kick good 14 7 2 7:47 TEX Fumble recovery returned 38 yards for touchdown by Anthony Wheeler, Joshua Rowland kick good 21 7 3 14:42 1 79 0:18 MIZ Johnathon Johnson 79-yard touchdown reception from Drew Lock , 2-point attempt failed 21 13 3 2:44 16 87 5:33 MIZ 28-yard field goal by Tucker McCann 21 16 3 0:10 2 -10 0:10 TEX Missouri rush for -10 yards, safety 23 16 4 12:15 8 30 3:55 TEX 41-yard field goal by Joshua Rowland 26 16 4 1:39 4 14 1:36 TEX Armanti Foreman 18-yard touchdown run, Joshua Rowland kick good 33 16 "TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football . 33 16
1 2 3 4 Total Longhorns 14 7 2 10 33 Tigers 0 7 9 0 16
Statistics TEX MIZ First downs 16 17 Plays–yards 71–280 68–390 Rushes–yards 42–113 34–121 Passing yards 167 269 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 17–29–0 18–34–1 Time of possession 35:15 24:45
Team Category Player Statistics TEX Passing Sam Ehlinger 11/15, 112 yds, 1 TD Rushing Daniel Young 12 car, 48 yds Receiving Daniel Young 3 rec, 64 yds, 1 TD MIZ Passing Drew Lock 18/34, 269 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing Larry Rountree III 14 car, 74 yds Receiving Johnathon Johnson 3 rec, 85 yds, 1 TD