Fresno State entered the game with a 9–4 overall record (7–2 in conference), while Houston entered the game with an overall record of 7–4 (5–3 in conference). This was the first meeting between the schools.[4]
2017, hawaii, bowl, post, season, american, college, football, bowl, game, played, december, 2017, aloha, stadium, honolulu, hawaii, sixteenth, edition, hawaii, bowl, featured, houston, cougars, from, american, athletic, conference, against, fresno, state, bul. The 2017 Hawaii Bowl was a post season American college football bowl game played on December 24 2017 at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu Hawaii The sixteenth edition of the Hawaii Bowl featured the Houston Cougars from the American Athletic Conference against the Fresno State Bulldogs from the Mountain West Conference The game was one of the 2017 18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season Fresno State defeated Houston 33 27 3 2017 Hawaii Bowl16th Hawaii BowlFresno State Bulldogs Houston Cougars 9 4 7 4 Mountain West The American33 27Head coach Jeff Tedford Head coach Major Applewhite1234 TotalFresno State 013713 33Houston 73107 27DateDecember 24 2017Season2017StadiumAloha StadiumLocationHonolulu HawaiiMVPMarcus McMaryion QB Fresno State amp Steven Dunbar WR Houston 1 RefereeJason Autrey Sun Belt Attendance20 546 2 PayoutUS 1 200 000United States TV coverageNetworkESPN ESPN RadioAnnouncersTV Chris Cotter Rod Gilmore Shelley SmithRadio Kevin Winter TBDHawaii Bowl lt 2016 2018 gt Contents 1 Teams 1 1 Fresno State Bulldogs 1 2 Houston Cougars 2 Game summary 2 1 Scoring summary 2 2 Statistics 3 ReferencesTeams EditFresno State entered the game with a 9 4 overall record 7 2 in conference while Houston entered the game with an overall record of 7 4 5 3 in conference This was the first meeting between the schools 4 Fresno State Bulldogs Edit Main article 2017 Fresno State Bulldogs football team Houston Cougars Edit Main article 2017 Houston Cougars football teamGame summary EditScoring summary Edit Scoring summaryQuarter Time Drive Team Scoring information ScorePlays Yards TOP FRE HOU1st 11 35 4 63 1 33 Houston Ed Oliver 1 yard touchdown run Caden Novikoff kick good 0 72nd 14 13 11 68 2 34 Fresno State Marcus McMaryion 1 yard touchdown run Jimmy Camacho kick good 7 72nd 9 45 9 60 3 44 Fresno State 27 yard field goal by Jimmy Camacho 10 72nd 7 17 8 69 2 28 Houston 31 yard field goal by Caden Novikoff 10 102nd 0 00 10 50 1 11 Fresno State 38 yard field goal by Jimmy Camacho 13 103rd 7 57 10 45 4 39 Houston 31 yard field goal by Caden Novikoff 13 133rd 4 25 9 75 3 36 Fresno State Marcus McMaryion 6 yard touchdown run Jimmy Camacho kick good 20 133rd 2 54 Houston Alexander Myres 94 yard blocked field goal return for touchdown Caden Novikoff kick good 20 204th 13 56 10 81 3 58 Fresno State 26 yard field goal by Jimmy Camacho 23 204th 6 00 13 66 5 01 Fresno State 33 yard field goal by Jimmy Camacho 26 204th 3 49 Fresno State Jaron Bryant 44 yard interception return for touchdown Jimmy Camacho kick good 33 204th 0 45 16 76 3 04 Houston Linell Bonner 2 yard touchdown reception from D Eriq King Caden Novikoff kick good 33 27 TOP time of possession For other American football terms see Glossary of American football Statistics Edit 1 2 3 4 TotalBulldogs 0 13 7 13 33Cougars 7 3 10 7 27Statistics FRE HOUFirst Downs 26 17Third down efficiency 7 19 9 19Rushes yards 131 72Passing yards 342 269Passing Comp Att Int 33 49 1 23 43 1Time of Possession 33 18 26 42Team Category Player StatisticsFresno State Passing Marcus McMaryion 33 48 342 yds 1 INTRushing Josh Hokit 11 car 64 ydsReceiving KeeSean Johnson 8 rec 95 ydsHouston Passing D Eriq King 23 43 269 yds 1 TD 1 INTRushing D Eriq King 9 car 38 ydsReceiving Steven Dunbar 10 rec 197 ydsReferences Edit 2017 Hawai i Bowl Post Game Notes thehawaiibowl com December 25 2017 Retrieved December 26 2017 2017 Bowl Game Attendance sportshoop la December 25 2017 Retrieved December 26 2017 Fresno State vs Houston Box Score ESPN December 24 2017 Retrieved December 25 2017 Houston to Face Fresno State in Hawaii Bowl uhcougars com December 3 2017 Archived from the original on December 25 2017 Retrieved December 25 2017 nbsp This college football bowl article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2017 Hawaii Bowl amp oldid 1171769803, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,