The game featured conference tie-ins with teams from Conference USA and the Big 12 Conference. However, the bowl instead invited a team from the Pac-12 Conference. This was the second all-time meeting between the two schools, with the first occurring in the 1964 Liberty Bowl. It was the first Heart of Dallas Bowl for each team.
The game was broadcast by ESPN, and kicked off at 1:30 p.m. ET.
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^ abHarris, Drew (December 26, 2017). . theheartofdallasbowl.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017 – via Wayback Machine.
2017, heart, dallas, bowl, american, college, football, bowl, game, played, december, 2017, cotton, bowl, dallas, texas, 2017, bowl, games, concluding, 2017, football, season, edition, heart, dallas, bowl, sponsored, fast, food, chicken, restaurant, zaxby, off. The 2017 Heart of Dallas Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 26 2017 at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas Texas It was one of the 2017 18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season The 8th edition of the Heart of Dallas Bowl it was sponsored by fast food chicken restaurant Zaxby s and was officially known as the Zaxby s Heart of Dallas Bowl 2017 Zaxby s Heart of Dallas Bowl8th Heart of Dallas BowlUtah Utes West Virginia Mountaineers 6 6 7 5 Pac 12 Big 12 Conference30 14Head coach Kyle Whittingham Head coach Dana Holgorsen1234 TotalUtah 710013 30West Virginia 0338 14DateDecember 26 2017Season2017StadiumCotton BowlLocationDallas TexasMVPJulian Blackmon CB Utah 1 RefereeJeff Maconaghy ACC Attendance20 507United States TV coverageNetworkESPNAnnouncersRoy Philpott Rene Ingoglia Kris BuddenHeart of Dallas Bowl lt 2016 2018 gt The game featured the Utah Utes from the Pac 12 Conference against the West Virginia Mountaineers from the Big 12 Conference Utah defeated West Virginia 30 14 1 Contents 1 Team selection 1 1 Utah 1 2 West Virginia 2 Game summary 2 1 Scoring summary 2 2 Statistics 3 Media 4 References 5 External linksTeam selection editThe game featured conference tie ins with teams from Conference USA and the Big 12 Conference However the bowl instead invited a team from the Pac 12 Conference This was the second all time meeting between the two schools with the first occurring in the 1964 Liberty Bowl It was the first Heart of Dallas Bowl for each team Utah edit See also 2017 Utah Utes football team and 2017 Pac 12 Conference football season West Virginia edit See also 2017 West Virginia Mountaineers football team and 2017 Big 12 Conference football seasonGame summary editScoring summary edit Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP Utah WVU 1 11 37 4 83 1 38 Utah Zack Moss 58 yard touchdown run Matt Gay kick good 7 0 2 13 09 11 67 4 29 WVU 28 yard field goal by Evan Staley 7 3 2 5 46 3 13 1 19 Utah Tyler Huntley 2 yard touchdown run Matt Gay kick good 14 3 2 1 08 9 56 3 12 Utah 29 yard field goal by Matt Gay 17 3 3 6 43 4 0 1 02 WVU 26 yard field goal by Evan Staley 17 6 4 13 59 7 39 2 35 Utah Tyler Huntley 2 yard touchdown run Matt Gay kick good 24 6 4 11 38 4 7 1 38 Utah 26 yard field goal by Matt Gay 27 6 4 4 15 8 20 4 03 Utah 24 yard field goal by Matt Gay 30 6 4 1 58 5 67 2 17 WVU Ka Raun White 18 yard touchdown reception from Chris Chugunov 2 point pass good 30 14 TOP time of possession For other American football terms see Glossary of American football 30 14 Statistics edit 1 2 3 4 Total Utes 7 10 0 13 30 Mountaineers 0 3 3 8 14 Statistics Utah WVU First downs 19 6 Plays yards 80 51 Rushes yards 53 197 21 29 Passing yards 165 124 Passing Comp Att Int 12 27 0 10 30 2 Time of possession 38 34 21 26 Team Category Player Statistics Utah Passing Tyler Huntley 12 26 165 yds Rushing Zack Moss 20 car 150 yds 1 TD Receiving Darren Carrington II 4 rec 62 yds West Virginia Passing Chris Chugunov 9 28 129 yds 1 TD 2 INT Rushing Kennedy McCoy 14 car 31 yds Receiving Gary Jennings 3 rec 66 ydsMedia editThe game was broadcast by ESPN and kicked off at 1 30 p m ET References edit a b Harris Drew December 26 2017 Utah halts West Virginia to claim another bowl win theheartofdallasbowl com Archived from the original on December 27 2017 Retrieved December 26 2017 via Wayback Machine External links editGame summary at ESPN 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 Heart of Dallas Bowl amp oldid 1177203480, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
