The game featured the Troy Trojans against the North Texas Mean Green. It was the eleventh all-time meeting between the schools; with Troy's victory, it now leads the series 9–2. The Trojans and Mean Green played together in the Sun Belt from 2004 until 2012, when North Texas joined Conference USA.[5]
This was the Trojans' fourth New Orleans Bowl; their record in the game is now 2–2, as they previously won the 2006 and 2010 editions of the game and lost in 2008.
This was the Mean Green's fifth New Orleans Bowl, moving them into a two-way tie with Southern Miss for most appearances in that game (not counting Louisiana–Lafayette's two vacated bowl wins). The Mean Green's New Orleans Bowl record is now 1–4, with their only win in the game coming in 2002 over Cincinnati. It was the Mean Green's first New Orleans Bowl as a representative of Conference USA; their four previous appearances had all been as a Sun Belt member. The Mean Green went 9–3 overall (7–1 in conference) in the regular season, losing to SMU (54–32), Iowa (31–14), and FAU (69–31). They lost again to FAU (41–17) in the C-USA title game to bring their record to 9–4 (7–2).
Game summaryedit
On Troy's 1st drive, they faced an early third down. QB Brandon Silvers found Damion Willis for the first down. Later in the drive, Silvers found Willis for a beautiful pass-and-catch and found Sam Letton down to the North Texas 1-yard line. Senior RB Josh Anderson scored from a yard out to give Troy a 7–0 lead. On North Texas' second play from scrimmage, Jamal Stadom sacked QB Mason Fine and forced a fumble which Troy recovered at the 14-yard line. It took Troy just two plays to score as Silvers found Willis for 8 yards, and Anderson scored again from 2 yards out. Troy went for a two-point conversion, and Silvers found John Johnson in the back of the end zone for a 15–0 lead. Troy forced a three-and-out and got the ball back. However, on third-and-7, Joshua Wheeler sacked Silvers and Troy had to punt to North Texas. Mason Fine led a drive in which he found Rico Bussey for a 12-yard TD. Brandon Silvers then led a drive in which he found Damion Willis for a 22–7 lead.
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The 2017 New Orleans Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 16 2017 at the Mercedes Benz Superdome in New Orleans Louisiana United States The 17th edition of the New Orleans Bowl featured the Sun Belt Conference co champion Troy Trojans against the Conference USA West Division champion North Texas Mean Green It began at 1 p m EST and aired on ESPN It was one of the 2017 18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 FBS football season Sponsored by freight company R L Carriers the game was officially known as the R L Carriers New Orleans Bowl 4 Troy defeated North Texas 50 30 2017 R L Carriers New Orleans Bowl17th New Orleans BowlTroy Trojans North Texas Mean Green 10 2 9 4 Sun Belt C USA50 30Head coach Neal Brown Head coach Seth Littrell1234 TotalTroy 157217 50North Texas 71337 30DateDecember 16 2017Season2017StadiumMercedes Benz SuperdomeLocationNew OrleansMVPTroy QB Brandon Silvers 1 National anthemGregory Afek 2 RefereeDavid Alvarez Mtn West Halftime showTroy University Sound of the South marching bandAttendance24 904PayoutUS 925 000 3 United States TV coverageNetworkESPNESPN RadioAnnouncersJason Benetti Kelly Stouffer Kris BuddenNew Orleans Bowl lt 2016 2018 gt Contents 1 Teams 1 1 Troy Trojans 1 2 North Texas Mean Green 2 Game summary 2 1 Scoring summary 2 2 Statistics 3 ReferencesTeams editThe game featured the Troy Trojans against the North Texas Mean Green It was the eleventh all time meeting between the schools with Troy s victory it now leads the series 9 2 The Trojans and Mean Green played together in the Sun Belt from 2004 until 2012 when North Texas joined Conference USA 5 Troy Trojans edit See also 2017 Troy Trojans football team and 2017 Sun Belt Conference football season This was the Trojans fourth New Orleans Bowl their record in the game is now 2 2 as they previously won the 2006 and 2010 editions of the game and lost in 2008 North Texas Mean Green edit See also 2017 North Texas Mean Green football team and 2017 Conference USA football season This was the Mean Green s fifth New Orleans Bowl moving them into a two way tie with Southern Miss for most appearances in that game not counting Louisiana Lafayette s two vacated bowl wins The Mean Green s New Orleans Bowl record is now 1 4 with their only win in the game coming in 2002 over Cincinnati It was the Mean Green s first New Orleans Bowl as a representative of Conference USA their four previous appearances had all been as a Sun Belt member The Mean Green went 9 3 overall 7 1 in conference in the regular season losing to SMU 54 32 Iowa 31 14 and FAU 69 31 They lost again to FAU 41 17 in the C USA title game to bring their record to 9 4 7 2 Game summary editOn Troy s 1st drive they faced an early third down QB Brandon Silvers found Damion Willis for the first down Later in the drive Silvers found Willis for a beautiful pass and catch and found Sam Letton down to the North Texas 1 yard line Senior RB Josh Anderson scored from a yard out to give Troy a 7 0 lead On North Texas second play from scrimmage Jamal Stadom sacked QB Mason Fine and forced a fumble which Troy recovered at the 14 yard line It took Troy just two plays to score as Silvers found Willis for 8 yards and Anderson scored again from 2 yards out Troy went for a two point conversion and Silvers found John Johnson in the back of the end zone for a 15 0 lead Troy forced a three and out and got the ball back However on third and 7 Joshua Wheeler sacked Silvers and Troy had to punt to North Texas Mason Fine led a drive in which he found Rico Bussey for a 12 yard TD Brandon Silvers then led a drive in which he found Damion Willis for a 22 7 lead Scoring summary edit Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP Troy NT 1 10 55 9 80 4 05 Troy Josh Anderson 1 yard touchdown run Tyler Sumpter kick good 7 0 1 9 21 3 14 0 47 Troy Josh Anderson 2 yard touchdown run 2 point pass good 15 0 1 0 55 11 75 4 07 NT Rico Bussey Jr 12 yard touchdown reception from Mason Fine Trevor Moore kick good 15 7 2 14 24 5 81 1 31 Troy Damion Willis 7 yard touchdown reception from Brandon Silvers Tyler Sumpter kick good 22 7 2 5 49 NT Fumble recovery returned 56 yards for touchdown by Colton McDonald 2 point run failed 22 13 2 0 49 6 41 1 34 NT Michael Lawrence 13 yard touchdown reception from Mason Fine Trevor Moore kick good 22 20 3 13 33 3 27 0 48 Troy Brandon Silvers 1 yard touchdown run Tyler Sumpter kick good 29 20 3 10 28 5 92 2 04 Troy Tevaris McCormick 59 yard touchdown reception from Brandon Silvers Tyler Sumpter kick good 36 20 3 4 26 13 59 6 02 NT 24 yard field goal by Trevor Moore 36 23 3 2 02 2 13 0 31 Troy John Johnson 20 yard touchdown reception from Brandon Silvers Tyler Sumpter kick good 43 23 4 4 07 4 47 1 58 Troy Damion Willis 10 yard touchdown reception from Brandon Silvers Tyler Sumpter kick good 50 23 4 0 28 8 60 3 39 NT Turner Smiley 17 yard touchdown reception from Mason Fine Trevor Moore kick good 50 30 TOP time of possession For other American football terms see Glossary of American football 50 30 Statistics edit 1 2 3 4 Total Trojans 15 7 21 7 50 Mean Green 7 13 3 7 30 Statistics Troy NT First Downs 21 21 Total offense plays yards 69 435 79 295 Rushes yards net 38 129 25 8 Passing yards net 306 303 Passes Comp Att Int 24 31 1 30 54 2 Time of Possession 29 33 30 27 Team Category Player Statistics Troy Passing Brandon Silvers 24 31 305 yds 4 TD 1 INT Rushing Josh Anderson 22 car 113 yds 2 TD Receiving Damion Willis 11 rec 135 yds 2 TD North Texas Passing Mason Fine 30 54 303 yds 3 TD 2 INT Rushing Evan Johnson 6 car 26 yds Receiving Michael Lawrence 6 rec 70 yds 1 TDReferences edit Silvers lining Troy QB honors Saints legend Manning with big game Ohio Valley native sings at New Orleans Bowl December 16 2017 Bowl payout Troy University and University of North Texas Accept 2017 R L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Invitation NewOrleansBowl org Archived from the original on December 4 2017 Retrieved December 3 2017 Troy 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