2017 Boca Raton Bowl

College football game

2017 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl

4th Boca Raton Bowl
| Akron Zips | Florida Atlantic Owls

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(7–6) | (10–3)
MAC | C-USA
3 | 50
Head coach:
Terry Bowden | Head coach:
Lane Kiffin
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Akron | 0| 3| 0| 0 | 3
Florida Atlantic | 7| 14| 15| 14 | 50
Date| December 19, 2017
Season| 2017
Stadium| FAU Stadium
Location| Boca Raton, Florida
MVP| Jason Driskel (QB, FAU)
Azeez Al-Shaair (LB, FAU)[1]
Referee| Kevin Stine (Sun Belt)
Attendance| 25,912
Payout| US$800,000[2]
United States TV coverage
Network| ESPN
ESPN Radio
Announcers| Clay Matvick, Kirk Morrison, Cole Cubelic
Radio: Steve Levy, Desmond Howard, Paul Carcaterra
|  Boca Raton Bowl

< 2016 |  2018 >

The 2017 Boca Raton Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 19, 2017, at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. The fourth edition of the Boca Raton Bowl featured the Conference USA champion Florida Atlantic Owls against the Mid-American Conference East Division champion Akron Zips. Kickoff was scheduled for 7:00 p.m. EST and the game aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Cheribundi beverage company, the game was officially known as the Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl.[3]

## Teams

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The game featured the Akron Zips against the Florida Atlantic Owls and was the first-ever meeting between the two schools.[4]

### Akron Zips

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See also: 2017 Akron Zips football team and 2017 Mid-American Conference football season

### Florida Atlantic Owls

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See also: 2017 Florida Atlantic Owls football team and 2017 Conference USA football season

This was Florida Atlantic's third bowl game in school history, first since 2008, and first Boca Raton Bowl; the Owls won both of their previous bowl games (the 2007 New Orleans Bowl and the 2008 Motor City Bowl).

This was Akron's third bowl game in school history, first since 2015, and first Boca Raton Bowl; the Zips previously lost one bowl game (the 2005 Motor City Bowl) and won one bowl game (the 2015 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl).

## Game summary

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### Scoring summary

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Scoring summary

| Quarter  | Time  | Drive | Team  | Scoring information  | Score

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Plays | Yards  | TOP | Akron  | FAU
1  | 1:08  | 13  | 79  | 4:44  | FAU  | Willie Wright 4-yard touchdown reception from Jason Driskel, Greg Joseph kick good  | 0  | 7
2  | 11:14  | 12  | 42  | 4:54  | Akron  | 19-yard field goal by Nick Gasser  | 3  | 7
2  | 5:38  | 14  | 75  | 5:36  | FAU  | Jason Driskel 3-yard touchdown run, Greg Joseph kick good  | 3  | 14
2  | 00:37  | 4  | 87  | 0:58  | FAU  | Devin Singletary 6-yard touchdown run, Greg Joseph kick good  | 3  | 21
3  | 9:13  | 10  | 52  | 3:13  | FAU  | Devin Singletary 2-yard touchdown run, Greg Joseph kick good  | 3  | 28
3  | 06:30  | 6  | 40  | 1:41  | FAU  | Willie Wright 13-yard touchdown reception from Jason Driskel, 2-point run good  | 3  | 36
4  | 14:35  | 6  | 75  | 1:44  | FAU  | Jason Driskel 7-yard touchdown run, Greg Joseph kick good  | 3  | 43
4  | 10:47  | 8  | 66  | 3:22  | FAU  | Devin Singletary 26-yard touchdown run, Ryan Rickel kick good  | 3  | 50
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. | 3  | 50

### Statistics

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Zips  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 0 | 3
Owls | 7  | 14  | 15  | 14 | 50
Statistics | Akron | FAU

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First Downs | 11 | 29
Total offense, yards | 146 | 582
Rushes-yards (net) | 37–69 | 60–312
Passing yards (net) | 77 | 270
Passes, Comp-Att-Int | 10–21–0 | 19–26–0
Time of Possession | 27:52 | 32:08
Team | Category | Player | Statistics

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Akron | Passing | Kato Nelson | 9/15, 80 yds
Rushing | Manny Morgan | 17 car, 41 yds
Receiving | A.J. Coney | 2 rec, 28 yds
Florida Atlantic | Passing | Jason Driskel | 19/25, 270 yds, 2 TD
Rushing | Devin Singletary | 26 car, 124 yds, 3 TD
Receiving | Kalib Woods | 4 rec, 79 yds

## References

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1. ^ Kelly, John W. (December 20, 2017). "Owls are Boca Raton Bowl Champions!". FAU.edu. Retrieved December 21, 2019.
2. ^ Bowl payout
3. ^ "Sponsors – Boca Raton Bowl". cheribundibocaratonbowl.com. Retrieved December 20, 2017.
4. ^ Florida Atlantic Owls vs. Akron Zips series history

## External links

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* Box score at ESPN

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