2017 Texas Bowl

College football game

2017 Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl

12th Texas Bowl
| Texas Longhorns | Missouri Tigers

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(6–6) | (7–5)
Big 12 | SEC
33 | 16
Head coach:
Tom Herman | Head coach:
Barry Odom
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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]
United States TV coverage
Network| ESPN/ESPN Radio
Announcers| TV: Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath
Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons
|  Texas Bowl

< 2016 |  2018 >

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.

## Teams

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### Texas Longhorns

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See also: 2017 Texas Longhorns football team and 2017 Big 12 Conference football season

### Missouri Tigers

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See also: 2017 Missouri Tigers football team and 2017 Southeastern Conference football season

## 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 | 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

### Statistics

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Longhorns | 14  | 7  | 2  | 10 | 33
Tigers  | 0  | 7  | 9  | 0 | 16
Statistics | TEX | MIZ

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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

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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

## References

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1. ^ "Texas Defense Powers Longhorns to Texas Bowl Win vs. Missouri". Bleacher Report.
2. ^ "Bowl games". collegefootballpoll.com. College Football Poll. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
3. ^ "THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ACCEPT BIDS TO PLAY IN ACADEMY SPORTS + OUTDOORS TEXAS BOWL". academytexasbowl.org. Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl. December 3, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
4. ^ "About the Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl". academytexasbowl.org. Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl. Archived from the original on December 27, 2017. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
5. ^ "Texas Longhorns vs. Missouri Tigers series history". winsipedia.com. Winsipedia. Retrieved December 27, 2017.
6. ^ "Series record: Texas vs. Missouri". mcubed.net. M Cubed. Retrieved December 27, 2017.

## External links

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* Game summary at ESPN

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