2017 Pinstripe Bowl

The 2017 Pinstripe Bowl was a bowl game, a post-season American college football event that was played on December 27, 2017, at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The eighth edition of the Pinstripe Bowl featured the Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference against the Boston College Eagles of the Atlantic Coast Conference. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by the New Era Cap Company, the game was officially known as the New Era Pinstripe Bowl.

2017 New Era Pinstripe Bowl
8th Pinstripe Bowl
Iowa Hawkeyes Boston College Eagles (7–5) (7–5) Big Ten ACC 27 20 Head coach:  Kirk Ferentz Head coach:  Steve Addazio
1 2 3 4 Total Iowa 3 7 7 10 27 Boston College 7 10 0 3 20
Date	December 27, 2017
Season	2017
Stadium	Yankee Stadium
Location	Bronx, New York, United States
MVP	Akrum Wadley (RB, Iowa)[1]
Referee	Terry Leyden (Pac-12)
Attendance	37,667
Payout	US$4,100,000[2]
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	TV: Kevin Negandhi, Mack Brown, Booger McFarland, Jen Lada Radio: Kevin Winter, Jack Ford, Paul Carcaterra
Pinstripe Bowl  ← 2016  2018 →

The contest was televised on ESPN, with kickoff at 5:15 p.m. (EST)

Team selection

The game featured the Iowa Hawkeyes against the Boston College Eagles, the first meeting between the two. It was Boston College's second appearance in this bowl in four years and the first Pinstripe Bowl for Iowa. .

Iowa

See also: 2017 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Boston College

See also: 2017 Boston College Eagles football team

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP Iowa BC 1 12:59 4 0 0:55 Iowa 24-yard field goal by Miguel Recinos 3 0 1 0:05 14 62 5:57 BC A. J. Dillon 4-yard touchdown run, Colton Lichtenburg kick good 3 7 2 13:18 4 16 1:47 Iowa Noah Fant 8-yard touchdown reception from Nate Stanley, Miguel Recinos kick good 10 7 2 9:35 7 69 3:43 BC Tommy Sweeney 39-yard touchdown reception from Darius Wade, Colton Lichtenburg kick good 10 14 2 1:29 7 84 3:30 BC 30-yard field goal by Colton Lichtenburg 10 17 3 7:11 7 58 3:31 Iowa Akrum Wadley 5-yard touchdown run, Miguel Recinos kick good 17 17 4 11:32 10 55 4:38 Iowa 38-yard field goal by Miguel Recinos 20 17 4 8:09 7 55 3:23 BC 24-yard field goal by Colton Lichtenburg 20 20 4 3:09 3 45 1:13 Iowa Drake Kulick 1-yard touchdown run, Miguel Recinos kick good 27 20 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 27 20

Statistics

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawkeyes	3	7	7	10	27
Eagles	7	10	0	3	20

Statistics	Iowa	BC
First downs	13	16
Plays–yards	54–200	70–383
Rushes–yards	39–101	43–175
Passing yards	99	208
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	8–15–0	16–27–2
Time of possession	27:25	32:35

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Iowa	Passing	Nate Stanley	8/15, 99 yds, 1 TD
	Rushing	Akrum Wadley	22 car, 88 yds, 1 TD
	Receiving	Nick Easley	1 rec, 32 yds
BC	Passing	Darius Wade	16/27, 208 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	A. J. Dillon	32 car, 157 yds, 1 TD
	Receiving	Tommy Sweeney	7 rec, 137 yds, 1 TD