2017 Texas Bowl

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.

2017 Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl
12th Texas Bowl
Texas Longhorns Missouri Tigers (6–6) (7–5) Big 12 SEC 33 16 Head coach:  Tom Herman Head coach:  Barry Odom
1 2 3 4 Total 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 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

Texas Longhorns

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

Missouri Tigers

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

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score 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

	1	2	3	4	Total
Longhorns	14	7	2	10	33
Tigers	0	7	9	0	16

Statistics	TEX	MIZ
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
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