College football game
The 2017 Foster Farms Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 27, 2017, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California . It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season . The 16th edition of the Foster Farms Bowl , the game featured the Arizona Wildcats from the Pac-12 Conference against the Purdue Boilermakers from the Big Ten Conference . It was sponsored by the Foster Farms poultry company.
Team selection
The game features conference tie-ins with teams from the Pac-12 Conference and the Big Ten Conference .
Arizona
The Wildcats finished their regular season 7–5 and accepted an invitation to play in the Foster Farms Bowl.[ 5] This was Arizona's first trip to the Foster Farms Bowl; they entered the game with a record of 9–10–1 in prior bowl appearances. Their last bowl win was at the 2015 New Mexico Bowl , when they defeated New Mexico 45–37.
Purdue
After finishing their season 6–6, the Boilermakers received an invitation to play in the Foster Farms Bowl, which they accepted.[ 6] This bowl marked the Boilermakers' eighteenth bowl appearance (they were 9–8 in prior bowl games) and they were seeking their first bowl victory since the 2011 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl , when they beat Western Michigan 37–32.
Game summary
Scoring summary
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
ARIZ
PUR
1
11:43
6
60
1:24
PUR
Anthony Mahoungou 31-yard touchdown reception from Elijah Sindelar , Spencer Evans kick good
0
7
1
6:43
4
68
1:00
ARIZ
Shawn Poindexter 31-yard touchdown reception from Khalil Tate , Josh Pollack kick good
7
7
1
4:09
3
34
1:06
ARIZ
Tony Ellison 29-yard touchdown reception from Khalil Tate, Josh Pollack kick good
14
7
1
2:22
5
75
1:47
PUR
Gregory Phillips 42-yard touchdown reception from Elijah Sindelar, J.D. Dellinger kick good
14
14
2
9:12
13
90
5:04
PUR
Gregory Phillips 22-yard touchdown reception from Elijah Sindelar, Spencer Evans kick good
14
21
2
4:11
6
80
2:06
PUR
D.J. Knox 13-yard touchdown run, J.D. Dellinger kick good
14
28
2
0:00
11
92
1:35
PUR
26-yard field goal by Spencer Evans
14
31
3
8:53
7
72
3:21
ARIZ
Tony Ellison 40-yard touchdown reception from Khalil Tate, Joshua Pollack kick good
21
31
3
6:31
4
51
1:27
ARIZ
Tyrell Johnson 40-yard touchdown reception from Khalil Tate, Joshua Pollack kick good
28
31
4
3:21
7
67
2:26
ARIZ
Shun Brown 24-yard touchdown reception from Khalil Tate, Josh Pollack kick good
35
31
4
1:44
8
75
1:37
PUR
Anthony Mahoungou 38-yard touchdown reception from Elijah Sindelar, J.D. Dellinger kick good
35
38
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
35
38
Statistics
Total
Wildcats
14
0
14
7
35
Boilermakers
14
17
0
7
38
Statistics
ARIZ
PUR
First downs
19
27
Plays–yards
69–430
90–556
Rushes–yards
43–128
39–160
Passing yards
302
396
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
17–26–1
33–53–1
Time of possession
28:51
30:39
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
ARIZ
Passing
Khalil Tate
17/26, 302 yds, 5 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
Khalil Tate
20 car, 58 yds
Receiving
Tony Ellison
4 rec, 102 yds, 2 TD
PUR
Passing
Elijah Sindelar
33/53, 396 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
D.J. Knox
11 car, 101 yds, 1 TD
Receiving
Gregory Phillips
14 rec, 149 yds, 2 TD
References
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