College football game
The 2017 New Mexico Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game played at Dreamstyle Stadium in Albuquerque , New Mexico on December 16, 2017. The game was the 12th edition of the New Mexico Bowl and featured the Marshall Thundering Herd of Conference USA and the Colorado State Rams of the Mountain West Conference . Sponsored by clothing company Gildan , the game was officially known as the 2017 Gildan New Mexico Bowl .[ 4]
Teams
This game featured the Marshall Thundering Herd of Conference USA against the Colorado State Rams of the Mountain West Conference in their first meeting against each other.
Marshall Thundering Herd
The Marshall Thundering Herd finished the 2017 regular season with a 7–5 (4–4 C-USA) record. The game was the team's first appearance in the New Mexico Bowl and fourteenth overall. This was Marshall's first bowl game against a team from the Mountain West Conference since the 1999 Motor City Bowl win over BYU .
Colorado State Rams
The Colorado State Rams finished the 2017 regular season with a 7–5 (5–3 MW) record. The game was the team's third appearance in the New Mexico Bowl and seventeenth overall. The Rams had previously played in the 2013 game , winning against Washington State .
Game summary
Scoring summary
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
Marshall
Colo. St.
2
14:29
1
76
0:21
Marshall
Tyre Brady 76-yard touchdown reception from Chase Litton , Kaare Vedvik kick good
7
0
2
8:17
15
75
6:12
Colo. St.
Detrich Clark 5-yard touchdown reception from Nick Stevens , Wyatt Bryan kick good
7
7
2
6:07
6
75
2:10
Marshall
Ryan Yurachek 15-yard touchdown reception from Litton, Vedvik kick good
14
7
2
4:41
4
75
1:26
Colo. St.
Nick Stevens 9-yard touchdown run, Bryan kick good
14
14
2
3:55
2
75
0:46
Marshall
Keion Davis 68-yard touchdown run, Vedvik kick good
21
14
3
12:12
1
90
0:14
Marshall
Tyler King 90-yard touchdown run, Vedvik kick good
28
14
3
4:10
14
72
6:06
Marshall
21-yard field goal by Kaare Vedvik
31
14
4
12:55
5
79
1:21
Colo. St.
Detrich Clark 24-yard touchdown reception from Stevens, Bryan kick good
31
21
4
6:37
8
85
3:11
Colo. St.
Nick Stevens 1-yard touchdown run, Bryan kick good
31
28
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
31
28
Source: [ 5]
Statistics
Statistics
Marshall
Colo. St.
First downs
18
26
Third down efficiency
5-14
9-19
Rushes–yards
33-239
31-70
Passing yards
262
320
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
17-32-2
25-52-0
Time of possession
27:56
32:04
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Marshall
Passing
Chase Litton
17/32, 262 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT
Rushing
Keion Davis
18 car, 141 yds, 1 TD
Receiving
Tyre Brady
6 rec, 165 yds, 1 TD
Colo. St.
Passing
Nick Stevens
25/52, 320 yds, 2 TD
Rushing
Dalyn Dawkins
10 car, 50 yds
Receiving
Bisi Johnson
6 rec, 119 yds
Source: [ 5]
References