College football game
2017 Hawaii Bowl 1 2 3 4 Total Fresno State 0 13 7 13 33 Houston 7 3 10 7 27
Date December 24, 2017 Season 2017 Stadium Aloha Stadium Location Honolulu, Hawaii MVP Marcus McMaryion (QB, Fresno State) & Steven Dunbar (WR, Houston) [1] Referee Jason Autrey (Sun Belt ) Attendance 20,546[2] Payout US$ 1,200,000Network ESPN /ESPN Radio Announcers TV: Chris Cotter, Rod Gilmore , Shelley Smith Radio: Kevin Winter, TBD
The 2017 Hawaii Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 24, 2017, at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu , Hawaii . The sixteenth edition of the Hawaii Bowl featured the Houston Cougars from the American Athletic Conference against the Fresno State Bulldogs from the Mountain West Conference . The game was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season . Fresno State defeated Houston, 33–27.[3]
Fresno State entered the game with a 9–4 overall record (7–2 in conference), while Houston entered the game with an overall record of 7–4 (5–3 in conference). This was the first meeting between the schools.[4]
Fresno State Bulldogs [ edit ] Houston Cougars [ edit ] Game summary [ edit ] Scoring summary [ edit ] Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP FRE HOU 1st 11:35 4 63 1:33 Houston Ed Oliver 1-yard touchdown run, Caden Novikoff kick good 0 7 2nd 14:13 11 68 2:34 Fresno State Marcus McMaryion 1-yard touchdown run, Jimmy Camacho kick good 7 7 2nd 9:45 9 60 3:44 Fresno State 27-yard field goal by Jimmy Camacho 10 7 2nd 7:17 8 69 2:28 Houston 31-yard field goal by Caden Novikoff 10 10 2nd 0:00 10 50 1:11 Fresno State 38-yard field goal by Jimmy Camacho 13 10 3rd 7:57 10 45 4:39 Houston 31-yard field goal by Caden Novikoff 13 13 3rd 4:25 9 75 3:36 Fresno State Marcus McMaryion 6-yard touchdown run, Jimmy Camacho kick good 20 13 3rd 2:54 Houston Alexander Myres 94 yard blocked field goal return for touchdown, Caden Novikoff kick good 20 20 4th 13:56 10 81 3:58 Fresno State 26-yard field goal by Jimmy Camacho 23 20 4th 6:00 13 66 5:01 Fresno State 33-yard field goal by Jimmy Camacho 26 20 4th 3:49 Fresno State Jaron Bryant 44 yard interception return for touchdown, Jimmy Camacho kick good 33 20 4th 0:45 16 76 3:04 Houston Linell Bonner 2-yard touchdown reception from D'Eriq King , Caden Novikoff kick good 33 27 "TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
Statistics [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 13 7 13 33 Cougars 7 3 10 7 27
Statistics FRE HOU First Downs 26 17 Third down efficiency 7–19 9–19 Rushes-yards 131 72 Passing yards 342 269 Passing, Comp-Att-Int 33–49–1 23–43–1 Time of Possession 33:18 26:42
Team Category Player Statistics Fresno State Passing Marcus McMaryion 33/48, 342 yds, 1 INT Rushing Josh Hokit 11 car, 64 yds Receiving KeeSean Johnson 8 rec, 95 yds Houston Passing D'Eriq King 23/43, 269 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing D'Eriq King 9 car, 38 yds Receiving Steven Dunbar 10 rec, 197 yds
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