College football game
The 2017 Bahamas Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 22, 2017, at Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau in the Bahamas . The fourth annual Bahamas Bowl , it was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season . It began at 12:30 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN .
The game featured the Ohio Bobcats of the Mid-American Conference against the UAB Blazers of Conference USA . Ohio beat UAB by a score of 41–6.
Teams
The game featured the UAB Blazers against the Ohio Bobcats and was the first-ever meeting between the two schools.
UAB Blazers
See also: 2017 UAB Blazers football team and 2017 Conference USA football season
2017 was the Blazers' first season back on the football field following a two-year hiatus (the program had originally been dropped, but massive public outcry led to its reinstatement a year later). After finishing their regular season 8–4, the Blazers accepted their invitation to the Bahamas Bowl.
This was the first bowl game for UAB since the 2004 Hawaii Bowl where they lost to the Hawaii Warriors by a score of 59–40.
Ohio Bobcats
See also: 2017 Ohio Bobcats football team and 2017 Mid-American Conference football season
After finishing their regular season 8–4, the Bobcats accepted their invitation to the Bahamas Bowl.
This was Ohio's eighth bowl appearance in the last nine seasons, and their first appearance in the Bahamas Bowl.
Game summary
Scoring Summary
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
UAB
OHIO
1
8:41
11
75
6:19
OHIO
DL Knock 2-yard touchdown reception from Nathan Rourke , Louie Zervos kick good
0
7
1
1:20
3
70
1:20
OHIO
Papi White 56-yard touchdown reception from Nathan Rourke, Louie Zervos kick no good
0
13
2
12:26
1
74
0:15
OHIO
Dorian Brown 74-yard touchdown run, Louie Zervos kick good
0
20
2
7:28
6
55
1:42
UAB
34-yard field goal by Nick Vogel
3
20
2
1:16
9
63
6:12
OHIO
Dorian Brown 9-yard touchdown run, Louie Zervos kick good
3
27
3
10:46
11
83
4:14
UAB
25-yard field goal by Nick Vogel
6
27
3
7:45
1
25
0:09
OHIO
Dorian Brown 25-yard touchdown run, Louie Zervos kick good
6
34
3
4:05
6
68
3:08
OHIO
Dorian Brown 14-yard touchdown run, Louie Zervos kick good
6
41
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
6
41
Statistics
1
2
3
4
Total
Blazers
0
3
3
0
6
Bobcats
13
14
14
0
41
Statistics
UAB
Ohio
First Downs
20
24
Total offense, yards
353
459
Rushes-yards (net)
25–99
32–249
Passing yards (net)
254
210
Passes, Comp-Att-Int
24–45–0
14–22–0
Time of Possession
29:34
30:26
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
UAB Passing
A.J. Erdely
24/45, 254 yds
Rushing
Spencer Brown 13 car, 37 yds
Receiving
Ronnie Turner Jr.
4 rec, 67 yds
Ohio Passing
Nathan Rourke 12/18, 185 yds, 2 TD
Rushing
Dorian Brown
12 car, 152 yds, 4 TD
Receiving
Papi White 4 rec, 106 yds, 1 TD
References
"2017 Bowl Game Attendance" . sportshoop.la . December 25, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.Bowl payout
Bahamas Bowl Communications (November 26, 2017). "UAB and Ohio accept 2017 Bahamas Bowl invitations" . BahamasBowl.com . Retrieved November 27, 2017.
UAB Blazers vs. Ohio Bobcats series history
"UAB To Play Ohio University in the 2017 Bahamas Bowl" . UABSports.com . University of Alabama at Birmingham . November 26, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017."Ohio Football Headed To The Bahamas Bowl" . OhioBobcats.com . Ohio University . November 26, 2016. Archived from the original on December 1, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2016.
External links
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