College football game
The 2017 Heart of Dallas Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 26, 2017, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas . It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season . The 8th edition of the Heart of Dallas Bowl , it was sponsored by fast food chicken restaurant Zaxby's , and was officially known as the Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl .
The game featured the Utah Utes from the Pac-12 Conference against the West Virginia Mountaineers from the Big 12 Conference . Utah defeated West Virginia, 30–14.
Team selection
The game featured conference tie-ins with teams from Conference USA and the Big 12 Conference . However, the bowl instead invited a team from the Pac-12 Conference . This was the second all-time meeting between the two schools, with the first occurring in the 1964 Liberty Bowl . It was the first Heart of Dallas Bowl for each team.
Utah
See also: 2017 Utah Utes football team and 2017 Pac-12 Conference football season
West Virginia
See also: 2017 West Virginia Mountaineers football team and 2017 Big 12 Conference football season
Game summary
Scoring summary
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
Utah
WVU
1
11:37
4
83
1:38
Utah
Zack Moss 58-yard touchdown run, Matt Gay kick good
7
0
2
13:09
11
67
4:29
WVU
28-yard field goal by Evan Staley
7
3
2
5:46
3
13
1:19
Utah
Tyler Huntley 2-yard touchdown run, Matt Gay kick good
14
3
2
1:08
9
56
3:12
Utah
29-yard field goal by Matt Gay
17
3
3
6:43
4
0
1:02
WVU
26-yard field goal by Evan Staley
17
6
4
13:59
7
39
2:35
Utah
Tyler Huntley 2-yard touchdown run, Matt Gay kick good
24
6
4
11:38
4
7
1:38
Utah
26-yard field goal by Matt Gay
27
6
4
4:15
8
20
4:03
Utah
24-yard field goal by Matt Gay
30
6
4
1:58
5
67
2:17
WVU
Ka'Raun White 18-yard touchdown reception from Chris Chugunov , 2-point pass good
30
14
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
30
14
Statistics
1
2
3
4
Total
Utes
7
10
0
13
30
Mountaineers
0
3
3
8
14
Statistics
Utah
WVU
First downs
19
6
Plays–yards
80
51
Rushes–yards
53–197
21–29
Passing yards
165
124
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
12–27–0
10–30–2
Time of possession
38:34
21:26
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Utah Passing
Tyler Huntley 12/26, 165 yds
Rushing
Zack Moss 20 car, 150 yds, 1 TD
Receiving
Darren Carrington II
4 rec, 62 yds
West Virginia Passing
Chris Chugunov 9/28, 129 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing
Kennedy McCoy
14 car, 31 yds
Receiving
Gary Jennings 3 rec, 66 yds
Media
The game was broadcast by ESPN , and kicked off at 1:30 p.m. ET .
References
^ Harris, Drew (December 26, 2017). "Utah halts West Virginia to claim another bowl win" . theheartofdallasbowl.com . Archived from the original on December 27, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017 – via Wayback Machine .
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