College football game
The 2017 Outback Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on Monday, January 2, 2017 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida . The 31st annual Outback Bowl featured the Iowa Hawkeyes from the Big Ten Conference and the Florida Gators from the Southeastern Conference , and was one of the 2016–17 NCAA football bowl games concluding the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The game was nationally televised by ABC , and its title sponsor was the Outback Steakhouse restaurant franchise.
Teams
On December 4, 2016, Florida and Iowa were selected to play one another. This was the fourth overall meeting between the teams, and was the third time the Gators and Hawkeyes played each other in the Outback Bowl, with each team having won one of the previous meetings. This was also the fifth time each school played in the Outback Bowl.
Florida
Main articles: 2016 Florida Gators football team and 2016 Southeastern Conference football season
Iowa
Main articles: 2016 Iowa Hawkeyes football team and 2016 Big Ten Conference football season
Game summary
Scoring summary
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
FLA
IOWA
1
8:56
5
9
1:25
IOWA
36-yard field goal by Keith Duncan
0
3
1
5:42
8
49
3:14
FLA
44-yard field goal by Eddy Piñeiro
3
3
2
1:46
1
85
0:16
FLA
Mark Thompson 85-yard touchdown reception from Austin Appleby , Eddy Piñeiro kick good
10
3
3
0:48
12
80
6:47
FLA
DeAndre Goolsby 6-yard touchdown reception from Austin Appleby, Eddy Piñeiro kick good
17
3
4
14:44
FLA
Interception returned 58 yards for touchdown by Chauncey Gardner, Eddy Piñeiro kick good
24
3
4
9:46
4
-1
1:25
FLA
25-yard field goal by Eddy Piñeiro
27
3
4
5:57
4
6
1:39
FLA
48-yard field goal by Eddy Piñeiro
30
3
"TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football .
30
3
Statistics
Statistics
FLA
IOWA
First Downs
11
14
Plays-yards
57-331
65-226
Third down efficiency
6/15
4/15
Rushes-yards
109
171
Passing yards
222
55
Passing, Comp-Att-Int
14-25-2
7-24-3
Time of Possession
28:45
31:15
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
FLA Passing
Austin Appleby
14/25, 2 int., 222 yds, 2 TD
Rushing
Jordan Scarlett 14 r./94 yds, 0 TD
Receiving
Antonio Callaway 7 rec./55 yds, 0 TD
IOWA Passing
C. J. Beathard 7/23, 3 int., 55 yds, 0 TD
Rushing
Akrum Wadley 22 r./115 yds, 0 TD
Receiving
Akrum Wadley
4 rec./21 yds, 0 TD
References
"College Bowl Game Odds" . ESPN. December 7, 2016. Retrieved December 9, 2016.Bowl payout
"2017 Outback Bowl, Florida vs. Iowa: Date, time, location and everything to know" . SB Nation "Scoring Summary (Final)" (PDF). s3.amazonaws.com . January 2, 2017.
ReliaQuest Bowl Formerly known as the Hall of Fame / Outback Bowl History & conference tie-ins
Games
Notes
The bowl was not played during calendar year 1987.
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