2017 New Mexico Bowl

2017 Gildan New Mexico Bowl
12th New Mexico Bowl
Marshall Thundering Herd Colorado State Rams (7–5) (7–5) C-USA Mountain West 31 28 Head coach:  Doc Holliday Head coach:  Mike Bobo
1 2 3 4 Total Marshall 0 21 10 0 31 Colorado State 0 14 0 14 28
Date	December 16, 2017
Season	2017
Stadium	Dreamstyle Stadium
Location	Albuquerque, New Mexico
MVP	Offense: Marshall WR Tyre Brady Defense: Marshall LB Channing Hames
Favorite	Colorado State by 3
Referee	Luke Richmond (MAC)
Attendance	26,087
Payout	US$1,050,000
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Anish Shroff, Ahmad Brooks, Roddy Jones

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.

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

Main articles: 2017 Marshall Thundering Herd football team and 2017 Conference USA football season

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

Main articles: 2017 Colorado State Rams football team and 2017 Mountain West Conference football season

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

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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

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