2017 Heart of Dallas Bowl


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

West Virginia

Game summary

Scoring summary

Statistics

StatisticsUtahWVU
First downs196
Plays–yards8051
Rushes–yards53–19721–29
Passing yards165124
Passing: Comp–Att–Int12–27–010–30–2
Time of possession38:3421:26

TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
UtahPassingTyler Huntley12/26, 165 yds
UtahRushingZack Moss20 car, 150 yds, 1 TD
UtahReceivingDarren Carrington II4 rec, 62 yds
West VirginiaPassingChris Chugunov9/28, 129 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
West VirginiaRushingKennedy McCoy14 car, 31 yds
West VirginiaReceivingGary Jennings3 rec, 66 yds

Media

The game was broadcast by ESPN, and kicked off at 1:30 PM.