2017 Quick Lane Bowl


The 2017 Quick Lane Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game, played at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, on December 26, 2017.
The game featured the Duke Blue Devils of the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Northern Illinois Huskies of the Mid-American Conference. The fourth annual Quick Lane Bowl, it was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by Quick Lane tire and auto centers.

Teams

The game featured the Duke Blue Devils against the Northern Illinois Huskies.
This was the first meeting between the schools.

Duke

This was the thirteenth bowl game in school history for Duke and the Blue Devils' first to be played in Michigan.

Northern Illinois

This was the twelfth bowl game in school history for Northern Illinois and the Huskies' first to be played in Michigan.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Statistics

StatisticsDukeNIU
First Downs2713
Third down efficiency10–191–12
Plays–yards92–46557–299
Rushes-yards52–21329–65
Passing yards252234
Passing, Comp-Att-Int27–40–015–28–0
Time of Possession38:2121:39

TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
DukePassingDaniel Jones27/40, 252 yards, 2 TD
DukeRushingDaniel Jones16 carries, 86 yards, 1 TD
DukeReceivingDaniel Helm5 receptions, 73 yards
Northern IllinoisPassingMarcus Childers15/26, 234 yards, 1 TD
Northern IllinoisRushingTre Harbison13 carries, 59 yards, 1 TD
Northern IllinoisReceivingJauan Wesley2, receptions, 109 yards, 1 TD

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