2017 TaxSlayer Bowl


The 2017 TaxSlayer Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 31, 2017, at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Florida. The 73rd edition of the Gator Bowl featured the Louisville Cardinals of the Atlantic Coast Conference against the Mississippi State Bulldogs of the Southeastern Conference. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game's naming rights sponsor was tax preparation software company TaxSlayer, and for sponsorship reasons was officially known as the TaxSlayer Bowl.

Teams

Louisville

Mississippi State

Game summary

Scoring summary

Statistics

StatisticsULMSST
First downs2023
Plays–yards70–35875–404
Rushes–yards39–18755–287
Passing yards171127
Passing: Comp–Att–Int13–31–411–20–1
Time of possession30:2129:39

TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
ULPassingLamar Jackson13/31, 171 yds, 2 TD, 4 INT
ULRushingLamar Jackson24 car, 158 yds, 1 TD
ULReceivingJaylen Smith7 rec, 107 yds, 1 TD
MSSTPassingKeytaon Thompson11/20, 127 yds, 1 INT
MSSTRushingKeytaon Thompson27 car, 147 yds, 3 TD
MSSTReceivingJesse Jackson3 rec, 38 yds