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College football game
The 2017 Holiday Bowl was a postseason
college football
bowl game , played at
SDCCU Stadium in
San Diego ,
California , on December 28, 2017. This was the first time that the
Holiday Bowl was played at
SDCCU Stadium . Previous to the 2017 season, the Holiday Bowl was played at
Qualcomm Stadium . The 40th edition of the
Holiday Bowl featured the
Washington State Cougars of the
Pac-12 Conference versus the
Michigan State Spartans of the
Big Ten Conference . It was one of the
2017–18 bowl games concluding the
2017 FBS football season . Sponsored by San Diego County Credit Union, the game was officially known as the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl .
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Teams Washington State This was Washington State's fourth appearance in the Holiday Bowl, having lost to #14 Brigham Young in 1981, having defeated #5 Texas in 2003, and having lost to Minnesota in 2016. The Cougars finished the 2017 regular season at 9–3, and were third in the Pac-12 North Division (6–3). The season featured wins against then-#5 USC and then-#18 Stanford.
Michigan State This was Michigan State's first appearance in a Holiday Bowl. The Spartans finished the 2017 regular season at 9–3, and were second in the B1G East Division (7–2). The team had upset wins over then-#7 Michigan and then-#7 Penn State. Their three losses were all against teams that finished in the AP Top 20 (#14 Notre Dame, #20 Northwestern and #5 Ohio State).
Game summary Scoring summary
Scoring summary
Quarter
Time
Drive
Team
Scoring information
Score
Plays
Yards
TOP
WSU
MSU
1
05:45
14
64
6:05
WSU
45-yard field goal by Erik Powell
3
0
2
07:34
16
81
9:24
MSU
Cody White 15-yard touchdown reception from
Brian Lewerke , Matt Coghlin kick good
3
7
2
04:34
4
63
2:03
MSU
Felton Davis 49-yard touchdown reception from Brian Lewerke, Matt Coghlin kick good
3
14
2
00:29
6
68
2:43
MSU
LJ Scott 3-yard touchdown run, Matt Coghlin kick good
3
21
3
10:28
10
67
4:32
MSU
Cody White 10-yard touchdown reception from Brian Lewerke, Matt Coghlin kick good
3
28
3
05:08
7
27
3:47
MSU
Damion Terry 6-yard touchdown run, Matt Coghlin kick good
3
35
3
02:06
7
80
3:02
WSU
Davontavean Martin 14-yard touchdown reception from
Tyler Hilinski , Erik Powell kick good
10
35
4
08:26
9
67
2:57
WSU
Davontavean Martin 15-yard touchdown reception from Tyler Hilinski, Erik Powell kick good
17
35
4
06:14
4
46
2:12
MSU
LJ Scott 28-yard touchdown run, Matt Coghlin kick good
17
42
"TOP" =
time of possession . For other American football terms, see
Glossary of American football .
17
42
Statistics
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
3
0
7
7
17
Spartans
0
21
14
7
42
Statistics
WSU
MSU
First downs
17
25
Plays–yards
63–296
77–440
Rushes–yards
8–24
48–227
Passing yards
272
213
Passing: Comp–Att–Int
39-50-1
13–22–1
Time of possession
23:18
36:42
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
MSU Passing
Brian Lewerke
13/23, 213 yds, 3 TD
Rushing
LJ Scott
18 car, 110 yds, 2 TD
Receiving
Felton Davis III
4 rec, 118 yds, TD
WSU Passing
Tyler Hilinski
39/50, 272 yds, 2 TD, 1 INT
Rushing
James Williams
3 car, 14 yds
Receiving
James Williams
10 rec, 65 yds
References
History & conference tie-ins Games Notes
The 1984 game is the only time that the eventual national champion played its bowl game in December.
