College football game
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.[ 1]
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.
Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP Utah WVU 1 11:37 4 83 1:38 Utah Zack Moss 58-yard touchdown run, Matt Gay kick good 7 0 2 13:09 11 67 4:29 WVU 28-yard field goal by Evan Staley 7 3 2 5:46 3 13 1:19 Utah Tyler Huntley 2-yard touchdown run, Matt Gay kick good 14 3 2 1:08 9 56 3:12 Utah 29-yard field goal by Matt Gay 17 3 3 6:43 4 0 1:02 WVU 26-yard field goal by Evan Staley 17 6 4 13:59 7 39 2:35 Utah Tyler Huntley 2-yard touchdown run, Matt Gay kick good 24 6 4 11:38 4 7 1:38 Utah 26-yard field goal by Matt Gay 27 6 4 4:15 8 20 4:03 Utah 24-yard field goal by Matt Gay 30 6 4 1:58 5 67 2:17 WVU Ka'Raun White 18-yard touchdown reception from Chris Chugunov , 2-point pass good 30 14 "TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football . 30 14
1 2 3 4 Total Utes 7 10 0 13 30 Mountaineers 0 3 3 8 14
Statistics Utah WVU First downs 19 6 Plays–yards 80 51 Rushes–yards 53–197 21–29 Passing yards 165 124 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 12–27–0 10–30–2 Time of possession 38:34 21:26
Team Category Player Statistics Utah Passing Tyler Huntley 12/26, 165 yds Rushing Zack Moss 20 car, 150 yds, 1 TD Receiving Darren Carrington II 4 rec, 62 yds West Virginia Passing Chris Chugunov 9/28, 129 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT Rushing Kennedy McCoy 14 car, 31 yds Receiving Gary Jennings 3 rec, 66 yds
The game was broadcast by ESPN , and kicked off at 1:30 p.m. ET .
# - denotes National Championship Game.