2017 Boca Raton Bowl

{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game

| game_name = Boca Raton Bowl

| subheader = 4th Boca Raton Bowl

| title_sponsor = Cheribundi Tart Cherry

| image =

| caption =

| date_game_played = December 19

| year_game_played = 2017

| football_season = 2017

| stadium = FAU Stadium

| city = Boca Raton, Florida

| visitor_school = University of Akron

| visitor_name_short = Akron

| visitor_nickname = Zips

| visitor_record = 7–6

| visitor_conference = MAC

| visitor_rank_AP =

| visitor_rank_coaches =

| visitor_rank_CFP =

| visitor_coach = Terry Bowden

| visitor_1q = 0

| visitor_2q = 3

| visitor_3q = 0

| visitor_4q = 0

| home_school = Florida Atlantic University

| home_name_short = Florida Atlantic

| home_nickname = Owls

| home_record = 10–3

| home_conference = C-USA

| home_rank_AP =

| home_rank_coaches =

| home_rank_CFP =

| home_coach = Lane Kiffin

| home_1q = 7

| home_2q = 14

| home_3q = 15

| home_4q = 14

| odds =

| MVP = Jason Driskel (QB, FAU)
Azeez Al-Shaair (LB, FAU){{cite web |url=http://www.fau.edu/president/blog/blog-entry-122017.php |title=Owls are Boca Raton Bowl Champions! |first=John W. |last=Kelly |website=FAU.edu |date=December 20, 2017 |accessdate=December 21, 2019}}

| anthem =

| referee = Kevin Stine (Sun Belt)

| halftime =

| attendance = 25,912

| payout = 800,000[http://www.collegefootballpoll.com/bowl_games_bowl_schedule.html Bowl payout]

| us_network = ESPN
ESPN Radio

| us_announcers = Clay Matvick, Kirk Morrison, Cole Cubelic
Radio: Steve Levy, Desmond Howard, Paul Carcaterra

| ratings =

}}

The 2017 Boca Raton Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 19, 2017, at FAU Stadium in Boca Raton, Florida, United States. The fourth edition of the Boca Raton Bowl featured the Conference USA champion Florida Atlantic Owls against the Mid-American Conference East Division champion Akron Zips. Kickoff was scheduled for 7:00 p.m. EST and the game aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Cheribundi beverage company, the game was officially known as the Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl.{{cite web |url=https://www.cheribundibocaratonbowl.com/sponsors/ |title=Sponsors – Boca Raton Bowl |website=cheribundibocaratonbowl.com |accessdate=December 20, 2017}}

Teams

The game featured the Akron Zips against the Florida Atlantic Owls and was the first-ever meeting between the two schools.[http://www.winsipedia.com/florida-atlantic/vs/akron Florida Atlantic Owls vs. Akron Zips series history]

=Akron Zips=

{{see also|2017 Akron Zips football team|2017 Mid-American Conference football season}}

=Florida Atlantic Owls=

{{see also|2017 Florida Atlantic Owls football team|2017 Conference USA football season}}

This was Florida Atlantic's third bowl game in school history, first since 2008, and first Boca Raton Bowl; the Owls won both of their previous bowl games (the 2007 New Orleans Bowl and the 2008 Motor City Bowl).

This was Akron's third bowl game in school history, first since 2015, and first Boca Raton Bowl; the Zips previously lost one bowl game (the 2005 Motor City Bowl) and won one bowl game (the 2015 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl).

Game summary

=Scoring summary=

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{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=1

| Time=1:08

| Team=FAU

| DrivePlays=13

| DriveLength=79

| DriveTime=4:44

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Willie Wright

| QB=Jason Driskel

| yards=4

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Greg Joseph

| Visitor=0

| Home=7

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter = 2

| Time =11:14

| Team=Akron

| DrivePlays=12

| DriveLength=42

| DriveTime=4:54

| Type=FG

| yards=19

| Kicker=Nick Gasser

| Visitor=3

| Home=7

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=5:38

| Team=FAU

| DrivePlays=14

| DriveLength=75

| DriveTime=5:36

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Jason Driskel

| yards=3

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Greg Joseph

| Visitor=3

| Home=14

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=2

| Time=00:37

| Team=FAU

| DrivePlays=4

| DriveLength=87

| DriveTime=0:58

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Devin Singletary

| yards=6

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Greg Joseph

| Visitor=3

| Home=21

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=3

| Time=9:13

| Team=FAU

| DrivePlays=10

| DriveLength=52

| DriveTime=3:13

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Devin Singletary

| yards=2

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Greg Joseph

| Visitor=3

| Home=28

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=3

| Time=06:30

| Team=FAU

| DrivePlays=6

| DriveLength=40

| DriveTime=1:41

| Type=RecTD

| Receiver=Willie Wright

| QB=Jason Driskel

| yards=13

| 2pt type=run

| 2pt result=good

| Visitor=3

| Home=36

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=14:35

| Team=FAU

| DrivePlays=6

| DriveLength=75

| DriveTime=1:44

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Jason Driskel

| yards=7

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Greg Joseph

| Visitor=3

| Home=43

}}

{{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry

| Quarter=4

| Time=10:47

| Team=FAU

| DrivePlays=8

| DriveLength=66

| DriveTime=3:22

| Type=RushTD

| Runner=Devin Singletary

| yards=26

| kickresult=good

| Kicker=Ryan Rickel

| Visitor=3

| Home=50

}}

=Statistics=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Zips

|R1=0|R2=3|R3=0|R4=0

|Home=Owls

|H1=7|H2=14|H3=15|H4=14}}

class="wikitable" ! Statistics !! style="{{NCAA color cell\|Akron Zips}}"\|Akron !! style="{{NCAA secondary color cell\|Florida Atlantic Owls}}"\|FAU
First Downs	11	29
Total offense, yards	146	582
Rushes-yards (net)	37–69	60–312
Passing yards (net)	77	270
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	10–21–0	19–26–0
Time of Possession	27:52	32:08

class="wikitable" ! Team !! Category !! Player !! Statistics
rowspan=3 style="{{NCAA color cell\|Akron Zips}} text-align:center;"\| Akron	Passing	Kato Nelson	9/15, 80 yds
Rushing	Manny Morgan	17 car, 41 yds
Receiving	A.J. Coney	2 rec, 28 yds
rowspan=3 style="{{NCAA secondary color cell\|Florida Atlantic Owls}} text-align:center;"\| Florida Atlantic	Passing	Jason Driskel	19/25, 270 yds, 2 TD
Rushing	Devin Singletary	26 car, 124 yds, 3 TD
Receiving	Kalib Woods	4 rec, 79 yds

References

External links

[http://www.espn.com/college-football/boxscore?gameId=400953386 Box score] at ESPN

Boca Raton Bowl

Category:Boca Raton Bowl

Category:Akron Zips football bowl games

Category:Florida Atlantic Owls football bowl games

Boca Raton Bowl