College football game
The 2017 Outback Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on Monday, January 2, 2017 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, Florida . The 31st annual Outback Bowl featured the Iowa Hawkeyes from the Big Ten Conference and the Florida Gators from the Southeastern Conference , and was one of the 2016–17 NCAA football bowl games concluding the 2016 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The game was nationally televised by ABC , and its title sponsor was the Outback Steakhouse restaurant franchise.
On December 4, 2016, Florida and Iowa were selected to play one another.[3] This was the fourth overall meeting between the teams, and was the third time the Gators and Hawkeyes played each other in the Outback Bowl, with each team having won one of the previous meetings. This was also the fifth time each school played in the Outback Bowl.
Florida [ edit ] Game summary [ edit ] Scoring summary [ edit ] Scoring summary Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP FLA IOWA 1 8:56 5 9 1:25 IOWA 36-yard field goal by Keith Duncan 0 3 1 5:42 8 49 3:14 FLA 44-yard field goal by Eddy Piñeiro 3 3 2 1:46 1 85 0:16 FLA Mark Thompson 85-yard touchdown reception from Austin Appleby , Eddy Piñeiro kick good 10 3 3 0:48 12 80 6:47 FLA DeAndre Goolsby 6-yard touchdown reception from Austin Appleby, Eddy Piñeiro kick good 17 3 4 14:44 FLA Interception returned 58 yards for touchdown by Chauncey Gardner, Eddy Piñeiro kick good 24 3 4 9:46 4 -1 1:25 FLA 25-yard field goal by Eddy Piñeiro 27 3 4 5:57 4 6 1:39 FLA 48-yard field goal by Eddy Piñeiro 30 3 "TOP" = time of possession . For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football . 30 3
Statistics [ edit ] Statistics FLA IOWA First Downs 11 14 Plays-yards 57-331 65-226 Third down efficiency 6/15 4/15 Rushes-yards 109 171 Passing yards 222 55 Passing, Comp-Att-Int 14-25-2 7-24-3 Time of Possession 28:45 31:15
Team Category Player Statistics FLA Passing Austin Appleby 14/25, 2 int., 222 yds, 2 TD Rushing Jordan Scarlett 14 r./94 yds, 0 TD Receiving Antonio Callaway 7 rec./55 yds, 0 TD IOWA Passing C. J. Beathard 7/23, 3 int., 55 yds, 0 TD Rushing Akrum Wadley 22 r./115 yds, 0 TD Receiving Akrum Wadley 4 rec./21 yds, 0 TD
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History & conference tie-ins Games Notes The bowl was not played during calendar year 1987.
Pound sign (#) denotes national championship game.