2017 Bahamas Bowl

2017 Bahamas Bowl
4th Bahamas Bowl
UAB Blazers Ohio Bobcats (8–4) (8–4) C-USA MAC 6 41 Head coach:  Bill Clark Head coach:  Frank Solich
1 2 3 4 Total UAB 0 3 3 0 6 Ohio 13 14 14 0 41
Date	December 22, 2017
Season	2017
Stadium	Thomas Robinson Stadium
Location	Nassau, Bahamas
MVP	Dorian Brown (RB, Ohio) & Javon Hagan (FS, Ohio)
Referee	Charles Lamertina (American)
Attendance	13,585
Payout	US$200,000
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN RedVoice, LLC
Announcers	Steve Levy, Desmond Howard, Laura Rutledge

The 2017 Bahamas Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 22, 2017, at Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau in the Bahamas. The fourth annual Bahamas Bowl, it was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. It began at 12:30 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN.

The game featured the Ohio Bobcats of the Mid-American Conference against the UAB Blazers of Conference USA. Ohio beat UAB by a score of 41–6.

Teams

The game featured the UAB Blazers against the Ohio Bobcats and was the first-ever meeting between the two schools.

UAB Blazers

See also: 2017 UAB Blazers football team and 2017 Conference USA football season

2017 was the Blazers' first season back on the football field following a two-year hiatus (the program had originally been dropped, but massive public outcry led to its reinstatement a year later). After finishing their regular season 8–4, the Blazers accepted their invitation to the Bahamas Bowl.

This was the first bowl game for UAB since the 2004 Hawaii Bowl where they lost to the Hawaii Warriors by a score of 59–40.

Ohio Bobcats

See also: 2017 Ohio Bobcats football team and 2017 Mid-American Conference football season

After finishing their regular season 8–4, the Bobcats accepted their invitation to the Bahamas Bowl.

This was Ohio's eighth bowl appearance in the last nine seasons, and their first appearance in the Bahamas Bowl.

Game summary

Scoring Summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP UAB OHIO 1 8:41 11 75 6:19 OHIO DL Knock 2-yard touchdown reception from Nathan Rourke, Louie Zervos kick good 0 7 1 1:20 3 70 1:20 OHIO Papi White 56-yard touchdown reception from Nathan Rourke, Louie Zervos kick no good 0 13 2 12:26 1 74 0:15 OHIO Dorian Brown 74-yard touchdown run, Louie Zervos kick good 0 20 2 7:28 6 55 1:42 UAB 34-yard field goal by Nick Vogel 3 20 2 1:16 9 63 6:12 OHIO Dorian Brown 9-yard touchdown run, Louie Zervos kick good 3 27 3 10:46 11 83 4:14 UAB 25-yard field goal by Nick Vogel 6 27 3 7:45 1 25 0:09 OHIO Dorian Brown 25-yard touchdown run, Louie Zervos kick good 6 34 3 4:05 6 68 3:08 OHIO Dorian Brown 14-yard touchdown run, Louie Zervos kick good 6 41 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 6 41

Statistics

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blazers	0	3	3	0	6
Bobcats	13	14	14	0	41

Statistics	UAB	Ohio
First Downs	20	24
Total offense, yards	353	459
Rushes-yards (net)	25–99	32–249
Passing yards (net)	254	210
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	24–45–0	14–22–0
Time of Possession	29:34	30:26

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UAB	Passing	A.J. Erdely	24/45, 254 yds
	Rushing	Spencer Brown	13 car, 37 yds
	Receiving	Ronnie Turner Jr.	4 rec, 67 yds
Ohio	Passing	Nathan Rourke	12/18, 185 yds, 2 TD
	Rushing	Dorian Brown	12 car, 152 yds, 4 TD
	Receiving	Papi White	4 rec, 106 yds, 1 TD

External links

• Box score at ESPN