| Game Name: | Texas Bowl |
| Subheader: | 12th Texas Bowl |
| Title Sponsor: | Academy Sports + Outdoors |
| Date Game Played: | December 27 |
| Year Game Played: | 2017 |
| Football Season: | 2017 |
| Stadium: | NRG Stadium |
| City: | Houston, Texas |
| Visitor School: | The University of Texas at Austin |
| Visitor Name Short: | Texas |
| Visitor Nickname: | Longhorns |
| Visitor Record: | 6–6 |
| Visitor Conference: | Big 12 |
| Visitor Coach: | Tom Herman |
| Visitor 1Q: | 14 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 2 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 10 |
| Home School: | The University of Missouri |
| Home Name Short: | Missouri |
| Home Nickname: | Tigers |
| Home Record: | 7–5 |
| Home Conference: | SEC |
| Home Coach: | Barry Odom |
| Home 1Q: | 0 |
| Home 2Q: | 7 |
| Home 3Q: | 9 |
| Home 4Q: | 0 |
| Mvp: | Michael Dickson (P, Texas)[1] |
| Referee: | Mark Duddy (Pac-12) |
| Attendance: | 67,820 |
| Payout: | 3,000,000[2] |
| Us Network: | ESPN/ESPN Radio |
| Us Announcers: | TV: Adam Amin, Dusty Dvoracek, Molly McGrath Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons |
The 2017 Texas Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 27, 2017, at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas.[3] Sponsored by the Academy Sports + Outdoors sporting goods company, it was officially known as the Academy Sports + Outdoors Texas Bowl. The game was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season.
The twelfth edition of the Texas Bowl,[4] the game featured the Texas Longhorns of the Big 12 Conference against the Missouri Tigers of the Southeastern Conference. This was the teams' 24th meeting. Prior to the game, Texas led the series 17–6. This was their first match-up since Missouri left the Big 12 Conference after the 2011 season.[5] [6] Texas defeated Missouri, .
See also: 2017 Texas Longhorns football team and 2017 Big 12 Conference football season.
See also: 2017 Missouri Tigers football team and 2017 Southeastern Conference football season.
| Statistics | TEX | MIZ |
|---|---|---|
| First downs | 16 | 17 |
| Plays–yards | 71–280 | 68–390 |
| Rushes–yards | 42–113 | 34–121 |
| Passing yards | 167 | 269 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 17–29–0 | 18–34–1 |
| Time of possession | 35:15 | 24:45 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEX | Passing | 11/15, 112 yds, 1 TD | |
| Rushing | Daniel Young | 12 car, 48 yds | |
| Receiving | Daniel Young | 3 rec, 64 yds, 1 TD | |
| MIZ | Passing | 18/34, 269 yds, 1 TD, 1 INT | |
| Rushing | 14 car, 74 yds | ||
| Receiving | Johnathon Johnson | 3 rec, 85 yds, 1 TD |