| Game Name: | Armed Forces Bowl |
| Subheader: | 15th Armed Forces Bowl |
| Title Sponsor: | Lockheed Martin |
| Date Game Played: | December 23 |
| Year Game Played: | 2017 |
| Football Season: | 2017 |
| Stadium: | Amon G. Carter Stadium |
| City: | Fort Worth, Texas |
| Visitor School: | San Diego State University |
| Visitor Name Short: | San Diego State |
| Visitor Nickname: | Aztecs |
| Visitor Record: | 10–2 |
| Visitor Conference: | Mountain West Conference |
| Visitor Coach: | Rocky Long |
| Visitor 1Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 2Q: | 14 |
| Visitor 3Q: | 7 |
| Visitor 4Q: | 7 |
| Home School: | United States Military Academy |
| Home Name Short: | Army |
| Home Nickname: | Black Knights |
| Home Record: | 9–3 |
| Home Conference: | Independent |
| Home Coach: | Jeff Monken |
| Home 1Q: | 7 |
| Home 2Q: | 14 |
| Home 3Q: | 0 |
| Home 4Q: | 21 |
| Mvp: | Ahmad Bradshaw (QB, Army) & Rashaad Penny (RB, San Diego State)[1] |
| Referee: | Ron Snodgrass (Big Ten) |
| Attendance: | 35,986[2] |
| Us Network: | ESPN |
| Us Announcers: | Adam Amin, Mack Brown, Paul Carcaterra |
The 2017 Armed Forces Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2017, at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. The fifteenth edition of the Armed Forces Bowl featured the Army Black Knights against the San Diego State Aztecs of the Mountain West Conference. Kickoff was scheduled for 2:30 p.m. CST and the game aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by aerospace and defense company Lockheed Martin, the game was officially known as the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl.[3]
The game featured the Army Black Knights against the San Diego State Aztecs.
This was the third time that Army and San Diego State played each other; the Aztecs won both previous meetings, defeating the Black Knights by a score of 23–20 in West Point on September 10, 2011, and then again on September 8, 2012, this time by a score of 42–7 in San Diego.[4]
See also: 2017 Army Black Knights football team.
For 2017, Army had reached a contractual agreement to play in the 2017 Armed Forces Bowl should they be bowl-eligible that season and not selected for a New Year's Six bowl game. Immediately following their 31–28 overtime win over Temple to become bowl-eligible, the Black Knights officially accepted their invitation.[3]
This was the Black Knights' second Armed Forces Bowl, following their victory over the SMU Mustangs in the 2010 Armed Forces Bowl by a score of 16–14.
See also: 2017 San Diego State Aztecs football team.
This was the Aztecs' first Armed Forces Bowl.
| Statistics | SDSU | Army |
|---|---|---|
| First Downs | 11 | 31 |
| Total offense, plays-yards | 31–280 | 91–446 |
| Rushes-yards (net) | 21–255 | 87–440 |
| Passing yards (net) | 25 | 6 |
| Passes, Comp-Att-Int | 6–10–1 | 1–4–1 |
| Time of Possession | 14:00 | 46:00 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Diego State | Passing | Christian Chapman | 6/10, 25 yds, 1 INT |
| Rushing | 14 car, 221 yds, 4 TD | ||
| Receiving | Fred Trevillion | 3 rec, 34 yds | |
| Army | Passing | 1/3, 6 yds | |
| Rushing | Ahmad Bradshaw | 32 car, 180 yds, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Camden Harrison | 1 rec, 6 yds |