| 2017 Cheribundi Tart Cherry Boca Raton Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 4th Boca Raton Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 19, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | FAU Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Boca Raton, Florida | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Jason Driskel (QB, FAU) Azeez Al-Shaair (LB, FAU)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Kevin Stine (Sun Belt) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 25,912 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$800,000[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Clay Matvick, Kirk Morrison, Cole Cubelic Radio: Steve Levy, Desmond Howard, Paul Carcaterra | ||||||||||||||||||
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.[3]