| 2017 San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 40th Holiday Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 28, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | SDCCU Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Diego, California | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Brian Lewerke (QB, Michigan State) & Chris Frey Jr. (LB, Michigan State) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Michigan State by 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Marc Curles (SEC) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 47,092 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Network | FS1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Gus Johnson (play-by-play) Joel Klatt (analyst) Jenny Taft (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2017 Holiday Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game, played at SDCCU Stadium in San Diego, California, on December 28, 2017. This was the first time that the Holiday Bowl was played at SDCCU Stadium. Previous to the 2017 season, the Holiday Bowl was played at Qualcomm Stadium. The 40th edition of the Holiday Bowl featured the Washington State Cougars of the Pac-12 Conference versus the Michigan State Spartans of the Big Ten Conference. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by San Diego County Credit Union, the game was officially known as the San Diego County Credit Union Holiday Bowl.[1]