2017 Arizona Bowl

2017 Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl
2017 Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl
3rd Arizona Bowl
New Mexico State Aggies	Utah State Aggies
(6–6)	(6–6)
Sun Belt	Mountain West
26	20
Head coach: ; Doug Martin	Head coach: ; Matt Wells
Date	December 29, 2017
Season	2017
Stadium	Arizona Stadium
Location	Tucson, Arizona
MVP	Larry Rose III (RB, New Mexico State) & Leon McQuaker (LB, New Mexico State)
Favorite	New Mexico State by 4
Referee	Rodney Burnette (C-USA)
Attendance	39,132
Payout	US$155,820
United States TV coverage
Network	CBSSN
Announcers	Dave Ryan, Corey Chavous and Melanie Collins (sideline)
Arizona Bowl
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The 2017 Arizona Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 29, 2017, at Arizona Stadium in Tucson, Arizona, United States. The third edition of the Arizona Bowl featured the New Mexico State Aggies of the Sun Belt Conference against the Utah State Aggies of the Mountain West Conference. Kickoff was scheduled for 3:30 p.m. MST and the game aired on CBS Sports Network. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by the Nova Home Loans mortgage broker company, the game was officially known as the Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl. The win for New Mexico State ended a 57-year drought for bowl wins.