2017 Armed Forces Bowl

2017 Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl
15th Armed Forces Bowl
San Diego State Aztecs Army Black Knights
(10–2) (9–3)
Mountain West Conference Independent
35 42
Head coach: 
Rocky Long		 Head coach: 
Jeff Monken
1234 Total
San Diego State 71477 35
Army 714021 42
DateDecember 23, 2017
Season2017
StadiumAmon G. Carter Stadium
LocationFort Worth, Texas
MVPAhmad Bradshaw (QB, Army) & Rashaad Penny (RB, San Diego State)[1]
RefereeRon Snodgrass (Big Ten)
Attendance35,986[2]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersAdam Amin, Mack Brown, Paul Carcaterra
Armed Forces Bowl
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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]

  1. ^ @ArmedForcesBowl (December 23, 2017). "Both @pennyhendrixx and @RealAli17 were just given MVP honors for their play in @ArmedForcesBowl" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  2. ^ "2017 Bowl Game Attendance". sportshoop.la. December 25, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
  3. ^ "Army West Point Accepts Invitation to 2017 LMAFB". Armed Forces Bowl. November 14, 2016.