2017 PlayStation Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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CFP New Year’s Six 47th Fiesta Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date | December 30[1], 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Season | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stadium | University of Phoenix Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Glendale, Arizona | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
MVP | Offense: Trace McSorley Defense: Marcus Allen[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Favorite | Penn State by 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Referee | Mike Defee (Big XII) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Halftime show | Bands from participants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Attendance | 61,842 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Network | ESPN & ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 Fiesta Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2017, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The 47th Fiesta Bowl was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season.
The game was televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and broadcast on ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio, with the kickoff set for 4:00 p.m. ET (2 p.m. MT). The game's title sponsor was Sony Interactive Entertainment via its PlayStation brand as part of a multi-year deal with broadcasting and marketing rightsholder ESPN, which includes branded content and making PlayStation the official video gaming and virtual reality sponsor of the College Football Playoff; the game is officially known as the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl.