2017 Frisco Bowl

2017 DXL Frisco Bowl
1st Frisco Bowl
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs SMU Mustangs
(6–6) (7–5)
C-USA The American
51 10
Head coach: 
Skip Holtz		 Head coach: 
Sonny Dykes
1234 Total
Louisiana Tech 212163 51
SMU 3700 10
DateDecember 20, 2017
Season2017
StadiumToyota Stadium
LocationFrisco, Texas
MVPJ'Mar Smith (QB, La. Tech) & Amik Robertson (CB, La. Tech)[1]
RefereeTed Pitts (Sun Belt)
Attendance14,419[2]
PayoutUS$100,000[3]
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN
AnnouncersMike Couzens, John Congemi, Kris Budden
Frisco Bowl
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The 2017 Frisco Bowl was a college football bowl game that was played on December 20, 2017, at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas, United States. The first annual Frisco Bowl, it featured the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs of Conference USA and the SMU Mustangs of the American Athletic Conference. It began at 7:00 p.m. CST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by DXL, a retailer of men's big and tall apparel, the game was officially known as the DXL Frisco Bowl.[4] The Bulldogs decisively beat the Mustangs by a score of 51–10.

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  2. ^ "2017-18 bowl game attendance and schedule". Archived from the original on January 2, 2018. Retrieved January 2, 2018.
  3. ^ "Bowl payout". Archived from the original on November 10, 2016. Retrieved December 4, 2017.
  4. ^ "SMU and Louisiana Tech Selected to Play in Inaugural 2017 DXL Frisco Bowl". DXLFriscoBowl.com. December 3, 2017. Archived from the original on December 4, 2017. Retrieved December 3, 2017.