| 2017 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| 17th New Orleans Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 16, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | New Orleans | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Troy QB Brandon Silvers[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| National anthem | Gregory Afek[2] | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | David Alvarez (Mtn. West) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Halftime show | Troy University "Sound of the South" marching band | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 24,904 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$925,000[3] | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN ESPN Radio | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Jason Benetti, Kelly Stouffer, Kris Budden | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2017 New Orleans Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 16, 2017, at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. The 17th edition of the New Orleans Bowl featured the Sun Belt Conference co-champion Troy Trojans against the Conference USA West Division champion North Texas Mean Green. It began at 1 p.m. EST and aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games that concluded the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by freight company R+L Carriers, the game was officially known as the R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl.[4] Troy defeated North Texas, 50–30.