2017 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
The 2017 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was a college football bowl game played on Friday, December 22, 2017, at Albertsons Stadium in Boise, Idaho. The 21st annual Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, it was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Idaho Potato Commission.
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| 21st Famous Idaho Potato Bowl | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 22, 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Albertsons Stadium | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Boise, Idaho | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Josh Allen | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Wyoming by 3 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Steve LaMantia (C-USA) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 16,512 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Payout | US$1,050,000 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Roy Philpott, Tom Ramsey, and Alex Corddry | ||||||||||||||||||
The game featured the Wyoming Cowboys (7–5) of the Mountain West Conference and the Central Michigan Chippewas (8–4) of the Mid-American Conference. The teams had played twice before; in 2000 (Wyoming won, 20–10), and in 2002 (Central Michigan won, 32–20).
With a temperature of 37 °F (3 °C) at kickoff, the game started at 2:05 pm MST (4:05 pm EST) and was broadcast by ESPN. The Cowboys led by twenty points at the half and defeated the Chippewas, 37–14.