# 2017 Foster Farms Bowl

The 2017 Foster Farms Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 27, 2017, at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara, California. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. The 16th edition of the Foster Farms Bowl, the game featured the Arizona Wildcats from the Pac-12 Conference against the Purdue Boilermakers from the Big Ten Conference. It was sponsored by the Foster Farms poultry company.

## Team selection

The game features conference tie-ins with teams from the Pac-12 Conference and the Big Ten Conference.

### Arizona

The Wildcats finished their regular season 7–5 and accepted an invitation to play in the Foster Farms Bowl. This was Arizona's first trip to the Foster Farms Bowl; they entered the game with a record of 9–10–1 in prior bowl appearances. Their last bowl win was at the 2015 New Mexico Bowl, when they defeated New Mexico 45–37.

### Purdue

After finishing their season 6–6, the Boilermakers received an invitation to play in the Foster Farms Bowl, which they accepted. This bowl marked the Boilermakers' eighteenth bowl appearance (they were 9–8 in prior bowl games) and they were seeking their first bowl victory since the 2011 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl, when they beat Western Michigan 37–32.

## Game summary
### Scoring summary

Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | ARIZ | PUR |
| 1 | 11:43 | 6 | 60 | 1:24 | PUR | Anthony Mahoungou 31-yard touchdown reception from Elijah Sindelar, Spencer Evans kick good | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | 6:43 | 4 | 68 | 1:00 | ARIZ | Shawn Poindexter 31-yard touchdown reception from Khalil Tate, Josh Pollack kick good | 7 | 7 |
| 1 | 4:09 | 3 | 34 | 1:06 | ARIZ | Tony Ellison 29-yard touchdown reception from Khalil Tate, Josh Pollack kick good | 14 | 7 |
| 1 | 2:22 | 5 | 75 | 1:47 | PUR | Gregory Phillips 42-yard touchdown reception from Elijah Sindelar, J.D. Dellinger kick good | 14 | 14 |
| 2 | 9:12 | 13 | 90 | 5:04 | PUR | Gregory Phillips 22-yard touchdown reception from Elijah Sindelar, Spencer Evans kick good | 14 | 21 |
| 2 | 4:11 | 6 | 80 | 2:06 | PUR | D.J. Knox 13-yard touchdown run, J.D. Dellinger kick good | 14 | 28 |
| 2 | 0:00 | 11 | 92 | 1:35 | PUR | 26-yard field goal by Spencer Evans | 14 | 31 |
| 3 | 8:53 | 7 | 72 | 3:21 | ARIZ | Tony Ellison 40-yard touchdown reception from Khalil Tate, Joshua Pollack kick good | 21 | 31 |
| 3 | 6:31 | 4 | 51 | 1:27 | ARIZ | Tyrell Johnson 40-yard touchdown reception from Khalil Tate, Joshua Pollack kick good | 28 | 31 |
| 4 | 3:21 | 7 | 67 | 2:26 | ARIZ | Shun Brown 24-yard touchdown reception from Khalil Tate, Josh Pollack kick good | 35 | 31 |
| 4 | 1:44 | 8 | 75 | 1:37 | PUR | Anthony Mahoungou 38-yard touchdown reception from Elijah Sindelar, J.D. Dellinger kick good | 35 | 38 |
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### Statistics

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 14 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| Boilermakers | 14 | 17 | 0 | 7 | 38 |
| Statistics | ARIZ | PUR |
| First downs | 19 | 27 |
| Plays–yards | 69–430 | 90–556 |
| Rushes–yards | 43–128 | 39–160 |
| Passing yards | 302 | 396 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 17–26–1 | 33–53–1 |
| Time of possession | 28:51 | 30:39 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| ARIZ | Passing | Khalil Tate | 17/26, 302 yds, 5 TD, 1 INT |
| ARIZ | Rushing | Khalil Tate | 20 car, 58 yds |
| ARIZ | Receiving | Tony Ellison | 4 rec, 102 yds, 2 TD |
| PUR | Passing | Elijah Sindelar | 33/53, 396 yds, 4 TD, 1 INT |
| PUR | Rushing | D.J. Knox | 11 car, 101 yds, 1 TD |
| PUR | Receiving | Gregory Phillips | 14 rec, 149 yds, 2 TD |