# 2017 Heart of Dallas Bowl

The 2017 Heart of Dallas Bowl was an American college football bowl game played on December 26, 2017, at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, Texas. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. The 8th edition of the Heart of Dallas Bowl, it was sponsored by fast food chicken restaurant Zaxby's, and was officially known as the Zaxby's Heart of Dallas Bowl.
The game featured the Utah Utes from the Pac-12 Conference against the West Virginia Mountaineers from the Big 12 Conference. Utah defeated West Virginia, 30–14.

## Team selection

The game featured conference tie-ins with teams from Conference USA and the Big 12 Conference. However, the bowl instead invited a team from the Pac-12 Conference. This was the second all-time meeting between the two schools, with the first occurring in the 1964 Liberty Bowl. It was the first Heart of Dallas Bowl for each team.

### West Virginia
## Game summary
### Scoring summary

Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | Utah | WVU |
| 1 | 11:37 | 4 | 83 | 1:38 | Utah | Zack Moss 58-yard touchdown run, Matt Gay kick good | 7 | 0 |
| 2 | 13:09 | 11 | 67 | 4:29 | WVU | 28-yard field goal by Evan Staley | 7 | 3 |
| 2 | 5:46 | 3 | 13 | 1:19 | Utah | Tyler Huntley 2-yard touchdown run, Matt Gay kick good | 14 | 3 |
| 2 | 1:08 | 9 | 56 | 3:12 | Utah | 29-yard field goal by Matt Gay | 17 | 3 |
| 3 | 6:43 | 4 | 0 | 1:02 | WVU | 26-yard field goal by Evan Staley | 17 | 6 |
| 4 | 13:59 | 7 | 39 | 2:35 | Utah | Tyler Huntley 2-yard touchdown run, Matt Gay kick good | 24 | 6 |
| 4 | 11:38 | 4 | 7 | 1:38 | Utah | 26-yard field goal by Matt Gay | 27 | 6 |
| 4 | 4:15 | 8 | 20 | 4:03 | Utah | 24-yard field goal by Matt Gay | 30 | 6 |
| 4 | 1:58 | 5 | 67 | 2:17 | WVU | Ka'Raun White 18-yard touchdown reception from Chris Chugunov, 2-point pass good | 30 | 14 |
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### Statistics

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Utes | 7 | 10 | 0 | 13 | 30 |
| Mountaineers | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 |
| Statistics | Utah | WVU |
| First downs | 19 | 6 |
| Plays–yards | 80 | 51 |
| Rushes–yards | 53–197 | 21–29 |
| Passing yards | 165 | 124 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 12–27–0 | 10–30–2 |
| Time of possession | 38:34 | 21:26 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Utah | Passing | Tyler Huntley | 12/26, 165 yds |
| Utah | Rushing | Zack Moss | 20 car, 150 yds, 1 TD |
| Utah | Receiving | Darren Carrington II | 4 rec, 62 yds |
| West Virginia | Passing | Chris Chugunov | 9/28, 129 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT |
| West Virginia | Rushing | Kennedy McCoy | 14 car, 31 yds |
| West Virginia | Receiving | Gary Jennings | 3 rec, 66 yds |

## Media

The game was broadcast by ESPN, and kicked off at 1:30 p.m. ET.