# 2017 Pinstripe Bowl

The 2017 Pinstripe Bowl was a bowl game, a post-season American college football event that was played on December 27, 2017, at Yankee Stadium in the New York City borough of the Bronx. The eighth edition of the Pinstripe Bowl featured the Iowa Hawkeyes of the Big Ten Conference against the Boston College Eagles of the Atlantic Coast Conference. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by the New Era Cap Company, the game was officially known as the New Era Pinstripe Bowl.
The contest was televised on ESPN, with kickoff at 5:15 p.m. (EST)

## Team selection

The game featured the Iowa Hawkeyes against the Boston College Eagles, the first meeting between the two. It was Boston College's second appearance in this bowl in four years and the first Pinstripe Bowl for Iowa. .

### Boston College
## Game summary
### Scoring summary

Scoring summary :
| Quarter | Time | Drive | Drive | Drive | Team | Scoring information | Score | Score |
| Quarter | Time | Plays | Yards | TOP | Team | Scoring information | Iowa | BC |
| 1 | 12:59 | 4 | 0 | 0:55 | Iowa | 24-yard field goal by Miguel Recinos | 3 | 0 |
| 1 | 0:05 | 14 | 62 | 5:57 | BC | A. J. Dillon 4-yard touchdown run, Colton Lichtenburg kick good | 3 | 7 |
| 2 | 13:18 | 4 | 16 | 1:47 | Iowa | Noah Fant 8-yard touchdown reception from Nate Stanley, Miguel Recinos kick good | 10 | 7 |
| 2 | 9:35 | 7 | 69 | 3:43 | BC | Tommy Sweeney 39-yard touchdown reception from Darius Wade, Colton Lichtenburg kick good | 10 | 14 |
| 2 | 1:29 | 7 | 84 | 3:30 | BC | 30-yard field goal by Colton Lichtenburg | 10 | 17 |
| 3 | 7:11 | 7 | 58 | 3:31 | Iowa | Akrum Wadley 5-yard touchdown run, Miguel Recinos kick good | 17 | 17 |
| 4 | 11:32 | 10 | 55 | 4:38 | Iowa | 38-yard field goal by Miguel Recinos | 20 | 17 |
| 4 | 8:09 | 7 | 55 | 3:23 | BC | 24-yard field goal by Colton Lichtenburg | 20 | 20 |
| 4 | 3:09 | 3 | 45 | 1:13 | Iowa | Drake Kulick 1-yard touchdown run, Miguel Recinos kick good | 27 | 20 |
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### Statistics

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawkeyes | 3 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 27 |
| Eagles | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |
| Statistics | Iowa | BC |
| First downs | 13 | 16 |
| Plays–yards | 54–200 | 70–383 |
| Rushes–yards | 39–101 | 43–175 |
| Passing yards | 99 | 208 |
| Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 8–15–0 | 16–27–2 |
| Time of possession | 27:25 | 32:35 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Iowa | Passing | Nate Stanley | 8/15, 99 yds, 1 TD |
| Iowa | Rushing | Akrum Wadley | 22 car, 88 yds, 1 TD |
| Iowa | Receiving | Nick Easley | 1 rec, 32 yds |
| BC | Passing | Darius Wade | 16/27, 208 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT |
| BC | Rushing | A. J. Dillon | 32 car, 157 yds, 1 TD |
| BC | Receiving | Tommy Sweeney | 7 rec, 137 yds, 1 TD |