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2017 Cactus Bowl

2017 Cactus Bowl

College football game

The 2017 Cactus Bowl was a post-season American college football bowl game played on December 26, 2017, at Chase Field in Phoenix, Arizona. The game was the twenty-ninth edition of the Cactus Bowl, which was originally known as the Copper Bowl, Insight Bowl and then as the Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl.

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The game was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. The bowl featured the Kansas State Wildcats of the Big 12 Conference against the UCLA Bruins of the Pac-12 Conference, and was the final game of the season for both teams.[4] Kansas State won, 35–17.

Teams

Kansas State and UCLA had met three times previously, most recently in the 2015 Alamo Bowl, with UCLA leading the series, 2–1.

Kansas State Wildcats

See also: 2017 Kansas State Wildcats football team

UCLA Bruins

See also: 2017 UCLA Bruins football team

It was announced pregame that UCLA quarterback Josh Rosen had not cleared the concussion protocol and would not play.[5] UCLA named Devon Modster to the starting role in Rosen's absence.[5]

Game summary

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References

  1. [1]
    McGalliard, Grant (December 26, 2017). "Kansas State QB Alex Delton named Cactus Bowl offensive MVP; safety Denzel Goolsby is defensive MVP". diehards.com. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
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    "Kansas State vs. UCLA - Game Summary". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved December 26, 2016.
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    "NCAA Game Recap - Kansas State v UCLA - NBCSports". scores.nbcsports.com. AP. December 26, 2017.
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    Bolch, Ben (December 3, 2017). "UCLA to play Kansas State in Cactus Bowl". Retrieved December 6, 2017.
  5. [5]
    "UCLA QB Josh Rosen still recovering from concussion, won't play in Cactus Bowl". ABC News. December 26, 2017. Retrieved December 26, 2017.
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