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. .
Iowa
Boston College
Game summary Scoring summary
Statistics
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 StatisticsIowa Passing Nate Stanley 8/15, 99 yds, 1 TD Rushing Akrum Wadley 22 car, 88 yds, 1 TD Receiving Nick Easley 1 rec, 32 ydsBC Passing Darius Wade 16/27, 208 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT Rushing A. J. Dillon 32 car, 157 yds, 1 TD Receiving Tommy Sweeney 7 rec, 137 yds, 1 TD
References
External links Box score at ESPN