2017 Dollar General Bowl

The 2017 Dollar General Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2017, at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, United States. The 19th edition of the Dollar General Bowl featured the Sun Belt Conference co-champion Appalachian State Mountaineers against the Mid-American Conference champion Toledo Rockets. Kickoff was scheduled for 6:00 p.m. CST and the game aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Dollar General chain of variety stores.

2017 Dollar General Bowl
19th Dollar General Bowl
Appalachian State Mountaineers Toledo Rockets (8–4) (11–2) Sun Belt MAC 34 0 Head coach:  Scott Satterfield Head coach:  Jason Candle
1 2 3 4 Total Appalachian State 7 13 7 7 34 Toledo 0 0 0 0 0
Date	December 23, 2017
Season	2017
Stadium	Ladd–Peebles Stadium
Location	Mobile, Alabama
MVP	Jalin Moore (RB, Appalachian State)
Referee	Kevin Hassell (Mtn. West)
Attendance	28,706
Payout	US$1,500,000
United States TV coverage
Network	ESPN
Announcers	Dave Neal, Matt Stinchcomb, Dawn Davenport

Teams

The game featured the Appalachian State Mountaineers against the Toledo Rockets. It was the second all-time meeting between the schools; the first was the 2016 Camellia Bowl which saw the Mountaineers defeat the Rockets by a score of 31–28.

Appalachian State Mountaineers

See also: 2017 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team and 2017 Sun Belt Conference football season

This was the Mountaineers' first Dollar General Bowl.

Toledo Rockets

See also: 2017 Toledo Rockets football team and 2017 Mid-American Conference football season

This was the Rockets' third Dollar General Bowl; their record in prior games was 2–0, having previously defeated the UTEP Miners 45–13 in the 2005 game (when it was known as the GMAC Bowl) and having subsequently defeated the Arkansas State Red Wolves 63–44 in the January 2015 game (when it was known as the GoDaddy Bowl).

Game summary

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP APP TOL 1 4:06 5 36 1:13 APP Jalin Moore 7-yard touchdown run, Chandler Staton kick good 7 0 2 13:51 8 64 3:23 APP Jalin Moore 7-yard touchdown run, Chandler Staton kick good 14 0 2 8:09 7 57 3:56 APP 29-yard field goal by Chandler Staton 17 0 2 5:52 4 8 2:17 APP 23-yard field goal by Chandler Staton 20 0 3 8:14 7 61 3:59 APP Jalin Moore 31-yard touchdown run, Chandler Staton kick good 27 0 4 14:54 7 55 2:30 APP Malik Williams 3-yard touchdown run, Chandler Staton kick good 34 0 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 34 0

Statistics

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountaineers	7	13	7	7	34
Rockets	0	0	0	0	0

Statistics	APP	TOL
First Downs	23	8
Total offense, plays-yards	70–458	50–146
Rushes-yards (net)	53–327	21–22
Passing yards (net)	131	124
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	8–17–0	16–29–3
Time of Possession	35:50	24:10

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Appalachian State	Passing	Taylor Lamb	8/16, 131 yds
	Rushing	Jalin Moore	22 car, 125 yds, 3 TD
	Receiving	Ike Lewis	4 rec, 67 yds
Toledo	Passing	Logan Woodside	16/29, 124 yds, 3 INT
	Rushing	Terry Swanson	11 car, 44 yds
	Receiving	Jordan Fisher	2 rec, 29 yds

External links

• ESPN summary