2017 Bahamas Bowl

The 2017 Bahamas Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 22, 2017, at Thomas Robinson Stadium in Nassau in the Bahamas. The fourth annual Bahamas Bowl, it was one of the 2017–18 [NCAA football bowl games|2017–18 bowl games] concluding the 2017 [NCAA Division I FBS football season|2017 FBS football season]. It began at 12:30 p.m. Eastern [Standard Time (North America)|EST] and aired on ESPN.
The game featured the 2017 [Ohio Bobcats football team|Ohio Bobcats] of the Mid-American Conference football season|Mid-American Conference] against the 2017 [UAB Blazers football team|UAB Blazers] of Conference USA football season|Conference USA]. Ohio beat UAB by a score of 41–6.

Teams

The game featured the UAB Blazers football team|UAB Blazers] against the Ohio Bobcats football team|Ohio Bobcats] and was the first-ever meeting between the two schools.

UAB Blazers

2017 was the Blazers' first season back on the football field following a two-year hiatus. After finishing their regular season 8–4, the Blazers accepted their invitation to the Bahamas Bowl.
This was the first bowl game for UAB since the 2004 Hawaii Bowl where they lost to the 2004 [Hawaii Warriors football team|Hawaii Warriors] by a score of 59–40.

Ohio Bobcats

After finishing their regular season 8–4, the Bobcats accepted their invitation to the Bahamas Bowl.
This was Ohio's eighth bowl appearance in the last nine seasons, and their first appearance in the Bahamas Bowl.

Game summary

Scoring Summary

Statistics

Statistics	UAB	Ohio
First downs	20	24
Total offense, yards	353	459
Rushes-yards	25–99	32–249
Passing yards	254	210
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	24–45–0	14–22–0
Time of Possession	29:34	30:26

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UAB	Passing	A.J. Erdely	24/45, 254 yds
UAB	Rushing	Spencer Brown	13 car, 37 yds
UAB	Receiving	Ronnie Turner Jr.	4 rec, 67 yds
Ohio	Passing	Nathan Rourke	12/18, 185 yds, 2 TD
Ohio	Rushing	Dorian Brown	12 car, 152 yds, 4 TD
Ohio	Receiving	Papi White	4 rec, 106 yds, 1 TD