2017 Cactus Bowl


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 29th edition of the Cactus Bowl, although only the fourth played under that name.
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. 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

UCLA Bruins

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

Game summary

Scoring summary

Statistics

StatisticsKSUUCLA
First downs2114
Plays–yards66–42359–364
Rushes–yards49–34425–69
Passing yards79295
Passing: Comp–Att–Int10–17–121–34–0
Time of possession35:0724:43

TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Kansas StatePassingAlex Delton7/10, 52 yds, 1 TD
Kansas StateRushingAlex Delton20 car, 158 yds, 3 TD
Kansas StateReceivingDominique Heath5 rec, 49 yds, 1 TD
UCLAPassingDevon Modster21/34, 295 yds, 2 TD
UCLARushingBolu Olorunfunmi12 car, 23 yds
UCLAReceivingJordan Lasley8 rec, 128 yds, 1 TD