2017 Pinstripe Bowl


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.

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.

Game summary

Statistics

StatisticsIowaBC
First downs1316
Plays–yards54–20070–383
Rushes–yards39–10143–175
Passing yards99208
Passing: Comp–Att–Int8–15–016–27–2
Time of possession27:2532:35

TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
IowaPassingNate Stanley8/15, 99 yds, 1 TD
IowaRushingAkrum Wadley22 car, 88 yds, 1 TD
IowaReceivingNick Easley1 rec, 32 yds
BCPassingDarius Wade16/27, 208 yds, 1 TD, 2 INT
BCRushingA. J. Dillon32 car, 157 yds, 1 TD
BCReceivingTommy Sweeney7 rec, 137 yds, 1 TD