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College football game
The 2017 TaxSlayer Bowl was a post-season American
college football
bowl game played on December 31, 2017, at
EverBank Field in
Jacksonville, Florida. The 73rd edition of the
Gator Bowl featured the
Louisville Cardinals of the
Atlantic Coast Conference against the
Mississippi State Bulldogs of the
Southeastern Conference. It was one of the
2017–18 bowl games that concluded the
2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The game's naming rights sponsor was tax preparation software company
TaxSlayer,
[2] and for sponsorship reasons was officially known as the TaxSlayer Bowl.
Teams
Louisville
Mississippi State
Game summary
Scoring summary
Scoring summary
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Quarter
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Time
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Drive
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Team
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Scoring information
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Score
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Plays
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Yards
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TOP
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UL
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MSST
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1
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10:47
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6
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56
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2:07
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MSST
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Aeris Williams 5-yard touchdown run, Jace Christmann kick good
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0
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7
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1
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6:35
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8
|
51
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4:12
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UL
|
Charles Standberry 5-yard touchdown reception from
Lamar Jackson, Blanton Creque kick good
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7
|
7
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1
|
3:11
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9
|
79
|
3:24
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MSST
|
Keytaon Thompson 14-yard touchdown run, Jace Christmann kick good
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7
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14
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2
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10:29
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5
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74
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1:38
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UL
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Lamar Jackson 13-yard touchdown run, Blanton Creque kick good
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14
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14
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2
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4:21
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7
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14
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3:24
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MSST
|
23-yard field goal by Jace Christmann
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14
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17
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2
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0:19
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3
|
88
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0:45
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UL
|
Jaylen Smith 11-yard touchdown reception from Lamar Jackson, Blanton Creque kick good
|
21
|
17
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3
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3:14
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6
|
27
|
2:38
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UL
|
23-yard field goal by Blanton Creque
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24
|
17
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4
|
13:22
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4
|
22
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0:58
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MSST
|
Keytaon Thompson 2-yard touchdown run, Jace Christmann kick good
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24
|
24
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4
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7:38
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13
|
61
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5:54
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UL
|
31-yard field goal by Blanton Creque
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27
|
24
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4
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3:39
|
11
|
65
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3:59
|
MSST
|
Keytaon Thompson 1-yard touchdown run, Jace Christmann kick good
|
27
|
31
|
"TOP" =
time of possession. For other American football terms, see
Glossary of American football.
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27
|
31
|
|
Statistics
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Cardinals
|
7
|
14
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3
|
3 |
27 |
Bulldogs
|
14
|
3
|
0
|
14 |
31 |
Statistics |
UL |
MSST
|
First downs |
20 |
23
|
Plays–yards |
70–358 |
75–404
|
Rushes–yards |
39–187 |
55–287
|
Passing yards |
171 |
127
|
Passing: Comp–Att–Int |
13–31–4 |
11–20–1
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Time of possession |
30:21 |
29:39
|
Team |
Category |
Player |
Statistics
|
UL |
Passing |
Lamar Jackson |
13/31, 171 yds, 2 TD, 4 INT
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Rushing |
Lamar Jackson |
24 car, 158 yds, 1 TD
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Receiving |
Jaylen Smith |
7 rec, 107 yds, 1 TD
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MSST |
Passing |
Keytaon Thompson |
11/20, 127 yds, 1 INT
|
Rushing |
Keytaon Thompson |
27 car, 147 yds, 3 TD
|
Receiving |
Jesse Jackson |
3 rec, 38 yds
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References
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History & conference tie-ins | |
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Games | |
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Notes |
- There was a Gator Bowl in January and December in 1954, 1960, 1965, 1971, 1989, 1991, 2016, and 2021.
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