Английская Википедия:2017 Cotton Bowl Classic (January)

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The 2017 Cotton Bowl Classic was a college football bowl game played on January 2, 2017, at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It featured the Western Michigan Broncos from the Mid-American Conference and the Wisconsin Badgers from the Big Ten Conference. The 81st Cotton Bowl Classic was one of the New Years Six bowl games in the College Football Playoff for the 2016–17 bowl games concluding the 2016 FBS football season.

The game was broadcast on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio. It was sponsored by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company and was officially known as the Goodyear Cotton Bowl Classic.

Teams

Mid-American Conference (MAC) champion Western Michigan was selected as an at-large as the highest ranked College Football Playoff (CFP) Group of Five team while Wisconsin was chosen as an at-large out of the Big Ten Conference. Wisconsin was an 8Шаблон:Frac point favorite to start the game.

This was the fifth meeting between the schools, with Wisconsin leading the all-time series 4–1. The most recent meeting was on August 31, 2000, where the Badgers defeated the Broncos by a score of 19–7. This was the first Cotton Bowl for both teams.

With Western Michigan representing the MAC, this was the first Cotton Bowl Classic to feature a MAC team.

Game summary

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Near the end of the first quarter, the Wisconsin Badgers prepare to kick off the football to the Western Michigan University Broncos.

Statistics

Statistics	style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle"|Western Michigan	style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle"|Wisconsin
First Downs	18	18
Plays-yards	280	362
Third down efficiency	5–11	7–11
Rushes-yards	123	184
Passing yards	157	178
Passing, Comp-Att-Int	16-28-1	13-14-0
Time of Possession	29:55	30:05

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle"|Western Michigan	Passing	Zach Terrell	16–28, 157 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Jamauri Bogan	16 CAR, 58 YDS
Receiving	Corey Davis	6 REC, 73 YDS, 1 TD
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:CollegePrimaryStyle"|Wisconsin	Passing	Bart Houston	11–12, 159 YDS
Rushing	Corey Clement	22 CAR, 71 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving	Troy Fumagalli	6 REC, 83 YDS, 1 TD