Английская Википедия:2017 Independence Bowl

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The 2017 Independence Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 27, 2017, at Independence Stadium in Shreveport, Louisiana. The 42nd annual Independence Bowl featured the Southern Miss Golden Eagles of Conference USA against the Florida State Seminoles of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Sponsored by Walk-On's Bistreaux & Bar, the game was officially known as the Walk-On's Independence Bowl.

The contest was televised on ESPN, with kickoff at 1:30 p.m. (EST). It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Florida State defeated Southern Miss, Шаблон:No wrap.

Team selection

The game featured the Southern Miss Golden Eagles against the Florida State Seminoles.

This was the twenty-third meeting between the schools, with Florida State holding a 13–8–1 advantage. They had most recently played in 1996, when the Seminoles defeated the Golden Eagles by a score of 54–14.

Florida State

Шаблон:See also On December 21, 2017, an unofficial report was published on Reddit claiming that the Seminoles were not bowl eligible due to an NCAA rule stating that for an FCS opponent to be countable towards bowl eligibility, the FCS program must have awarded 90% of the FCS scholarship limit. Delaware State, an FCS team that lost to FSU earlier in the season, did not meet the 90% threshold set by the NCAA. Without this win, FSU stood at 5–6 on the season. However, on December 22, 2017, Florida State addressed the issue and stated that Delaware State verified its scholarship situation as eclipsing the 90-percent threshold. This, FSU claims, is due to an alleged established NCAA rule interpretation, allowing academic and other non-athletic scholarships to count towards the required threshold, however they did not reference the interpreted rule. The confirmation officially gave Florida State bowl eligibility, and allowed the team to play in the Independence Bowl.

Game summary

Statistics

Statistics	style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell"|USM	style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell"|FSU
First downs	12	25
Plays–yards	55–260	74–452
Rushes–yards	28–131	45–214
Passing yards	129	238
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	15-27-0	19-29-0
Time of possession	22:52	37:08

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell; text-align:center;"|Southern Miss	Passing	Kwanda Griggs	13-25, 86 yds., 1 TD
Rushing	Ito Smith	16 carries, 92 yds.
Receiving	Korey Robertson	4 rec., 36 yds., 1 TD
rowspan=3 style="Шаблон:NCAA color cell; text-align:center;"|Florida State	Passing	James Blackman	18-26, 233 yds., 4 TD
Rushing	Cam Akers	13 carries, 94 yds.
Receiving	Auden Tate	5 rec., 84 yds., 3 TD