{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox NCAA football yearly game | game_name = Fiesta Bowl | subheader = CFP New Year’s Six<br>47th Fiesta Bowl | title_sponsor = PlayStation | image = University of Phoenix Stadium - dall'autostrada.jpg | caption = University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, hosted the Fiesta Bowl. | date_game_played = December 30<ref>{{cite web|url=http://espnmediazone.com/us/press-releases/2017/05/espns-industry-leading-2017-18-college-football-bowl-schedule/|title=ESPN's Industry-Leading 2017-18 College Football Bowl Schedule - ESPN MediaZone|website=espnmediazone.com|access-date=December 9, 2017}}</ref> | year_game_played = 2017 | football_season = 2017 | stadium = University of Phoenix Stadium | city = Glendale, Arizona | visitor_school = University of Washington | visitor_name_short = Washington | visitor_nickname = Huskies | visitor_record = 10–2 <!-- Field should contain record prior to game --> | visitor_conference = Pac-12 | visitor_rank_AP = 12 | visitor_rank_coaches = 12 | visitor_rank_CFP = 11 | visitor_coach = Chris Petersen | visitor_1q = 0 | visitor_2q = 14 | visitor_3q = 7 | visitor_4q = 7 | home_school = Penn State University | home_name_short = Penn State | home_nickname = Nittany Lions | home_record = 10–2 <!-- Field should contain record prior to game --> | home_conference = Big Ten | home_rank_AP = 9 | home_rank_coaches = 9 | home_rank_CFP = 9 | home_coach = James Franklin | home_1q = 14 | home_2q = 14 | home_3q = 7 | home_4q = 0 | MVP = Offense: Trace McSorley Defense: Marcus Allen<ref>{{cite web|url=https://247sports.com/college/penn-state/Board/18/Contents/Fiesta-MVPs-112948690|title=Fiesta MVP's|website=247sports.com}}{{dead link|date=April 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> | odds = Penn State by 3 | anthem = | halftime = Bands from participants | referee = Mike Defee (Big XII) | attendance = 61,842 | payout = | us_network = ESPN & ESPN Radio | us_announcers = {{plainlist| *Dave Pasch, Greg McElroy, and Tom Luginbill (ESPN) *Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons (ESPN Radio) }} | ratings = | intl_network = | intl_announcers = | different_previous = 2016 (Dec.) | different_next = 2019 (Jan.) }} The '''2017 Fiesta Bowl''' was a college football bowl game played on December 30, 2017, at University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The 47th Fiesta Bowl was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season.
The game was televised on ESPN and ESPN Deportes, and broadcast on ESPN Radio and XM Satellite Radio, with the kickoff set for 4:00 p.m. ET (2 p.m. MT). The game's title sponsor was Sony Interactive Entertainment via its PlayStation brand as part of a multi-year deal with broadcasting and marketing rightsholder ESPN, which includes branded content and making PlayStation the official video gaming and virtual reality sponsor of the College Football Playoff; the game is officially known as the '''PlayStation Fiesta Bowl'''.
==Teams== The two participants for the game were the Penn State Nittany Lions of the Big Ten Conference and the Washington Huskies of the Pac-12 Conference.
This was only the third time that Penn State and Washington played each other, and the Nittany Lions had won both previous meetings. The most recent game was 34 years earlier in Honolulu at the 1983 Aloha Bowl, where Penn State defeated the Huskies {{nowrap|13–10.<ref name=psrtehu>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=iVdWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6749%2C5762363 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |agency=Associated Press |title=Penn State rallies to edge Huskies |date=December 27, 1983 |page=C1 |access-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref><ref name=dandon>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=AxwhAAAAIBAJ&pg=6506%2C5512719 |work=Pittsburgh Press |last=Donovan|first=Dan|title=Hard work by Penn State defense pays off in Aloha |date=December 27, 1983 |page=D1 |access-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref>}} The first meeting was in 1921, where Penn State defeated the Washington Sun Dodgers {{nowrap|21–7}} on December 3 {{nowrap|in Seattle.<ref name=srrev21>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=bwpWAAAAIBAJ&pg=6144%2C7752081 |work=Spokesman-Review |location=Spokane, Washington |title=Penn State's attack dazzles U. of W. and Bezdek's Lions triumph, 21-7 |date=December 4, 1921 |page=1, part 2 |access-date=January 1, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.winsipedia.com/penn-state/vs/washington|title=Winsipedia - Penn State Nittany Lions vs. Washington Huskies football series history|access-date=December 9, 2017}}</ref>}}
The Nittany Lions had appeared in six previous Fiesta Bowls: 1977, 1980, 1982, 1987, 1992, and 1997, winning all six. This was the Huskies' first Fiesta Bowl appearance.
===Penn State=== {{see also|2017 Penn State Nittany Lions football team}} The Nittany Lions entered the game with a 10–2 record, with their two losses coming in conference play in consecutive weeks by a combined four points at #6 Ohio State and at #24 Michigan State.
===Washington=== {{see also|2017 Washington Huskies football team}}
===Line=== Penn State was favored by 3 points when the game kicked off.
==Game summary== ===Scoring summary=== {{AmFootballScoreSummaryStart|VisitorName=WASH|HomeName=PSU|state=}} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=1 | Time=11:10 | Team=PSU | DrivePlays=8 | DriveLength=83 | DriveTime=3:50 | Type=RecTD | Receiver=DaeSean Hamilton | QB=Trace McSorley | yards=48 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Tyler Davis | Visitor=0 | Home=7 }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=1 | Time=1:34 | Team=PSU | DrivePlays=11 | DriveLength=64 | DriveTime=5:12 | Type=RushTD | Runner=Saquon Barkley | yards=2 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Tyler Davis | Visitor=0 | Home=14 }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=2 | Time=14:57 | Team=WASH | DrivePlays=4 | DriveLength=75 | DriveTime=1:37 | Type=RushTD | Runner=Jake Browning | yards=1 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Tristan Vizcaino | Visitor=7 | Home=14 }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=2 | Time=11:59 | Team=PSU | DrivePlays=7 | DriveLength=76 | DriveTime=2:58 | Type=RushTD | Runner=Miles Sanders | yards=1 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Tyler Davis | Visitor=7 | Home=21 }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=2 | Time=9:01 | Team=PSU | DrivePlays=2 | DriveLength=93 | DriveTime=0:44 | Type=RushTD | Runner=Saquon Barkley | yards=92 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Tyler Davis | Visitor=7 | Home=28 }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=2 | Time=4:15 | Team=WASH | DrivePlays=6 | DriveLength=33 | DriveTime=2:26 | Type=RushTD | Runner=Myles Gaskin | yards=13 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Tristan Vizcaino | Visitor=14 | Home=28 }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=3 | Time=9:57 | Team=WASH | DrivePlays=13 | DriveLength=80 | DriveTime=5:03 | Type=RecTD | Receiver=Aaron Fuller | QB=Jake Browning | yards=28 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Tristan Vizcaino | Visitor=21 | Home=28 }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=3 | Time=5:59 | Team=PSU | DrivePlays=8 | DriveLength=70 | DriveTime=3:58 | Type=RecTD | Receiver=DaeSean Hamilton | QB=Trace McSorley | yards=24 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Tyler Davis | Visitor=21 | Home=35 }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEntry | Quarter=4 | Time=6:52 | Team=WASH | DrivePlays=3 | DriveLength=78 | DriveTime=1:14 | Type=RushTD | Runner=Miles Gaskin | yards=69 | kickresult=good | Kicker=Tristan Vizcaino | Visitor=28 | Home=35 }} {{AmFootballScoreSummaryEnd|Visitor=28|Home=35}}
===Statistics=== {{Linescore Amfootball| |Road=Huskies |R1=0 |R2=14 |R3=7 |R4=7 |Home='''Nittany Lions''' |H1=14 |H2=14 |H3=7 |H4=0 }} {| class="wikitable" ! Statistics !! style="{{NCAA color cell|Washington Huskies}}"|WASH !!style="{{NCAA color cell|Penn State Nittany Lions}}"|PSU |- | First downs || 14 || 25 |- | Plays–yards || 55–331 || 78–554 |- | Rushes–yards || 26–104 || 36–212 |- | Passing yards || 227 || 342 |- | Passing: Comp–Att–Int || 19–29–0 || 32–41–2 |- | Time of possession || 24:05 || 35:55 |- |}
{| class="wikitable" ! Team !! Category !! Player !! Statistics |- |rowspan=3 style="{{NCAA color cell|Washington Huskies}}; text-align:center;"|'''Washington''' || Passing || Jake Browning || 18/28, 175 yds, 1 TD |- | Rushing || Myles Gaskin || 14 car, 98 yds, 2 TD |- | Receiving || Aaron Fuller || 6 rec, 61 yds, 1 TD |- |rowspan=3 style="{{NCAA color cell|Penn State Nittany Lions}}; text-align:center;"|'''Penn State''' || Passing || Trace McSorley || 32/41, 342 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT |- | Rushing || Saquon Barkley || 18 car, 137 yds, 2 TD |- | Receiving || DaeSean Hamilton || 5 rec, 110 yds, 2 TD |}
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