The 2017 Alamo Bowl (December) was a college football bowl game played on December 28, 2017, at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas. The 25th annual Alamo Bowl featured the Stanford Cardinal of the Pac-12 against the TCU Horned Frogs of the Big 12. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. Sponsored by Valero Energy, the game was officially known as the Valero Alamo Bowl. The contest was televised on ESPN, with kickoff at 8:00 p.m. (CST).

Team selection The game featured the Stanford Cardinal against the TCU Horned Frogs. This was the third meeting between the schools – they played games in 2007 and 2008 at each team's home stadium; TCU won both games to lead the series 2–0.Stanford Cardinal vs. TCU Horned Frogs series history

Stanford

TCU

Game summary Scoring summary

Statistics

Statistics STAN TCU First downs 17 21 Plays–yards 61–369 67–488 Rushes–yards 34–157 26–147 Passing yards 212 341 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 15–27–2 28–41–2 Time of possession 33:03 26:57

Team Category Player StatisticsSTAN Passing K. J. Costello 15/27, 212 yds, 3 TD, 2 INT Rushing Bryce Love 26 car, 145 yds, 2 TD Receiving Cameron Scarlett 2 rec, 85 ydsTCU Passing Kenny Hill 24/40, 314 yds, 2 TD, 2 INT Rushing Kenny Hill 9 car, 40 yds, 1 TD Receiving Jalen Reagor 5 rec, 169 yds, 1 TD

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