The 2017 Belk Bowl was a postseason college football bowl game played at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina on December 29, 2017. The game was the 16th edition of the Belk Bowl and featured the Wake Forest Demon Deacons of the Atlantic Coast Conference and the Texas A&M Aggies of the Southeastern Conference. It was one of the 2017–18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by department store chain Belk.
Teams Wake Forest
The Wake Forest Demon Deacons finished the 2017 regular season with a 7–5 record. The game was the team's second appearance in the bowl; they made their first appearance in 2007, when the game was known as the Meineke Car Care Bowl.
Texas A&M
The Texas A&M Aggies finished the 2017 regular season with a 7–5 record. The game was the team's first appearance in the bowl.
Game summary Scoring summary
Statistics
Statistics WF A&M First downs 31 32 Plays–yards 97–646 94–614 Rushes–yards 48–246 31–115 Passing yards 400 499 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 32–49 42–63–1 Time of possession 30:10 29:50
Team Category Player StatisticsWF Passing John Wolford 32–49, 400 yards, 4 TDs Rushing Matt Colburn 21 rushes, 150 yards, 1 TD Receiving Scotty Washington 9 receptions, 138 yards, 1 TDA&M Passing Nick Starkel 42–63, 499 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT Rushing Trayveon Williams 7 rushes, 65 yards, 1 TD Receiving Christian Kirk 13 receptions, 189 yards, 3 TDs
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