College football game
2017 Valero Alamo Bowl
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Stanford
14 7 10 6
37
TCU
3 7 13 16
39
Date December 28, 2017 Season 2017 Stadium Alamodome Location San Antonio, Texas MVP Offensive: Kenny Hill (QB, TCU) Defensive: Travin Howard (LB, TCU) Favorite TCU by 3 Referee Ken Williamson (SEC ) Attendance 57,653[1] Payout US$ 7,575,000[2] Network ESPN Announcers TV: Rece Davis , Joey Galloway , David Pollack , Quint Kessenich Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Ian Fitzsimmons
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.[3]
Stanford
TCU