The 2017 Outback Bowl was an American college football

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played on Monday, January 2, 2017 at

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. The 31st annual Outback Bowl featured the

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from the

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and the

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from the

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, and was one of the

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concluding the

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. The game was nationally televised by ABC, and its title sponsor was the

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restaurant franchise.

Teams

On December 4, 2016, Florida and Iowa were selected to play one another. This was the fourth overall meeting between the teams, and was the third time the Gators and Hawkeyes played each other in the Outback Bowl, with each team having won one of the previous meetings. This was also the fifth time each school played in the Outback Bowl.

Florida

Iowa

Game summary

Scoring summary

Statistics

References

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