The 2017 Armed Forces Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 23, 2017, at Amon G. Carter Stadium on the campus of Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas. The fifteenth edition of the Armed Forces Bowl featured the Army Black Knights against the San Diego State Aztecs of the Mountain West Conference. Kickoff was scheduled for 2:30 p.m. CST and the game aired on ESPN. It was one of the 2017âÂÂ18 bowl games concluding the 2017 FBS football season. The game was officially named the Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl after its corporate sponsor Lockheed Martin.
The game featured the Army Black Knights against the San Diego State Aztecs.
This was the third time that Army and San Diego State played each other; the Aztecs won both previous meetings, defeating the Black Knights by a score of 23âÂÂ20 in West Point on September 10, 2011, and then again on September 8, 2012, this time by a score of 42âÂÂ7 in San Diego.
For 2017, Army had reached a contractual agreement to play in the 2017 Armed Forces Bowl should they be bowl-eligible that season and not selected for a New Year's Six bowl game. Immediately following their 31âÂÂ28 overtime win over Temple to become bowl-eligible, the Black Knights officially accepted their invitation.
This was the Black Knights' second Armed Forces Bowl, following their victory over the SMU Mustangs in the 2010 Armed Forces Bowl by a score of 16âÂÂ14.
This was the Aztecs' first Armed Forces Bowl.