2017 Victory Bowl

2017 Victory Bowl
SAGU Lions Campbellsville Tigers (8–2) (7–2) 28 41 Head coach:  Frank Tristan Head coach:  Perry Thomas
1 2 3 4 Total SAGU 7 14 0 7 28 Campbellsville 6 13 13 9 41
Date	November 18, 2017
Season	2017
Stadium	Ron Finley Stadium
Location	Campbellsville, Kentucky
MVP	Offensive:Zerric Willis (Campbellsville) Defensive:Garland Webb (Campbellsville)
Attendance	1,000

The Victory Bowl, the 20th edition of the annual game, was a college football bowl game played on Saturday, November 18, 2017, at Ron Finley Stadium in Campbellsville, Kentucky. It was played after the previous year's Victory bowl was cancelled due to a lack of participating teams. It featured the Sagu Lions against the Campbellsville Tigers. The Tigers won their second Victory Bowl 41–28.

Campbellsville scored 28 unanswered points in the second half and used key stops throughout to seal its second NCCAA Victory Bowl Championship in program history, 41–28 over Southwestern Assemblies of God University (SAGU).

Campbellsville (8–2) put up 525 total yards of offense and held SAGU's high-powered rushing attack in check with only 110 yards on the ground. The eight wins is the sixth in program history and second the last three seasons.

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP SAGU Lions Campbellsville Tigers 1 13:04 5 75 1:56 Campbellsville Tigers Zerric Willis 65-yard touchdown reception from Hunter Brown, Bradley Bates kick Blocked 0 6 1 9:32 8 64 3:22 SAGU Lions JP Lowery 34-yard touchdown run, Tluang Hmung kick Good 7 6 2 14:04 5 53 0:50 Campbellsville Tigers Kendon Young 19-yard touchdown reception from , Bradley Bates kick Good 7 13 2 13:11 3 75 0:53 SAGU Lions Jeremy Carr 77-yard touchdown reception from CJ Collins, Tluang Hmung kick Good 14 13 2 8:40 8 68 4:21 SAGU Lions Bryant Dotson 35-yard touchdown reception from CJ Collins, Tluang Hmung kick Good 21 13 2 7:47 4 78 0:53 Campbellsville Tigers Kendon Young 20-yard touchdown run, 2-point Hunter Brown Pass Failed 21 19 3 13:07 2 24 0:22 Campbellsville Tigers Wade Holtsclaw 3-yard touchdown run, 2-point Hunter Brown Pass Failed 21 25 3 7:36 2 29 0:35 Campbellsville Tigers Wade Holtsclaw 17-yard touchdown run, Bradley Bates kick Good 21 32 4 9:20 6 53 2:56 Campbellsville Tigers 29-yard field goal by Bradley Bates 21 35 4 7:28 2 16 0:25 Campbellsville Tigers Hunter Brown 1-yard touchdown run, Bradley Bates kick Blocked 21 41 4 3:26 12 58 3:49 SAGU Lions Stephen Lawson 15-yard touchdown reception from CJ Collins, Tluang Hmung kick Good 28 41 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. SAGU Lions Campbellsville Tigers