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WEST VIRGINIA UTAH DEC. 26, 2017 Proud Sponsor of WVU Athletics - and your local resource to help design a winning game plan. Big firm opportunites, small firm culture. www.WeAreCEC.com air quality | civil engineering | ecological sciences | environmental engineering & sciences | survey | waste management | water resources Civil & Environmental Consultants, Inc. 600 Marketplace Ave, Suite 200 | Bridgeport, WV 26330 | P: 304-933-3119 Bowl Information 4 Bowl Preview 6 Bowl Parking 9 Bowl Seating 10 WVU Game Recaps 12 WVU Postseason Honors 13 WVU Statistical Leaders 14 WVU Bowl Records 15 WVU Bowl Results 16 WVU – Utah Comparative Stats 17 BOWL INFORMATION How do I purchase tickets? Which team is home Traffic flow and pedestrian traffic may not be impeded. Tickets for the 2017 Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl are and which is visitor? Official state fair lots open at 9:30 a.m. on game day. available now by clicking here. West Virginia will be the home team, and Utah will be the visiting team. What items am I allowed to Are there tickets available bring into the stadium? for first responders? Are any team events Only the following items will be permitted upon Through the generosity of our corporate partners and open to the public? entrance into Cotton Bowl Stadium: our bowl fans, we are pleased to have a limited number The First Responders Fan Fest (Cotton Bowl Stadium • Bags that are clear plastic, vinyl or PVC and of complimentary tickets for first responders to attend Plaza) is open to the public. Check out our Bowl not exceeding 14 inches by 14 inches our game. Ticket sign up is available via our website by Events page for more details as well as exact times • One-gallon clear plastic freezer selecting “First Responders” menu option underneath and dates. bag (Ziploc bag or similar) “Tickets” above. You can also access the page by • One unopened bottle of water clicking here. What are the team hotels? • Small clutch bags with or without a handle Official team hotels are the Westin Dallas Downtown or strap can be taken into the venue I need accessible (ADA) Hotel (West Virginia) and the Hyatt Regency Dallas with one of the clear plastic bags seating for the game. How Hotel (Utah). • Small clutch bags must be do I purchase these seats? approximately the size of a hand ADA seating accommodations can be made by calling Is the game on • Exceptions will be made for medically necessary our office at 817-810-0012. If purchasing directly television or radio? items after proper inspection at stadium gates from the participating schools, be sure to specify your The game will be televised by ESPN and can be • Backpacks, diaper bags and other needs during their process. heard on the Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Radio Network similar bags will not be allowed coordinated by RedVoice LLC. Does my child need a ticket? Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas All children 24 months and older will require a ticket How do I get to the Cotton Bowl History to enter the stadium. Children under 24 months do Bowl and where do I park? The Zaxby’s Heart of Dallas Bowl celebrated the not require a ticket but must sit in the lap of a parent By Car: Cotton Bowl Stadium is accessible from I-30 seventh anniversary of its postseason college football during the game. using Exit 48B if traveling eastbound or Exit 49B if bowl game in December of 2016 with an overtime traveling westbound. For navigation only, use 3750 shootout with Army defeating North Texas by a score I lost my tickets for the game. Cotton Bowl Plaza, Dallas, TX 75210. of 38-31 in front of a national ESPN audience. How can I replace them? By Train or Bus: Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) Please stop by the will call window outside Gate A on Owned and operated by ESPN Events, the Zaxby’s offers light rail and bus service to Fair Park. DART’s game day starting at 10:00 a.m. CST to arrange for a Heart of Dallas Bowl has been supported by a many Green Line includes two transit stations with easy replacement pass for your seats. Dallas-based corporations and organizations including access to events held in the stadium. the Dallas Convention and Visitors Bureau, City of When can I pick up Public parking passes are $20 per vehicle. On game Dallas, Omni Hotel Dallas and Hyatt Regency Dallas. tickets at will call? day, cash parking lots will be available around the The bowl game serves as one of several Heart of Will call tickets can be picked up at the will call window stadium. Only cash will be accepted. Game day parking Dallas Foundation events aimed at inspiring Dallas next to Gate A starting at 10:00 a.m. CST on the day will open at 9:30 a.m. CST. RV parking passes are millennials to be the next generation of influencers of the game, Dec. 26. Note: a valid photo ID will be $50 and can be purchased upon arrival with cash only. and philanthropists. Beginning in 2014, the event required to pick up will call tickets. RV parking will open at Noon CST on Dec. 25. Enter dedicated itself to honoring first responders in our the fair grounds at Gate 8. RV overnight parking is community through a pre-game fan fest, tributes How much are tickets and available and will be in Lot 8. Cotton Bowl Staff and throughout the game, and partnerships with local first where are they located? Platinum Security will be on site. For information responder philanthropic organizations. Please see the seating map of Cotton Bowl Stadium for regarding RV parking, please contact 214- 389-4300. Previously the game was referred to as the TicketCity prices and seating sections. Prices range from $25 to Bowl for the 2011 and 2012 games with the Heart of $125 and can be purchased here. What are the rules for Dallas presented by Plains Capital Bank introduced on tailgating before the game? October 4, 2012. Zaxby’s was introduced as the new Tailgating is allowed in official state fair parking lots title sponsor for the Heart of Dallas Bowl on October only. It is not possible to reserve adjacent spaces in 21, 2014; officially naming the game the Zaxby’s Heart advance or upon arrival. Open flames are not allowed. of Dallas Bowl. WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY 2017 4 ZAXBY’S HEART OF DALLAS BOWL JOIaNnd eTarHn mEon eWy foVr c oTllegEe AM WEST VIRGINIA NATIONALGUARD.com BOWL PREVIEW MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – After 53 years, West yards and scored three of the Mountaineers’ four In addition to the Fiesta Bowl, Whittingham also Virginia finally gets another crack at Utah. rushing touchdowns. shows bowl wins over Georgia Tech in the Emerald, Tulsa in the Armed Forces, Navy and Cal in the Well, not really. The WVU defense, which performed much better Poinsettia, Alabama in the Sugar, Georgia Tech in the in late-season wins against Iowa State and Kansas West Virginia and Utah will meet in this year’s Zaxby’s Sun, Colorado State and BYU in the Las Vegas and State, struggled mightily against OU’s high-powered Heart of Dallas Bowl at the historic Cotton Bowl on Indiana in the Foster Farms a year ago in 2016. offensive attack. The Sooners piled up 646 total Tuesday, Dec. 26, at 1:30 p.m. EST on ESPN. yards and punted only once late in the third quarter. His only loss came to Boise State in the 2010 The last and only time these two schools met was in Maaco Bowl. West Virginia ranks 16th in total offense, averaging the 1964 Liberty Bowl when the Roy Jefferson-led 485.2 yards per game, and 110th in total defense, The Utes became bowl-eligible on the final weekend Utes blew past West Virginia, 32-6, at the Atlantic giving up 452.5 yards per contest. of the regular season when they knocked off City Convention Center in the first bowl game ever Colorado, 34-13, in Salt Lake City. Running back played indoors. Holgorsen will be taking his sixth West Virginia Zach Moss and quarterback Troy Williams each team to a bowl game, where he holds a 2-3 record. Utah coach Kyle Whittingham was only five when scored twice in the 21-point victory. He defeated Clemson in the 2012 Orange Bowl that game was played, so it’s highly doubtful he and Arizona State in the 2016 Cactus Bowl, while Moss ran for 196 yards to give him 1,023 yards watched the ABC telecast from his childhood home showing losses to Syracuse in the 2012 Pinstripe, and nine touchdowns for the regular season. It’s in San Luis Obispo, California. to Texas A&M in the 2014 Liberty, and to Miami in the 17th time in school history the Utes have had a We know West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen didn’t the 2016 Camping World bowls. 1,000-yard rusher. see it because he was born seven years later in 1971. It is West Virginia’s 36th bowl appearance and its Williams, starting in place of injured starter Tyler This year’s intriguing matchup features teams from fifth in Texas, the last trip to the Lone Star State Huntley, scored both touchdowns in the second Power 5 Conferences - West Virginia, which finished coming in 1987 when the Mountaineers lost to quarter while completing 15-of-24 passes for 181 tied with Texas, Kansas State and Iowa State for Oklahoma State in the Sun Bowl in El Paso.