2017 Big 12 Championship Game

The 2017 Big 12 Championship Game was a college football game played on Saturday, December 2, 2017, at AT&T Stadium, in Arlington. This was the 16th Big 12 Championship Game and determined the 2017 champion of the Big 12 Conference.[2] This was the first year of the current division-less format of the game; instead of representatives from two divisions, the two teams with the best conference records earned a spot in the game.[3] The game featured the top-seeded, Oklahoma Sooners and the second-seeded, TCU Horned Frogs.

For the Big 12 men's basketball championship, see 2017 Big 12 men's basketball tournament.

2017 Big 12 Championship Game
16th Big 12 Championship Game
TCU Horned Frogs Oklahoma Sooners
(10–2) (11–1)
17 41
Head coach: 
Gary Patterson		 Head coach: 
Lincoln Riley
APCoachesCFP
101211
APCoachesCFP
223
1234 Total
TCU 01700 17
Oklahoma 177170 41
DateDecember 2, 2017
Season2017
StadiumAT&T Stadium
LocationArlington, Texas
FavoriteOklahoma by 7.5[1]
National anthemThe Pride of Oklahoma Marching Band
RefereeMike Defee
Attendance64,104
United States TV coverage
NetworkFOX/ESPN Radio
AnnouncersJoe Davis, Brady Quinn, Bruce Feldman and Petros Papadakis (FOX)
Marc Kestecher, Barrett Jones and Ian Fitzsimmons (ESPN Radio)
2017 Big 12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 3 Oklahoma y$^  8 –1   12 –2  
No. 9 TCU y  7 –2   11 –3  
No. 14 Oklahoma State  6 –3   10 –3  
Texas  5 –4   7 –6  
West Virginia  5 –4   7 –6  
Kansas State  5 –4   8 –5  
Iowa State  5 –4   8 –5  
Texas Tech  3 –6   6 –7  
Baylor  1 –8   1 –11  
Kansas  0 –9   1 –11  
Championship: Oklahoma 41, TCU 17
  • ^ – College Football Playoff participant
  • $ – Conference champion
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

Background

In the 2010 Big 12 Championship Game, the South Division was represented by Oklahoma and the North Division was represented by Nebraska. Oklahoma defeated Nebraska, 23–20, to claim their seventh Big 12 title.

The 2010–2013 realignment of the conference left the Big 12 with ten members, and NCAA regulations at the time required a conference to have at least 12 members in order to hold an "exempt" championship game that did not count against the limit of 12 regular-season contests for FBS teams. The Big 12 thus used its regular season in-conference results to determine the conference champion.

Following a January 2016 NCAA rule change that allows FBS conferences to conduct exempt football championship games regardless of their membership numbers, the Big 12 announced that the championship game would be reinstated in 2017.[4]

Teams

TCU
Main article: 2017 TCU Horned Frogs football team

Oklahoma
Main article: 2017 Oklahoma Sooners football team

Game summary
2017 Big 12 Championship Game
Period 1 2 34Total
No. 11 TCU 0 17 0017
No. 3 Oklahoma 17 7 17041

at AT&T Stadium • Arlington, Texas

Game information
First quarter
Second quarter
Third quarter
Fourth quarter

Statistics
Statistics TCU OKLA
First downs2022
Plays–yards61-23466-461
Rushes–yards24-8343-218
Passing yards234243
Passing: comp–att–int27-37-115-23-0
Time of possession24:4135:19
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
TCU PassingKenny Hill27-37, 234 yds, 2 TD
RushingKenny Hill13 car, 51 yds, 0 TD
ReceivingJohn Diarse5 rec, 1 TD
OKLA PassingBaker Mayfield15-23, 243 yds, 4 TD
RushingRodney Anderson24 car, 93 yds, 0 TD
ReceivingMarquise Brown7 rec, 58 yds, 2 TD

References
  1. "TCU Horned Frogs vs Oklahoma Sooners". Odds Shark. Retrieved November 28, 2017.
  2. "All-Time Big 12 Championships". big12sports.com. Big 12 Conference. Retrieved October 23, 2021.
  3. "Tiebreaker Procedures". Big 12 Conference. July 2017. Retrieved November 26, 2017.
  4. "Big 12 To Conduct Football Championship; Revenue Figures Announced" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. June 3, 2016. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
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