2018 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl


The 2018 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl was a college football bowl game played on December 21, 2018. It was the 22nd edition of the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, and one of the 2018–19 bowl games concluding the 2018 FBS football season. The game was sponsored by the Idaho Potato Commission.

Teams

The game matched the Western Michigan Broncos, from the Mid-American Conference, and the BYU Cougars, an independent team. The programs previously had met five times, most recently in 1970, with BYU holding a 3–2 edge.

Western Michigan Broncos

Western Michigan received and accepted a bid to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on December 2. The Broncos entered the bowl with a 7–5 record. This was Western Michigan's second appearance in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, having lost to Air Force in the 2014 edition.

BYU Cougars

BYU received and accepted a bid to the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on December 2. The independent Cougars entered the bowl with a 6–6 record. BYU became the first independent team to play in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl.

Game summary

Scoring summary

Statistics

StatisticsWMUBYU
First downs1622
Plays–yards76–31352–490
Rushes–yards39–13833–132
Passing yards175358
Passing: Comp–Att–Int20–37–119–19–0
Time of possession35:2124:39

TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Western MichiganPassingKaleb Eleby20/36, 175 yds, 1 INT
Western MichiganRushingJamauri Bogan13 car, 62 yds, 1 TD
Western MichiganReceivingD'Wayne Eskridge2 rec, 61 yds
BYUPassingZach Wilson18/18, 317 yds, 4 TD
BYURushingRiley Burt13 car, 110 yds, 1 TD
BYUReceivingDylan Collie6 rec, 124 yds, 2 TD