2017 Fiesta Bowl (Quebec Independence)

The 2017 Fiesta Bowl was the championship game for Division 1 FBS college football. The game, held in Glendale, Airzona, pitted the #1 Klamath Rockets against the #2 Nebraska Cornhuskers.

Klamath Rockets
Klamath finished the 2015-16 with a loss in the national championship to the Massachusetts Minutemen at the Rose Bowl. Klamath's success came as a surprise, with few pundits predicting them to have a successful season. Starting true freshmen quarterback Sam Darnold, Klamath quickly rose through the rankings, blasting away defending Pac-12 champions Stanford midway through the season, catapulting the Rockets to the top 5. By the end of the season, the undefeated Rockets were the consensus #1 and were Pac-12 champions.