American college football season
The 2017 Houston Cougars football team represented the University of Houston in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Cougars played their home games at TDECU Stadium in Houston, Texas , and competed in the West Division of the American Athletic Conference . They were led by first-year head coach Major Applewhite . They finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in AAC play to finish in second place in the West Division. They were invited to the Hawaii Bowl where they lost to Fresno State .
Schedule [ edit ] Houston announced its 2017 football schedule on February 9, 2017. The 2017 schedule originally consisted of six home games and six road games in the regular season, but the road game versus UTSA was canceled. The Cougars hosted AAC foes East Carolina , Memphis , Navy , and SMU , and traveled to South Florida , Temple , Tulane , and Tulsa .[1]
The Cougars hosted two of their three non-conference opponents, Rice from Conference USA (CUSA) and Texas Tech from the Big 12 Conference . They traveled to Arizona from the Pac-12 Conference . Houston was originally scheduled to travel to UTSA of CUSA but that game was canceled.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2[a] 6:00 p.m. UTSA *canceled [a] September 9 9:30 p.m. at Arizona * ESPNU W 19–1643,334 September 16 7:00 p.m. Rice * ESPN3 W 38–338,900 September 23 11:00 a.m. Texas Tech * ABC/ESPN2 L 24–2736,383 September 30 11:00 a.m. at Temple ESPNU W 20–1324,024 October 7 6:00 p.m. SMU CBSSN W 35–2231,153 October 14 2:45 p.m. at Tulsa ESPNews L 17–4519,198 October 19 7:00 p.m. No. 25 Memphis ESPN L 38–4230,001 October 28[b] 2:45 p.m. at No. 17 South Florida ESPNU W 28–2432,316 November 4[b] 11:00 a.m. East Carolina CBSSN W 52–2729,810 November 18 3:00 p.m. at Tulane ESPNews L 17–2019,026 November 24 11:00 a.m. Navy ESPN W 24–1429,252 December 24 7:30 p.m. vs. Fresno State * ESPN L 27–3320,546 *Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time
^[a] Alamodome in San Antonio was initially postponed due to the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey . However, on Wednesday, September 6, 2017, officials from the two schools agreed that the previously postponed game would not be made up during the season.[2] [3] ^[b] Schedule Source: [4] Game summaries [ edit ] At Arizona [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 3 14 2 0 19 Wildcats 3 7 3 3 16
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 0 0 0 3 3 Cougars 17 21 0 0 38
Texas Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Red Raiders 6 7 7 7 27 Cougars 0 10 0 14 24
At Temple [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 7 6 7 0 20 Owls 0 0 3 10 13
1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 9 3 10 0 22 Cougars 7 14 7 7 35
At Tulsa [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 3 7 0 7 17 Golden Hurricane 0 7 17 21 45
Memphis [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #25 Tigers 0 0 21 21 42 Cougars 7 10 14 7 38
At South Florida [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 0 0 14 14 28 #17 Bulls 0 7 7 10 24
East Carolina [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Pirates 0 10 7 10 27 Cougars 21 7 17 7 52
At Tulane [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 3 0 7 7 17 Green Wave 3 10 0 7 20
1 2 3 4 Total Midshipmen 0 14 0 0 14 Cougars 7 0 7 10 24
Vs. Fresno State (Hawaii Bowl) [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 13 7 13 33 Cougars 7 3 10 7 27
Players in the 2018 NFL Draft [ edit ]
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