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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 .
Roster
Schedule
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 HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Central time
^[a] The game between Houston and UTSA originally scheduled for September 2 at the 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] As a result of Hurricane Irma , Houston played at USF on Saturday, October 28 (instead of November 4), and hosted ECU on Saturday, November 4 (instead of October 28).
Schedule Source: [ 4]
Game summaries
At Arizona
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
3
14
2
0
19
Wildcats
3
7
3
3
16
Rice
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
0
0
3
3
Cougars
17
21
0
0
38
Texas Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Red Raiders
6
7
7
7
27
Cougars
0
10
0
14
24
At Temple
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
7
6
7
0
20
Owls
0
0
3
10
13
SMU
1
2
3
4
Total
Mustangs
9
3
10
0
22
Cougars
7
14
7
7
35
At Tulsa
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
3
7
0
7
17
Golden Hurricane
0
7
17
21
45
Memphis
1
2
3
4
Total
#25 Tigers
0
0
21
21
42
Cougars
7
10
14
7
38
At South Florida
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
0
0
14
14
28
#17 Bulls
0
7
7
10
24
East Carolina
1
2
3
4
Total
Pirates
0
10
7
10
27
Cougars
21
7
17
7
52
At Tulane
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
3
0
7
7
17
Green Wave
3
10
0
7
20
Navy
1
2
3
4
Total
Midshipmen
0
14
0
0
14
Cougars
7
0
7
10
24
Vs. Fresno State (Hawaii Bowl)
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
13
7
13
33
Cougars
7
3
10
7
27
Players in the 2018 NFL Draft
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