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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 * TDECU Stadium Houston, TX (
rivalry )
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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