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American college football season
The 2017 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represented
Louisiana Tech University in the
2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Bulldogs played their home games at the
Joe Aillet Stadium in
Ruston, Louisiana and competed in the West Division of
Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by fifth-year head coach
Skip Holtz . They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in C-USA play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They were invited to the
Frisco Bowl where they defeated
SMU .
Schedule
Louisiana Tech announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Bulldogs will host C-USA foes
Florida Atlantic ,
North Texas ,
Southern Miss , and
UTSA , and will travel to
Rice ,
UAB ,
UTEP , and
Western Kentucky (WKU).
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The Bulldogs will host three of the four non-conference opponents,
Mississippi State from the
Southeastern Conference ,
Northwestern State from the
Southland Conference , and
South Alabama from the
Sun Belt Conference . They will travel to
South Carolina , also from the Southeastern Conference.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2 6:00 p.m.
Northwestern State *
ESPN3 W 52–2424,002
September 9 6:30 p.m.
Mississippi State * Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA
CBSSN L 21–5728,100
September 16 6:00 p.m. at
Western Kentucky
Stadium W 23–2216,223
September 23 2:30 p.m. at
South Carolina *
SECN L 16–1771,821
September 30 6:00 p.m.
South Alabama * Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA ESPN3 W 34–1622,013
October 7 3:00 p.m. at
UAB
CUSA.TV L 22–2327,213
October 21 6:00 p.m.
Southern Miss STADIUM L 27–34 2OT 17,815
October 28 2:30 p.m. at
Rice FloSports W 42–2819,992
November 4 2:30 p.m.
North Texas Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA STADIUM L 23–2418,504
November 11 2:30 p.m.
Florida Atlantic Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA STADIUM L 23–4816,511
November 18 2:00 p.m. at
UTEP CUSA.TV W 42–2116,597
November 25 6:30 p.m.
UTSA Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA
ESPNU W 20–615,651
December 20 7:00 p.m. vs.
SMU *
ESPN W 51–1014,419
Schedule Source:
[2]
Game summaries
Northwestern State
1
2
3
4
Total
Demons
7
3
14
0
24
Bulldogs
10
14
7
21
52
Mississippi State
1
2
3
4
Total
MSU Bulldogs
16
20
21
0
57
La. Tech Bulldogs
9
5
7
0
21
At WKU
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
3
10
0
10
23
Hilltoppers
8
7
7
0
22
At South Carolina
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
3
3
7
3
16
Gamecocks
0
0
0
17
17
South Alabama
1
2
3
4
Total
Jaguars
7
6
3
0
16
Bulldogs
14
3
0
17
34
At UAB
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
3
0
12
22
Blazers
13
3
0
7
23
Southern Miss
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
Golden Eagles
3
7
6
11 0 7
34
Bulldogs
3
14
0
10 0 0
27
At Rice
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
14
7
14
42
Owls
0
7
7
14
28
North Texas
1
2
3
4
Total
Mean Green
7
3
7
7
24
Bulldogs
3
14
3
3
23
Florida Atlantic
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
6
14
22
6
48
Bulldogs
3
6
7
7
23
At UTEP
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
21
0
14
42
Miners
0
0
14
7
21
UTSA
1
2
3
4
Total
Roadrunners
0
0
3
3
6
Bulldogs
7
3
3
7
20
vs SMU–Frisco Bowl
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
21
21
6
3
51
Mustangs
3
7
0
0
10
Roster
References
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