2017 Houston Cougars football team

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.

2017 Houston Cougars football
Hawaii Bowl, L 27–33 vs. Fresno State
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
DivisionWest Division
2017 record7–5 (5–3 American)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrian Johnson (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorMark D'Onofrio (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorClay Jennings (1st season)
Home stadiumTDECU Stadium
(Capacity: 40,000)
2017 American Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
East Division
No. 6 UCF xy$  8 –0     13 –0  
No. 21 South Florida  6 –2     10 –2  
Temple  4 –4     7 –6  
Cincinnati  2 –6     4 –8  
UConn  2 –6     3 –9  
East Carolina  2 –6     3 –9  
West Division
No. 25 Memphis xy  7 –1     10 –3  
Houston  5 –3     7 –5  
Navy  4 –4     7 –6  
SMU  4 –4     7 –6  
Tulane  3 –5     5 –7  
Tulsa  1 –7     2 –10  
Championship: UCF 62, Memphis 55
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
As of January 9, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll.

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.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 2[a]6:00 p.m.UTSA*
cancelled[a]
September 99:30 p.m.at Arizona*
ESPNUW 19–1643,334
September 167:00 p.m.Rice*
ESPN3W 38–338,900
September 2311:00 a.m.Texas Tech*
  • TDECU Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ABC/ESPN2L 24–2736,383
September 3011:00 a.m.at Temple
ESPNUW 20–1324,024
October 76:00 p.m.SMU
  • TDECU Stadium
  • Houston, TX (Rivalry)
CBSSNW 35–2231,153
October 142:45 p.m.at Tulsa
ESPNewsL 17–4519,198
October 197:00 p.m.No. 25 Memphis
  • TDECU Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ESPNL 38–4230,001
October 28[b]2:45 p.m.at No. 17 South Florida
ESPNUW 28–2432,316
November 4[b]11:00 a.m.East Carolina
  • TDECU Stadium
  • Houston, TX
CBSSNW 52–2729,810
November 183:00 p.m.at Tulane
ESPNewsL 17–2019,026
November 2411:00 a.m.Navy
  • TDECU Stadium
  • Houston, TX
ESPNW 24–1429,252
December 247:30 p.m.vs. Fresno State*
ESPNL 27–3320,546
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings 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
See also: 2017 Arizona Wildcats football team

Rice
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 0 0 3 3
Cougars 17 21 0 0 38
See also: 2017 Rice Owls football team

Texas Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Red Raiders 6 7 7 7 27
Cougars 0 10 0 14 24
See also: 2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team

at Temple
1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 7 6 7 0 20
Owls 0 0 3 10 13
See also: 2017 Temple Owls football team

SMU
1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 9 3 10 0 22
Cougars 7 14 7 7 35
See also: 2017 SMU Mustangs football team

at Tulsa
1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 3 7 0 7 17
Golden Hurricane 0 7 17 21 45
See also: 2017 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team

Memphis
1 2 3 4 Total
#25 Tigers 0 0 21 21 42
Cougars 7 10 14 7 38
See also: 2017 Memphis Tigers football team

at South Florida
1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0 0 14 14 28
#17 Bulls 0 7 7 10 24
See also: 2017 South Florida Bulls football team

East Carolina
1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 0 10 7 10 27
Cougars 21 7 17 7 52
See also: 2017 East Carolina Pirates football team

at Tulane
1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 3 0 7 7 17
Green Wave 3 10 0 7 20
See also: 2017 Tulane Green Wave football team
1 2 3 4 Total
Midshipmen 0 14 0 0 14
Cougars 7 0 7 10 24
See also: 2017 Navy Midshipmen football team

vs. Fresno State (Hawaii Bowl)
1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 13 7 13 33
Cougars 7 3 10 7 27
See also: 2017 Fresno State Bulldogs football team and 2017 Hawaii Bowl

Players in the 2018 NFL Draft
See also: 2018 NFL Draft
PlayerPositionRoundPickNFL Club
Matthew AdamsLB7221Indianapolis Colts

References
  1. "2017 Houston Football Schedule Announced" (Press release). University of Houston Department of Athletics. February 9, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  2. http://www.uhcougars.com/genrel/082917aab.html
  3. http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/090617aab.html
  4. "2017 Houston Cougars Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved March 8, 2017.


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