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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
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 cancelled. 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 cancelled.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2[a] 6:00 p.m. UTSA *cancelled [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 TDECU Stadium Houston, TX (Rivalry) 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
at Arizona
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
3
14
2
0
19
Wildcats
3
7
3
3
16
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–1
1986
L , 3–37
Rice
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
0
0
3
3
Cougars
17
21
0
0
38
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
29–11
2013
W , 31–26
Texas Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Red Raiders
6
7
7
7
27
Cougars
0
10
0
14
24
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
18–11–1
2010
L , 20–35
at Temple
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
7
6
7
0
20
Owls
0
0
3
10
13
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
5–0
2015
W , 24–13
SMU
1
2
3
4
Total
Mustangs
9
3
10
0
22
Cougars
7
14
7
7
35
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
20–11–1
2016
L , 16–38
at Tulsa
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
3
7
0
7
17
Golden Hurricane
0
7
17
21
45
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
23–18
2016
W , 38–31
Memphis
1
2
3
4
Total
#25 Tigers
0
0
21
21
42
Cougars
7
10
14
7
38
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
15–10
2016
L , 44–48
at South Florida
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
0
0
14
14
28
#17 Bulls
0
7
7
10
24
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–2
2014
W , 27–3
East Carolina
1
2
3
4
Total
Pirates
0
10
7
10
27
Cougars
21
7
17
7
52
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
5–7
2012
L , 28–48
at Tulane
1
2
3
4
Total
Cougars
3
0
7
7
17
Green Wave
3
10
0
7
20
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
16–5
2016
W , 30–18
Navy
1
2
3
4
Total
Midshipmen
0
14
0
0
14
Cougars
7
0
7
10
24
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–1
2016
L , 40–46
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
13
7
13
33
Cougars
7
3
10
7
27
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
Players in the 2018 NFL Draft
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