2017 UTSA Roadrunners football
ConferenceConference USA
DivisionWest Division
Record6–5 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorFrank Scelfo (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorPete Golding (2nd season)
Base defense4–2–5
Home stadiumAlamodome
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Conference USA football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Florida Atlantic x$   8 – 0     11 – 3  
FIU   5 – 3     8 – 5  
Marshall   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Western Kentucky   4 – 4     6 – 7  
Middle Tennessee   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Old Dominion   3 – 5     5 – 7  
Charlotte   1 – 7     1 – 11  
West Division
North Texas x   7 – 1     9 – 5  
UAB   6 – 2     8 – 5  
Southern Miss   6 – 2     8 – 5  
Louisiana Tech   4 – 4     7 – 6  
UTSA   3 – 5     6 – 5  
Rice   1 – 7     1 – 11  
UTEP   0 – 8     0 – 12  
Championship: Florida Atlantic 41, North Texas 17
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2017 UTSA Roadrunners football team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Roadrunners played their home games at the Alamodome in San Antonio, TX, and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by second-year head coach Frank Wilson. They finished the season 6–5, 3–5 in C-USA play to finish in fifth place in the West Division. Despite being bowl eligible for the second consecutive season, the Roadrunners did not receive a bowl bid.

Schedule

UTSA announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of 6 home and away games in the regular season. The Roadrunners hosted CUSA foes Marshall, Rice, Southern Miss, and UAB, and traveled to FIU, Louisiana Tech, North Texas, and UTEP.[1]

The Roadrunners hosted one of the three non-conference opponents, Southern from the Southwestern Athletic Conference and traveled to Baylor from the Big 12 Conference and Texas State from the Sun Belt Conference. The Roadrunners were to also host the season opener against Houston from the American Athletic Conference but the game was canceled due to Hurricane Harvey.

The Roadrunners ended the season with their first winning record since 2013, with one of their six wins being a 17–10 victory against Baylor, giving the school its first ever win against a Power Five team.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 2[a]6:00 p.m.Houston*
 Cancelled [a]
September 97:00 p.m.at Baylor*
FSNW 17–1041,923
September 166:00 p.m.Southern*
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
KCWXW 51–1725,093
September 236:30 p.m.at Texas State*
ESPN3 - KEYE - KMYSW 44–1431,333
October 76:00 p.m.Southern Miss
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
STADIUM - KMYSL 29–3123,517
October 145:30 p.m.at North Texas
ESPN3L 26–2923,068
October 216:00 p.m.Ricedagger
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
STADIUM - KMYSW 20–725,270
October 287:00 p.m.at UTEP
KMYSW 31–1419,456
November 46:00 p.m.at FIU
STADIUM - KMYSL 7–1415,874
November 116:00 p.m.UAB
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
KCWXL 19–2420,076
November 186:00 p.m.Marshall
  • Alamodome
  • San Antonio, TX
STADIUM - KMYSW 9–720,148
November 256:30 p.m.at Louisiana Tech
ESPNUL 6–2015,651
^[a] The game between Houston and UTSA was cancelled in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.
Schedule Source:[2]

Game summaries

At Baylor

1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 0 7 7 3 17
Bears 0 7 0 3 10

See also: 2017 Baylor Bears football team

Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
Jaguars 0 0 7 10 17
Roadrunners 21 27 3 0 51

See also: 2017 Southern Jaguars football team

At Texas State

1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 10 17 3 14 44
Bobcats 7 7 0 0 14

See also: 2017 Texas State Bobcats football team and I-35 Rivalry

Southern Miss

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 7 0 14 10 31
Roadrunners 3 10 0 16 29

See also: 2017 Southern Miss Golden Eagles football team

At North Texas

1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 7 10 3 6 26
Mean Green 16 0 0 13 29

See also: 2017 North Texas Mean Green football team

Rice

1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 7 0 0 7
Roadrunners 10 0 10 0 20

See also: 2017 Rice Owls football team

At UTEP

1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 3 14 7 7 31
Miners 0 14 0 0 14

See also: 2017 UTEP Miners football team

At FIU

1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 0 0 0 7 7
Panthers 0 0 14 0 14

See also: 2017 FIU Panthers football team

UAB

1 2 3 4 Total
Blazers 14 7 0 3 24
Roadrunners 3 3 0 13 19

See also: 2017 UAB Blazers football team

Marshall

1 2 3 4 Total
Thundering Herd 0 0 0 7 7
Roadrunners 3 3 0 3 9

See also: 2017 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

At Louisiana Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 0 0 3 3 6
Bulldogs 7 7 3 3 20

See also: 2017 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team

References

  1. ^ "Conference USA announces 2017 football schedule on Thursday" (Press release). University of Texas at San Antonio Department of Athletics. January 26, 2017. Retrieved February 5, 2017.
  2. ^ "2017 UTSA Roadrunners Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 5, 2017.


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