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.
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 cancelled 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 it's first ever win against a Power Five team.
|-bgcolor="#F2F2F2" | September 2[a] | 6:00 p.m. | Houston* | | Alamodome • San Antonio, TX | | 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.Rice
- 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. It was originally scheduled for September 2 at the Alamodome. The schools are discussing the possibility of rescheduling the game in a future season.[2]
- Schedule Source:[3]
Game summaries
at Baylor
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Roadrunners | 0 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 |
Bears | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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First meeting |
Southern
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Jaguars | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
Roadrunners | 21 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 51 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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First meeting |
at Texas State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Roadrunners | 10 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 44 |
Bobcats | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1–0 | 2012 | UTSA, 38–31 |
Southern Miss
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Golden Eagles | 7 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 31 |
Roadrunners | 3 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 29 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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2–1 | 2016 | UTSA, 55–32 |
at North Texas
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Roadrunners | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
Mean Green | 16 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 29 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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3–1 | 2016 | UTSA, 31–17 |
Rice
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Owls | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Roadrunners | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
---|---|---|
2–3 | 2016 | UTSA, 14–13 |
at UTEP
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Roadrunners | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
Miners | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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2–2 | 2016 | UTEP, 52–495OT |
at FIU
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Panthers | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 14 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1–0 | 2014 | UTSA, 16–13 |
UAB
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Blazers | 14 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
Roadrunners | 3 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 19 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1–0 | 2013 | UTSA, 52–31 |
Marshall
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Thundering Herd | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Roadrunners | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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0–1 | 2013 | MARSH, 34–10 |
at Louisiana Tech
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Roadrunners | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 20 |
Overall record | Last meeting | Result |
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1–4 | 2016 | LATECH, 63–35 |
References
- ^ "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.
- ^ "UTSA Game Cancelled".
- ^ "2017 UTSA Roadrunners Football Schedule". FB Schedules. Retrieved February 5, 2017.