2017 UTSA Roadrunners football team

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.

ConferenceConference USA

West Division

Record6–5 (3–5 C-USA)

Headcoach

Frank Wilson (2nd season)

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2017 UTSA Roadrunners football

Conference	Conference USA
Division	West Division
Record	6–5 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Frank Wilson (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Frank Scelfo (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Pete Golding (2nd season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Alamodome
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

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2017 Conference USA football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Florida Atlantic x$	8	–	0	11	–	3
FIU	5	–	3	8	–	5
Marshall	4	–	4	8	–	5
Middle Tennessee	4	–	4	7	–	6
Western Kentucky	4	–	4	6	–	7
Old Dominion	3	–	5	5	–	7
Charlotte	1	–	7	1	–	11
West Division
North Texas x	7	–	1	9	–	5
Southern Miss	6	–	2	8	–	5
UAB	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

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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 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.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2^[a]	6:00 p.m.	Houston*	Alamodome San Antonio, TX		Cancelled ^[a]
September 9	7:00 p.m.	at Baylor*	McLane Stadium Waco, TX	FSN	W 17–10	41,923
September 16	6:00 p.m.	Southern*	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	KCWX	W 51–17	25,093
September 23	6:30 p.m.	at Texas State*	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX (I-35 Rivalry)	ESPN3 - KEYE - KMYS	W 44–14	31,333
October 7	6:00 p.m.	Southern Miss	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	STADIUM - KMYS	L 29–31	23,517
October 14	5:30 p.m.	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX	ESPN3	L 26–29	23,068
October 21	6:00 p.m.	Rice	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	STADIUM - KMYS	W 20–7	25,270
October 28	7:00 p.m.	at UTEP	Sun Bowl El Paso, TX	KMYS	W 31–14	19,456
November 4	6:00 p.m.	at FIU	Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL	STADIUM - KMYS	L 7–14	15,874
November 11	6:00 p.m.	UAB	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	KCWX	L 19–24	20,076
November 18	6:00 p.m.	Marshall	Alamodome San Antonio, TX	STADIUM - KMYS	W 9–7	20,148
November 25	6:30 p.m.	at Louisiana Tech	Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA	ESPNU	L 6–20	15,651
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time

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^{^[a]}The game between Houston and UTSA was cancelled in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey.

Schedule source:^[2]