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.

2017 UTSA Roadrunners football
Conference	Conference USA
Division	West Division
2017 record	6–5 (3–5 C-USA)
Head coach	Frank Wilson (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Frank Scelfo (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Pete Golding (2nd season)
Home stadium	Alamodome (Capacity: 65,000)

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

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 its first ever win against a Power Five team.

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 (rivalry)	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

^{^[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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2012	UTSA, 38–31

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–1	2016	UTSA, 55–32

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–1	2016	UTSA, 31–17

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–3	2016	UTSA, 14–13

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2016	UTEP, 52–49^5OT

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2014	UTSA, 16–13

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2013	UTSA, 52–31

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2013	MARSH, 34–10

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	2016	LATECH, 63–35

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.