2017 Houston Cougars football team
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.
The Cougars hosted two of their three non-conference opponents, Rice from Conference USA 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.Game summaries
at Arizona
Rice
Texas Tech
at Temple
SMU
at Tulsa
Memphis
at South Florida
East Carolina
at Tulane
Navy
vs. Fresno State (Hawaii Bowl)
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL Club |
| Matthew Adams | LB | 7 | 221 | Indianapolis Colts |
