American college football season
The 2017 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs football team represented Louisiana Tech University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Bulldogs played their home games at the Joe Aillet Stadium in Ruston, Louisiana and competed in the West Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by fifth-year head coach Skip Holtz . They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in C-USA play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They were invited to the Frisco Bowl where they defeated SMU .
Schedule [ edit ] Louisiana Tech announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consists of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Bulldogs will host C-USA foes Florida Atlantic , North Texas , Southern Miss , and UTSA , and will travel to Rice , UAB , UTEP , and Western Kentucky (WKU).[1]
The Bulldogs will host three of the four non-conference opponents, Mississippi State from the Southeastern Conference , Northwestern State from the Southland Conference , and South Alabama from the Sun Belt Conference . They will travel to South Carolina , also from the Southeastern Conference.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2 6:00 p.m. Northwestern State * ESPN3 W 52–2424,002 September 9 6:30 p.m. Mississippi State * Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA CBSSN L 21–5728,100 September 16 6:00 p.m. at Western Kentucky Stadium W 23–2216,223 September 23 2:30 p.m. at South Carolina * SECN L 16–1771,821 September 30 6:00 p.m. South Alabama * Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA ESPN3 W 34–1622,013 October 7 3:00 p.m. at UAB CUSA.TV L 22–2327,213 October 21 6:00 p.m. Southern Miss STADIUM L 27–34 2OT 17,815 October 28 2:30 p.m. at Rice FloSports W 42–2819,992 November 4 2:30 p.m. North Texas Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA STADIUM L 23–2418,504 November 11 2:30 p.m. Florida Atlantic Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA STADIUM L 23–4816,511 November 18 2:00 p.m. at UTEP CUSA.TV W 42–2116,597 November 25 6:30 p.m. UTSA Joe Aillet Stadium Ruston, LA ESPNU W 20–615,651 December 20 7:00 p.m. vs. SMU * ESPN W 51–1014,419
Schedule Source: [2] Game summaries [ edit ] Northwestern State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Demons 7 3 14 0 24 Bulldogs 10 14 7 21 52
Mississippi State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total MSU Bulldogs 16 20 21 0 57 La. Tech Bulldogs 9 5 7 0 21
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 3 10 0 10 23 Hilltoppers 8 7 7 0 22
At South Carolina [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 3 3 7 3 16 Gamecocks 0 0 0 17 17
South Alabama [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Jaguars 7 6 3 0 16 Bulldogs 14 3 0 17 34
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 7 3 0 12 22 Blazers 13 3 0 7 23
Southern Miss [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total Golden Eagles 3 7 6 11 0 7 34 Bulldogs 3 14 0 10 0 0 27
At Rice [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 7 14 7 14 42 Owls 0 7 7 14 28
North Texas [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Mean Green 7 3 7 7 24 Bulldogs 3 14 3 3 23
Florida Atlantic [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Owls 6 14 22 6 48 Bulldogs 3 6 7 7 23
At UTEP [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 7 21 0 14 42 Miners 0 0 14 7 21
1 2 3 4 Total Roadrunners 0 0 3 3 6 Bulldogs 7 3 3 7 20
vs SMU–Frisco Bowl [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 21 21 6 3 51 Mustangs 3 7 0 0 10
References [ edit ]
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