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 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
Northwestern State
1
2
3
4
Total
Demons
7
3
14
0
24
Bulldogs
10
14
7
21
52
Mississippi State
1
2
3
4
Total
MSU Bulldogs
16
20
21
0
57
La. Tech Bulldogs
9
5
7
0
21
At WKU
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
3
10
0
10
23
Hilltoppers
8
7
7
0
22
At South Carolina
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
3
3
7
3
16
Gamecocks
0
0
0
17
17
South Alabama
1
2
3
4
Total
Jaguars
7
6
3
0
16
Bulldogs
14
3
0
17
34
At UAB
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
3
0
12
22
Blazers
13
3
0
7
23
Southern Miss
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
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
14
7
14
42
Owls
0
7
7
14
28
North Texas
1
2
3
4
Total
Mean Green
7
3
7
7
24
Bulldogs
3
14
3
3
23
Florida Atlantic
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
6
14
22
6
48
Bulldogs
3
6
7
7
23
At UTEP
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
7
21
0
14
42
Miners
0
0
14
7
21
UTSA
1
2
3
4
Total
Roadrunners
0
0
3
3
6
Bulldogs
7
3
3
7
20
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
21
21
6
3
51
Mustangs
3
7
0
0
10
Roster
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