| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 2017 |
| Team: | Houston Cougars |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | American |
| Division: | West Division |
| Record: | 7–5 |
| Conf Record: | 5–3 |
| Head Coach: | Major Applewhite |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Off Coach: | Brian Johnson |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Off Scheme: | Spread |
| Def Coach: | Mark D'Onofrio |
| Dc Year: | 1st |
| Codef Coach1: | Clay Jennings |
| Codc1 Year: | 1st |
| Def Scheme: | 4–3 |
| Stadium: | TDECU Stadium |
| Bowl Result: | L 27–33 vs. Fresno State |
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.
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 canceled. The Cougars hosted AAC foes East Carolina, Memphis, Navy, and SMU, and traveled to South Florida, Temple, Tulane, and Tulsa.[1]
The Cougars hosted two of their three non-conference opponents, Rice from Conference USA (CUSA) 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 canceled.
The game between Houston and UTSA originally scheduled for September 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio was initially postponed due to the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. However, on Wednesday, September 6, 2017, officials from the two schools agreed that the previously postponed game would not be made up during the season.[2] [3]
As a result of Hurricane Irma, Houston played at USF on Saturday, October 28 (instead of November 4), and hosted ECU on Saturday, November 4 (instead of October 28).
Schedule Source:[4]
See also: 2017 Arizona Wildcats football team.
See also: 2017 Rice Owls football team.
See also: 2017 Texas Tech Red Raiders football team.
See also: 2017 Temple Owls football team.
See also: 2017 SMU Mustangs football team.
See also: 2017 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team.
See also: 2017 Memphis Tigers football team.
See also: 2017 South Florida Bulls football team.
See also: 2017 East Carolina Pirates football team.
See also: 2017 Tulane Green Wave football team.
See also: 2017 Navy Midshipmen football team.
See also: 2017 Fresno State Bulldogs football team and 2017 Hawaii Bowl.
See also: 2018 NFL draft.
| Player | Position | Round | Pick | NFL club | |
| 7 | 221 |