American college football season
The 2017 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Bobcats played their home games at Bobcat Stadium in San Marcos, Texas , and competed in the Sun Belt Conference . They were led by second-year head coach Everett Withers . They finished the season 2–10, 1–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in last place.
Schedule
Texas State announced its 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and six away games in the regular season. The Bobcats hosted Sun Belt foes Appalachian State , Georgia State , Louisiana–Monroe , and New Mexico State , and traveled to Arkansas State , Coastal Carolina , Louisiana–Lafayette , and Troy .[1]
The Bobcats hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Houston Baptist from the Southland Conference and UTSA from Conference USA , and traveled to Colorado from the Pac-12 Conference and Wyoming from the Mountain West Conference .
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2 6:00 p.m. Houston Baptist * ESPN3 W 20–1115,560
September 9 1:00 p.m. at Colorado * P12N L 3–3743,822
September 16 6:00 p.m. Appalachian State Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX ESPN3 L 13–2019,520
September 23 6:30 p.m. UTSA * ESPN3, KEYE , KMYS L 14–4431,333
September 30 3:00 p.m. at Wyoming * STADIUM L 10–4521,784
October 7 2:00 p.m. Louisiana–Monroe Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX ESPN3 L 27–4512,238
6:30 p.m. at Louisiana–Lafayette ESPNU L 7–2413,106
October 28 5:00 p.m. at Coastal Carolina ESPN3 W 27–713,997
November 4 2:00 p.m. New Mexico State Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX ESPN3 L 35–4512,012
November 11 3:00 p.m. Georgia State Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX ESPN3 L 30–3314,017
November 18 2:00 p.m. at Arkansas State ESPN3 L 12–3019,846
November 25 3:00 p.m. at Troy ESPN3 L 9–6220,737
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Coaching staff
After the 2016 season, Texas State lost several coaches to other programs, e.g. Mississippi State, Notre Dame, and Boston College. Withers reached into his past to hire Zak Kuhr from Rutgers. Kuhr was formerly the running backs coach at James Madison University under Coach Withers in 2014 and 2015, adding the co-offensive coordinator title in 2015. Withers filled the remaining openings on the staff with Eric Mateos from LSU and by promoting graduate assistant Preston Mason to full-time.
Name
Position
Year
Former Texas State positions held
Alma mater
Everett Withers
Head Coach
2016
Appalachian State 1985
Randall McCray
Assistant Head Coach/Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers
2016
Appalachian State 1991
Zak Kuhr
Offensive Coordinator/Running Backs
2017
Florida 2013
Parker Fleming
Co-Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks
2016
Wide Receivers/Special Teams Coordinator
Presbyterian 2010
Preston Mason
Safeties
2017
Defensive Graduate Assistant 2016
Appalachian State 2014
Adrian Mayes
Tight Ends/Recruiting Coordinator
2016
Offensive Line
Kansas 2008
Ron Antoine
Wide Receivers
2016
Running Backs/Tight Ends
Colorado State 1997
Jules Montinar
Cornerbacks
2016
Eastern Kentucky 2009
Issac Mooring
Defensive Line
2017
North Carolina 2003
Eric Mateos
Offensive Line
2017
Southwest Baptist 2011
John Streicher
Director of Football Operations
2016
Ohio State 2012
Michael George
Director of Player Personnel
2016
Washington University in St. Louis 2005
Clayton Barnes
Director of Player Development
2017
Offensive Line Intern 2016
Texas A&M 2015