2017 Texas State Bobcats football team

{{Infobox NCAA team season

| mode = football

| year = 2017

| team = Texas State Bobcats

| image= Texas State Athletics wordmark.svg

| image_size= 150

| conference = Sun Belt Conference

| short_conf = Sun Belt

| record = 2–10

| conf_record = 1–7

| head_coach = Everett Withers

| hc_year = 2nd

| off_coach = Zak Kuhr

| oc_year = 1st

| cooff_coach1 = Parker Fleming

| cooc1_year = 1st

| off_scheme = Spread

| def_coach = Randall McCray

| dc_year = 2nd

| def_scheme = Multiple

| stadium = Bobcat Stadium

}}

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.{{cite press release|url=http://www.txstatebobcats.com/news/2017/3/1/sun-belt-conference-releases-2017-texas-state-football-schedule.aspx?path=football|title=Sun Belt Conference Releases 2017 Texas State Football Schedule|publisher=Texas State University Department of Athletics|date=March 1, 2017|accessdate=March 6, 2017|archive-date=March 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170307045713/http://www.txstatebobcats.com/news/2017/3/1/sun-belt-conference-releases-2017-texas-state-football-schedule.aspx?path=football|url-status=live}}

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.

{{CFB schedule

| timezone = Central

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 2

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Houston Baptist

| site_stadium = Bobcat Stadium

| site_cityst = San Marcos, TX

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 20–11

| attend = 15,560

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 9

| time = 1:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Colorado

| site_stadium = Folsom Field

| site_cityst = Boulder, CO

| tv = P12N

| score = 3–37

| attend = 43,822

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 16

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| opponent = Appalachian State

| site_stadium = Bobcat Stadium

| site_cityst = San Marcos, TX

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 13–20

| attend = 19,520

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 23

| time = 6:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = UTSA

| site_stadium = Bobcat Stadium

| site_cityst = San Marcos, TX

| gamename = I-35 Rivalry

| tv = ESPN3, KEYE, KMYS

| score = 14–44

| attend = 31,333

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 30

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Wyoming

| site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Laramie, WY

| tv = STADIUM

| score = 10–45

| attend = 21,784

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 7

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| opponent = Louisiana–Monroe

| site_stadium = Bobcat Stadium

| site_cityst = San Marcos, TX

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 27–45

| attend = 12,238

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{tooltip|October 12|Thursday}}

| time = 6:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Louisiana–Lafayette

| site_stadium = Cajun Field

| site_cityst = Lafayette, LA

| tv = ESPNU

| score = 7–24

| attend = 13,106

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 28

| time = 5:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Coastal Carolina

| site_stadium = Brooks Stadium

| site_cityst = Conway, SC

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 27–7

| attend = 13,997

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 4

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| homecoming = y

| opponent = New Mexico State

| site_stadium = Bobcat Stadium

| site_cityst = San Marcos, TX

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 35–45

| attend = 12,012

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 11

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| opponent = Georgia State

| site_stadium = Bobcat Stadium

| site_cityst = San Marcos, TX

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 30–33

| attend = 14,017

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 18

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Arkansas State

| site_stadium = Centennial Bank Stadium

| site_cityst = Jonesboro, AR

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 12–30

| attend = 19,846

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 25

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Bobcats

|R1=0

|R2=0

|R3=7

|R4=0

|Home=Ragin' Cajuns

|H1=14

|H2=0

|H3=3

|H4=7

}}

{{see also|2017 Louisiana–Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team}}

=At Coastal Carolina=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Bobcats

|R1=7

|R2=10

|R3=3

|R4=7

|Home=Chanticleers

|H1=7

|H2=0

|H3=0

|H4=0

}}

=New Mexico State=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Aggies

|R1=7

|R2=10

|R3=14

|R4=14

|Home=Bobcats

|H1=14

|H2=7

|H3=7

|H4=7

}}

=Georgia State=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Panthers

|R1=10

|R2=3

|R3=10

|R4=10

|Home=Bobcats

|H1=7

|H2=7

|H3=3

|H4=13

}}

=At Arkansas State=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Bobcats

|R1=6

|R2=0

|R3=6

|R4=0

|Home=Red Wolves

|H1=16

|H2=0

|H3=14

|H4=0

}}

=At Troy=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Bobcats

|R1=0

|R2=0

|R3=6

|R4=3

|Home=Trojans

|H1=17

|H2=24

|H3=14

|H4=7

}}

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.

class="wikitable"
style="background: #4f1f26" \|align=center\|Name	align=center\|Position	Year	align=center\|Former Texas State positions held	align=center\|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

References

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