# 2017 Texas State Bobcats football team

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.
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* | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX | ESPN3 | W 20–11 | 15,560 |
| September 9 | 1:00 p.m. | at Colorado* | Folsom FieldBoulder, CO | P12N | L 3–37 | 43,822 |
| September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | Appalachian State | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX | ESPN3 | L 13–20 | 19,520 |
| September 23 | 6:30 p.m. | UTSA* | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX (I-35 Rivalry) | ESPN3, KEYE, KMYS | L 14–44 | 31,333 |
| September 30 | 3:00 p.m. | at Wyoming* | War Memorial StadiumLaramie, WY | STADIUM | L 10–45 | 21,784 |
| October 7 | 2:00 p.m. | Louisiana–Monroe | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX | ESPN3 | L 27–45 | 12,238 |
| October 12 | 6:30 p.m. | at Louisiana–Lafayette | Cajun FieldLafayette, LA | ESPNU | L 7–24 | 13,106 |
| October 28 | 5:00 p.m. | at Coastal Carolina | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | ESPN3 | W 27–7 | 13,997 |
| November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | New Mexico State | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX | ESPN3 | L 35–45 | 12,012 |
| November 11 | 3:00 p.m. | Georgia State | Bobcat StadiumSan Marcos, TX | ESPN3 | L 30–33 | 14,017 |
| November 18 | 2:00 p.m. | at Arkansas State | Centennial Bank StadiumJonesboro, AR | ESPN3 | L 12–30 | 19,846 |
| November 25 | 3:00 p.m. | at Troy | Veterans Memorial StadiumTroy, AL | ESPN3 | L 9–62 | 20,737 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Houston Baptist

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Huskies | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Bobcats | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 |

### At Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Buffaloes | 7 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 37 |

### Appalachian State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mountaineers | 0 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 20 |
| Bobcats | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 13 |

### UTSA

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Roadrunners | 10 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 44 |
| Bobcats | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

### At Wyoming

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Cowboys | 0 | 31 | 14 | 0 | 45 |

### Louisiana–Monroe

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Warhawks | 19 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 45 |
| Bobcats | 20 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 27 |

### At Louisiana–Lafayette

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 14 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 24 |

### At Coastal Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Chanticleers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### New Mexico State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 7 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 45 |
| Bobcats | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |

### Georgia State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 10 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 33 |
| Bobcats | 7 | 7 | 3 | 13 | 30 |

### At Arkansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| Red Wolves | 16 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 30 |

### At Troy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 9 |
| Trojans | 17 | 24 | 14 | 7 | 62 |

## 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 |