2017 Houston Baptist Huskies football team

The 2017 Houston Baptist Huskies football team represented Houston Baptist University—now known as Houston Christian University—as a member of the Southland Conference during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Vic Shealy the Huskies compiled an overall record of 1–10 with a mark of 0–9 in conference play, placing last out of 11 teams in the Southland. Houston Baptist played home games at Husky Stadium in Houston.

2017 Houston Baptist Huskies football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record1–10 (0–9 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorScott Smith (5th season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Co-defensive coordinatorRoger Hinshaw (5th season)
Co-defensive coordinatorCharlie Camp (3rd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumHusky Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Southland Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 10 Central Arkansas $^   9 0     10 2  
No. 4 Sam Houston State ^   8 1     12 2  
No. 25 Nicholls State ^   7 2     8 4  
No. 22 McNeese State   7 2     9 2  
Southeastern Louisiana   6 3     6 5  
Northwestern State   4 5     4 7  
Stephen F. Austin   4 5     4 7  
Abilene Christian   2 7     2 9  
Incarnate Word   1 7     1 10  
Lamar   1 8     2 9  
Houston Baptist   0 9     1 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m.at Texas StateESPN3L 11–2015,560
September 97:30 p.m.at Texas Southern*AT&T SWW 24–176,218
September 166:00 p.m.at Abilene ChristianESPN3L 3–2412,000
September 236:00 p.m.at McNeese StateFSSW+L 12–2711,398
October 76:00 p.m.No. 6 Central Arkansas
FSSW+L 7–272,543
October 146:00 p.m.Southeastern Louisiana
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 10–561,827
October 213:00 p.m.at Stephen F. AustinESPN3L 10–2711,996
October 286:00 p.m.Northwestern State 
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
L 7–102,317
November 43:00 p.m.at Nicholls StateEleven SportsL 17–238,203
November 112:00 p.m.Lamar
  • Husky Stadium
  • Houston, TX
FCS CentralL 16–232,311
November 181:00 p.m.at Sam Houston StateESPN3L 33–536,515
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

* Games were televised on tape delay. [1]

Sources

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  1. ^ "2017 Football Schedule". Houston Baptist University Huskies Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2017.