Louisiana Tech·Conference USA

2017 — The 2017 Season

Louisiana Tech's 2017 season (7-6) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 7-6
Final result Bowl season Won the Frisco Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ +1.6 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Nort Sta 52-24 L vs Miss St 21-57 W @ West Ken 23-22 L @ S Caro 16-17 W vs Sout Ala 34-16 L @ UAB 22-23 L vs Sout Mis 27-34 W @ Rice 42-28 L vs Nort Tex 23-24 L vs Flor Atl 23-48 W @ UTEP 42-21 W vs UTSA 20-6 W @ SMU 51-10 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: Louisiana Tech 51, SMU 10. A 41-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Louisiana Tech 21, Mississippi State 57. A 36-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: Louisiana Tech beat SMU 51-10 in the postseason.

"Dunkin' Dogs"
— Louisiana Tech fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What it meant

2017 is a middle chapter for Louisiana Tech — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.