North Texas·Conference USA

2017 — The Winning Chapter

North Texas's 2017 season (9-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 9-5
Final result Bowl season Lost the New Orleans Bowl
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -4.7 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W vs Lamar 59-14 L @ SMU 32-54 L @ Iowa 14-31 W vs UAB 46-43 W @ Sout Mis 43-28 W vs UTSA 29-26 L @ Flor Atl 31-69 W vs Old Dom 45-38 W @ Loui Tec 24-23 W vs UTEP 45-10 W vs Army 52-49 W @ Rice 30-14 L @ Flor Atl 17-41 L vs Troy 30-50 Bowl

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

Defining moments
The statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: North Texas 59, Lamar 14. A 45-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: North Texas 31, Florida Atlantic 69. A 38-point margin the season is remembered by.

The postseason

The season's last act: North Texas fell to Troy 30-50 in the postseason.

"GMG"
— North Texas fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What it meant

2017 is a middle chapter for North Texas — 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.