The 2017 SMU Mustangs football team represented Southern Methodist University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Mustangs played their home games at Gerald J. Ford Stadium in Dallas, Texas, and competed in the West Division of the American Athletic Conference. They were led by third-year coach Chad Morris during the entire regular season until December 6, when he resigned to become the head coach at Arkansas. On December 11, SMU hired Sonny Dykes as head coach, and he led them in their bowl game. They finished the season 7–6, 4–4 in AAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the West Division. They were invited to the Frisco Bowl where they lost to Louisiana Tech.
Schedule SMU announced its 2017 football schedule on February 9, 2017. The schedule consisted of 7 home and 5 away games in the regular season. The Mustangs hosted AAC foes UConn, Tulane, Tulsa, and UCF, and traveled to Cincinnati, Houston, Tulane, and UCF. The Mustangs hosted three of the four non-conference opponents, Arkansas State from the Sun Belt Conference, North Texas from Conference USA and Stephen F. Austin from the Southland Conference, and traveled to TCU of the Big 12 Conference.
Weekly awards Jordan Wyatt – Bronko Nagurski National Defensive Player of the Week, AAC Defensive Player of the Week Trey Quinn – Earl Campbell Tyler Rose Award Player of the Week, AAC Offensive Player of the Week
Game summaries
Stephen F. Austin
North Texas
At TCU
Arkansas State
UConn
At Houston
At Cincinnati
Tulsa
UCF
At Navy
At Memphis
Tulane
Vs. Louisiana Tech–Frisco Bowl
Players in the 2018 NFL draft
Courtland Sutton WR 2 40 Denver Broncos Justin Lawler DE 7 244 Los Angeles Rams Trey Quinn WR 7 256 Washington Redskins
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