American college football season
The 2017 FIU Panthers football team represented Florida International University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Panthers played their home games at the Riccardo Silva Stadium in Miami, Florida as members of the East Division of Conference USA (C–USA). They were led by first-year head coach Butch Davis . The Panthers finished the season 8–5, 5–3 in C-USA play to finish in second place in the East Division. They received an invitation to the Gasparilla Bowl where they lost to Temple .
Spring Game
The 2017 Spring Game took place in University Park on April 7, at 7:00 p.m.[ 1]
Offseason
Following the conclusion of the 2016 season , several Panthers were invited to participate in postseason all-star games. Invitations include: Trey Hendrickson (DE ) participating in the East–West Shrine Game on January 21, 2017, Imarjaye Albury (DT ) participating in the NFLPA Collegiate Bowl on January 21, 2017 and Michael Montero (OL ) participating in the Tropical Bowl on January 15, 2017.[ 3]
Departures
Notable departures from the 2016 squad included:
2017 NFL Draft
Panthers who were picked in the 2017 NFL Draft:
Schedule
FIU announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season.[ 4]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 6:00 p.m. at UCF * CBSSN L 17–6138,063
[a] 7:00 p.m. vs. Alcorn State * W 17–105,017
September 16 Canceled[ 5] at Indiana *
September 23 7:30 p.m. at Rice Stadium W 13–718,932
September 30 7:00 p.m. Charlotte beIN W 30–2915,348
October 7 3:00 p.m. at Middle Tennessee ESPN3 L 17–3715,527
October 14 7:00 p.m. Tulane * Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL CUSA.TV W 23–1016,433
October 28 2:30 p.m. at Marshall Stadium W 41–3019,966
November 4 7:00 p.m. UTSA Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL Stadium W 14–718,874
November 11 7:00 p.m. Old Dominion Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL L 30–3717,127
November 18 7:00 p.m. at Florida Atlantic Stadium L 24–5224,116
November 24 7:00 p.m. Western Kentucky Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL beIN W 41–1716,199
December 2 12:00 p.m. UMass * Riccardo Silva Stadium Miami, FL W 63–4514,004
December 21 8:00 p.m. vs. Temple * ESPN L 3–2816,363
^[a] The game between Alcorn State and FIU was relocated to Legion Field at Birmingham, Alabama due to Hurricane Irma .[ 6]
^[b] A game with UMass was scheduled after the game between UMass and South Florida was postponed due to Hurricane Irma, and FIU's game with Indiana was canceled.[ 7]
Schedule Source: [ 8]
Game summaries
At UCF
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
7
3
7
0
17
Knights
14
26
14
7
61
Alcorn State
1
2
3
4
Total
Braves
0
7
0
3
10
Panthers
0
7
3
7
17
At Rice
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
0
10
3
0
13
Owls
0
7
0
0
7
Charlotte
1
2
3
4
Total
49ers
12
14
3
0
29
Panthers
7
7
7
9
30
At Middle Tennessee
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
3
0
7
7
17
Blue Raiders
3
14
10
10
37
Tulane
1
2
3
4
Total
Green Wave
0
3
7
0
10
Panthers
7
3
3
10
23
At Marshall
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
14
14
7
6
41
Thundering Herd
0
7
7
16
30
UTSA
1
2
3
4
Total
Roadrunners
0
0
0
7
7
Panthers
0
0
7
7
14
Old Dominion
1
2
3
4
Total
Monarchs
7
17
7
6
37
Panthers
7
7
9
7
30
At Florida Atlantic
1
2
3
4
Total
Panthers
0
10
7
7
24
Owls
14
7
16
15
52
WKU
1
2
3
4
Total
Hilltoppers
3
7
7
0
17
Panthers
3
10
21
7
41
UMass
1
2
3
4
Total
Minutemen
14
7
10
14
45
Panthers
14
21
7
21
63
Temple–Gasparilla Bowl
1
2
3
4
Total
Owls
0
7
7
14
28
Panthers
0
0
3
0
3
References
^ "FIU Panthers - Schedule" . FIUSports.com . Retrieved April 28, 2017 .
^ "2017 FIU Spring Game - Results" . Miami Herald. 2017. Retrieved April 7, 2017 .
^ "2016 C-USA Football Notebook" (PDF) . Conference USA. Retrieved April 28, 2017 .
^ "2017 @FIUFootball Schedule Released" (Press release). Florida International University Department of Athletics. January 26, 2017. Retrieved January 27, 2017 .
^ "Home Football Game Against FIU Canceled, IU Athletics Working to Schedule Home Game for October 7th" . Indiana University Athletics . Retrieved September 12, 2017 .
^ "Hurricane Irma 2017: FIU vs. Alcorn State to be played in Birmingham" . AL.com. September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 6, 2017 .
^ "UMass Football Announces Changes To 2017, Future Schedules" . umassathletics.com. September 14, 2017. Retrieved September 14, 2017 .
^ "2017 FIU Panthers Football Schedule" . FB Schedules. Retrieved January 27, 2017 .
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