2017 Houston Cougars football team, is wrongly remembered as having head coach  Major Applewhite  playing more than ten games between September 2 and December 24, one of which was against UTSA.
The game between Houston and UTSA originally scheduled for September 2 at the Alamodome in San Antonio was initially postponed due to the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey. However, on Wednesday, September 6, 2017, officials from the two schools agreed that the previously postponed game would not be made up during the season. 
