2017 Iowa State Cyclones football team

The 2017 Iowa State Cyclones football team represented Iowa State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Competing as a member of the Big 12 Conference (Big 12), the team played its home games at Jack Trice Stadium in Ames, Iowa. They were led by second-year head coach Matt Campbell. They finished the season 8–5, 5–4 in Big 12 play to finish in a four-way tie for fourth place. They were invited to the Liberty Bowl where they defeated Memphis.

Previous season
The 2016 Iowa State Cyclones football team finished the regular season 3–9, with wins over non conference opponent, San Jose State and conference opponents Texas Tech and Kansas. Allen Lazard received first team All-Big 12 honors and Kamari Cotton-Moya received second team All-Big 12 honors.

Returning starters
Iowa State had 13 returning players on offense, 11 on defense and 5 on special teams that started games previously for the Cyclones.

Schedule
Iowa State announced their 2017 football schedule on December 13, 2016. The 2017 schedule comprised six home and six away games in the regular season. The Cyclones will host Big 12 foes TCU, Oklahoma State, Texas, and Kansas and traveled to Baylor, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas Tech, and West Virginia. For non-conference games, the Cyclones traveled to Akron, as well as home games against in–state rivals UNI and Iowa. Originally Iowa State was scheduled to play Akron September 23 but that game was moved up to September 16. They were also scheduled to open Big 12 play against Texas on September 30 but that was moved up to September 28.


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