2017 Frisco Bowl

The game featured the SMU Mustangs against the Louisiana Tech Bulldogs.

It was the fifth all-time meeting between the schools, with Louisiana Tech having led the series 3–1.

[5] This was the sixteenth bowl game in school history for SMU, and the Mustangs' seventh to be played in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.

This was the tenth bowl game in school history for Louisiana Tech, and their fourth consecutive (all wins).

It was the Bulldogs' third bowl game to be played in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex.