The FIU football team will begin preparation for the 2017 season on March 7 when Head Coach Butch Davis begins spring practice. FIU will hold 15 practice sessions concluding on Monday, April 10.

The Panthers open their spring practice schedule on Monday, March 7. FIU will practice six times before holding its first scrimmage on Saturday, March 25, with its annual Spring Game on April 7 at 7 p.m., at Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium.

Due to current construction of the field at FIU Stadium, the first three practices will be held at the FIU Soccer Stadium.

The spring practice schedule is subject to change.

FIU Football Spring Practice Schedule

Tuesday, March 7 8:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. (FIU soccer stadium)

Wednesday, March 8 8:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. (FIU soccer stadium)

Thursday, March 9 8:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. (FIU soccer stadium)

Tuesday, March 21 TBA

Thursday, March 23 TBA

Friday, March 24 TBA

Saturday, March 25 TBA

Tuesday, March 28 TBA

Thursday, March 30 TBA

Friday, March 31 TBA

Monday, April 3 TBA

Tuesday, April 4 TBA

Thursday, April 6 TBA.

Friday, April 7 7 p.m. (FIU Spring Game – Ocean Bank Field at FIU Stadium)

Monday, April 10 TBA

The 2017 FIU football season will kick off on Saturday, Sept. 2, when the Panthers travel to Orlando, Florida, to take on the UCF Knights.

FIU's 2017 schedule is highlighted with games against Boca Raton Bowl and 2016 C-USA champion WKU, Popeyes Bahamas Bowl champion Old Dominion, AutoNation Cure Bowl participant UCF, Foster Farms Bowl participant Indiana, Hawai'i Bowl participant Middle Tennessee and Gildan New Mexico Bowl participant UTSA. In addition, the Panthers will face Rice, Charlotte, Marshall and Florida Atlantic as well as first-time opponents Alcorn State and Tulane.