2017 Albany Great Danes football team

2017 Albany Great Danes football
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
2017 record 4–7 (2–6 CAA)
Head coach Greg Gattuso (4th season)
Offensive coordinator Joe Bernard (4th season)
Defensive coordinator Bernard Clark (4th season)
Home stadium Bob Ford Field
(Capacity: 8,500)
2017 CAA football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 James Madison $^  8 –0     14 –1  
No. 11 Stony Brook ^  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 20 Elon ^  6 –2     8 –4  
No. 12 New Hampshire ^  5 –3     9 –5  
Delaware  5 –3     7 –4  
Richmond  4 –4     6 –5  
Towson  3 –5     5 –6  
Villanova  3 –5     5 –6  
Maine  3 –5     4 –6  
Albany  2 –6     4 –7  
Rhode Island  2 –6     3 –8  
William & Mary  0 –8     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2017 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Greg Gattuso, who was in his fourth season as head coach, and played their home games at Bob Ford Field. The Great Danes played as members of the Colonial Athletic Association for the fifth season. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 6:00 p.m. at Old Dominion* No. 24 Foreman Field • Norfolk, VA ESPN3 L 17–31   20,118
September 9 1:00 p.m. at Morgan State* Hughes Stadium • Baltimore, MD Facebook W 26–0   3,789
September 16 7:00 p.m. Monmouth* Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY ESPN3 W 28–14   6,384
September 23 7:00 p.m. No. 7 Villanova Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY ESPN3 W 19–10 OT  6,866
September 30 2:00 p.m. at No. 23 Elon No. 19 Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC CSL[1] L 0–6   5,024
October 7 3:00 p.m. at No. 14 Richmond No. 24 Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA NBCS WA+ L 38–41 2OT  8,217
October 21 3:30 p.m. Maine Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY ESPN3 L 10–12   8,919
October 28 1:00 p.m. Rhode Island Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY ESPN3 L 14–31   3,383
November 4 1:00 p.m. at No. 14 Stony Brook Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium • Stony Brook, NY (Rivalry) Wolfievision L 21–28 OT  7,106
November 11 3:30 p.m. at Delaware Delaware Stadium • Newark, DE NBCS P
NBCS RN		 L 3–22   16,333
November 18 1:00 p.m. No. 16 New Hampshire Bob Ford Field • Albany, NY CSL[1] W 15–0   3,459
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

at Old Dominion

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Great Danes 3 0 0 14 17
Monarchs 7 14 3 7 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2013 L, 10–66

at Morgan State

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 0 7 16 3 26
Bears 0 0 0 0 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Monmouth

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 7 7 0 14
Great Danes 13 9 0 6 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–4 2012 W, 55–24

Villanova

1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 7 Wildcats 0 0 0 100 10
Great Danes 0 3 0 79 19
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–3 2016 L, 13–24

at Elon

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Great Danes 0 0 0 0 0
No. 23 Phoenix 0 3 0 3 6
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2016 W, 27–3

at Richmond

1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 24 Great Danes 0 14 10 77 38
No. 14 Spiders 0 14 7 1010 41
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2016 L, 30–36 3OT

Maine

1 2 3 4 Total
Black Bears 0 9 0 3 12
Great Danes 7 0 3 0 10
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–5 2016 L, 16–20

Rhode Island

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 6 15 3 7 31
Great Danes 0 0 7 7 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 2016 W, 35–7

at Stony Brook

1 2 3 4OT Total
Great Danes 7 7 0 70 21
No. 14 Seawolves 14 7 0 07 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–7 2016 W, 13–6

at Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 3 0 0 0 3
Fightin' Blue Hens 0 3 5 14 22
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–4 2016 L, 17–33

New Hampshire

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
Great Danes 0 3 9 3 15
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–4 2016 W, 36–25

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 24 RV RV RV 19 24 RV RV RV NR NR NR NR  
Coaches RV RV NR RV 22 RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR

References

  1. 1 2 Washburn, Rob (August 18, 2017). "CAA PARTNERS WITH CBS SPORTS DIGITAL". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  2. ↑ http://www.ualbanysports.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=8009&SPSID=84573&DB_OEM_ID=15800
  3. ↑ https://issuu.com/ualbanyathletics/docs/2016_football_caa_media_day?DB_OEM_ID=15800
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