2017 Case Western Reserve Spartans football team

2017 Case Western Reserve Spartans football
PAC Champion
Conference Presidents' Athletic Conference
Ranking
D3Football.com No. 13[1]
2017 record 11–1 (8–0 PAC)
Head coach Greg Debeljak (14th year)
Home stadium DiSanto Field
2017 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#14 Wash. & Jefferson $ ^  8 0     10 0  
#16 Case Western Reserve $ ^  8 0     10 0  
Westminster (PA)  6 2     7 3  
Carnegie Mellon  5 3     7 3  
Thomas More  5 3     6 4  
Grove City  4 4     4 6  
Geneva  2 6     3 7  
Waynesburg  2 6     2 8  
Bethany (WV)  2 6     2 8  
St. Vincent  1 7     2 8  
Thiel  1 7     1 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3Football.com Poll

The 2017 Case Western Reserve Spartans football team represented Case Western Reserve University of Cleveland, Ohio, during the 2017 NCAA Division III football season.[2] The team was coached by 14th-year head coach Greg Debeljak and played its home games at DiSanto Field.[3] The Spartans won both the PAC at 8-0 and the UAA at 2-0, finishing the regular season an undefeated 10-0.

In round 1 of the NCAA Division III playoffs, the Spartans shut out the Illinois Wesleyan Titans 28-0 in a game seeing heavy snow. [4] In round 2, the team was defeated by the eventual NCAA Division III football national champion, Mount Union Purple Raiders.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site Result Attendance
September 2 1:00 PM at Chicago* Stagg FieldChicago, IL W 34–14   1,085[5]
September 16 7:00 PM Grove City DiSanto FieldCleveland, OH W 42–10   2,238[6]
September 23 7:00 PM Waynesburg DiSanto Field • Cleveland, OH W 59–21   1,727[7]
September 30 1:00 PM at St. Vincent Chuck Noll Stadium • Latrobe, PA W 35–14   2,476[8]
October 7 1:00 PM Bethany (WV)dagger DiSanto Field • Cleveland, OH W 33–3   1,738[9]
October 14 3:00 PM at Thiel Alumni Stadium • Greenville, PA W 63–28   1,276[10]
October 21 7:00 PM at Geneva Reeves FieldBeaver Falls, PA W 45–7   3,427[11]
October 28 12:00 PM Washington U.* DiSanto Field • Cleveland, OH W 45–28   1,342[12]
November 4 1:00 PM Westminster (PA) DiSanto Field • Cleveland, OH W 41–10   1,716[13]
November 11 2:00 PM at Carnegie Mellon (Academic Bowl) Gesling Stadium • Pittsburgh, PA W 41–34   3,441[14]
November 18 1:00 PM at #11 Illinois Wesleyan* Tucci Stadium • Bloomington, IL
(NCAA Playoffs First Round)
W 28–0   500[15]
November 25 12:00 PM at #2 Mount Union* Mount Union Stadium • Alliance, Ohio
(NCAA Playoffs Second Round)
L 16–45   1,763[16]
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from D3Football.com Poll released prior to game. All times are in EST.

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References

  1. http://www.d3football.com/top25/2017/final
  2. http://athletics.case.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/schedule
  3. http://www.d3football.com/teams/Case_Western_Reserve/2017/index
  4. http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/index.ssf/2017/11/case_western_reserve_blanks_il.html
  5. http://athletics.uchicago.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/boxscores/20170902_mb22.xml
  6. http://athletics.case.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/boxscores/20170916_7qrv.xml
  7. http://athletics.case.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/boxscores/20170923_k53l.xml
  8. http://athletics.stvincent.edu/news/2017/9/30/football-nationally-ranked-case-western-defeats-svc-on-homecoming-day.aspx?path=football
  9. http://athletics.case.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/boxscores/20171007_mnh7.xml
  10. http://www.thielathletics.com/news/2017/10/14/football-no-16-spartans-too-much-for-tomcats.aspx?path=football
  11. http://athletics.geneva.edu/news/2017/10/21/casewestern.aspx
  12. http://athletics.case.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/releases/20171028of2wer
  13. http://athletics.case.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/releases/20171104p58sl6
  14. http://athletics.case.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/boxscores/20171111_agfj.xml
  15. http://www.iwusports.com/news/2017/11/18/illinois-wesleyan-football-loses-in-ncaa-playoffs-28-0-to-case-western.aspx?path=football
  16. http://athletics.mountunion.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/releases/20171125lxlg7w
  17. "2017 CWRU Football Schedule". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
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