2017 Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football team
| 2017 Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football | |
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| Conference | Lone Star Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 24 |
| 2017 record | 8–2 (6–2 LSC) |
| Head coach | Kelley Lee (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Ivan Cordova (1st season) |
| Home stadium |
Greyhound Stadium (Capacity: 5,200) |
| 2017 Lone Star Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #11 Midwestern State | 8 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #1 Texas A&M–Commerce | 7 | – | 1 | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern New Mexico | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tarleton State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Angelo State | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western New Mexico | 3 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M–Kingsville | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Texas A&M | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas–Permian Basin | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| As of October 3, 2018; Rankings from AFCA Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2017 Eastern New Mexico football team represented Eastern New Mexico University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by first year head coach Kelley Lee. The Greyhounds played their home games at Greyhound Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference.
Schedule
Eastern New Mexico announced its 2017 football schedule on April 3, 2017. The schedule consists of five home and away games in the regular season. The Greyhounds will host LSC foes Angelo State, Midwestern State, Texas-Permian Basin, and Texas A&M-Kingsville and will travel to Tarleton State, West Texas A&M, Texas A&M-Commerce, and Western New Mexico.[1]
The Greyhounds will host one of two of its non-conference games against Southwest Baptist from the Great Lakes Valley Conference and travel to the teams other opponent West Liberty from the Mountain East Conference.
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| August 31 | 7:00 p.m | No. 18 Southwest Baptist* | Greyhound Stadium • Portales, NM | W 23–21 | 3,098 | ||||
| September 9 | 12:00 p.m. | at Western New Mexico | Altamirano Stadium • Silver City, NM | W 37–34 | 789 | ||||
| September 16 | 5:00 p.m. | at No. 3 Texas A&M-Commerce | Memorial Stadium • Commerce, TX | L 22–51 | 9,233 | ||||
| September 23 | 7:00 p.m. | Angelo State | Greyhound Stadium • Portales, NM | W 31–21 | 777 | ||||
| September 30 | 5:00 p.m. | at West Texas A&M | Kimbrough Memorial Stadium • Canyon, TX | W 28–14 | 7,629 | ||||
| October 7 | 7:00 p.m. | Texas–Permian Basin |
Greyhound Stadium • Portales, NM | W 20–17 | 2,694 | ||||
| October 14 | 1:00 p.m. | at Tarleton State | Memorial Stadium • Stephenville, TX | W 24–15 | 3,142 | ||||
| October 28 | 7:00 p.m. | Texas A&M-Kingsville | No. 21 | Greyhound Stadium • Portales, NM | W 51–34 | 1,019 | |||
| November 2 | 4:00 p.m. | at West Liberty* | No. 21 | West Family Stadium • West Liberty, WV | W 45–24 | 526 | |||
| November 11 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 4 Midwestern State | No. 20 | Greyhound Stadium • Portales, NM | L 43–56 | 2,032 | |||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final | |||||||
| AFCA | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 21 | 21 | |||||||||||
References
- ↑ "Lee Announces 10-Game Schedule for Gridiron Greyhounds" (Press release). Eastern New Mexico University Department of Athletics. April 3, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017.