2017 North Alabama Lions football team

2017 North Alabama Lions football
Conference Gulf South Conference
2017 record 5–5 (5–3 GSC)
Head coach Chris Willis (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Steadman Campbell (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Brett Borden (1st season)
Home stadium Braly Municipal Stadium
(Capacity: 14,215)
2017 Gulf South Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
#12 West Alabama $^  7 1     10 3  
#2 West Florida ^  5 3     11 4  
#21 Delta State ^  5 3     9 4  
#19 West Georgia ^  5 3     9 4  
Valdosta State  5 3     5 4  
North Alabama  5 3     5 5  
Florida Tech  3 5     5 6  
Mississippi College  1 7     1 9  
Shorter  0 8     0 11  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ Division II playoff participant
As of October 15, 2018; Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2017 North Alabama Lions football team represented the University of North Alabama during the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by first-yer head coach Chris Willis. The Lions played their home games at Braly Municipal Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference. They finished the season 5–5, 5–3 in GSC play to finish in a five-way tie for second place.

This was their final season as a member of the GSC and NCAA Division II as they will begin a transition to NCAA Division I and the Football Championship Subdivision where they will be a member of the Big South Conference in 2019 after playing 2018 as an FCS independent.

Schedule

North Alabama announced its 2017 football schedule on April 12, 2017. The schedule consists of five home and away games in the regular season. The Lions will host GSC foes Delta State, Florida Tech, Mississippi College, and West Alabama, and will travel to Shorter, Valdosta State, West Florida, and West Georgia.[1]

The Lions will host one of the two non-conference games against Texas A&M–Commerce from the Lone Star Conference and travel to Central Washington from the Great Northwest Athletic Conference.

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 1[lower-alpha 1] 6:00 p.m No. 5 Texas A&M–Commerce* No. 6 Braly Municipal StadiumFlorence, AL L 7–8   6,892
September 16 6:00 p.m. at Valdosta State No. 10 Bazemore–Hyder StadiumValdosta, GA ESPN3 W 30–24   4,191
September 23 6:00 p.m. West Alabama No. 11 Braly Municipal Stadium • Florence, AL (Rivalry) L 17–38   10,327
September 30 1:00 p.m. at West Georgia University StadiumCarrollton, GA L 23–37   4,273
October 7 6:00 p.m. Florida Techdagger Braly Municipal Stadium • Florence, AL W 30–7   7,002
October 14 12:00 p.m. at Shorter Barron StadiumRome, GA W 48–0   1,118
October 21 3:00 p.m. at No. 9 Central Washington* Tomlinson Stadium • Ellensburg, WA L 10–17   3,719
October 28 6:00 p.m. Delta State Braly Municipal Stadium • Florence, AL W 20–7   6,033
November 4 4:00 p.m. at West Florida Blue Wahoos StadiumPensacola, FL ESPN3 L 7–30   5,590
November 11 1:30 p.m. Mississippi College Braly Municipal Stadium • Florence, AL W 16–7   7,235
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central.
  1. Game was originally scheduled for August 31, but postponed due to Hurricane Harvey.

Rankings

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 Final 
AFCA 6 11 10 10 RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

References

  1. "LIONS RELEASE 2017 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE" (Press release). University of North Alabama Department of Athletics. April 12, 2017. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
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