2017 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

2017 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Conference Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS No. 25
2017 record 7–5 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach Jerome Souers (20th season)
Offensive coordinator Brian Sheppard (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Andy Thompson (9th season)
Home stadium Walkup Skydome
(Capacity: 10,000)
2017 Big Sky football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 14 Southern Utah +^  7 –1     9 –3  
No. 5 Weber State +^  7 –1     11 –3  
Northern Arizona ^  6 –2     7 –5  
No. 21 Eastern Washington  6 –2     7 –4  
Sacramento State  6 –2     7 –4  
Montana  5 –3     7 –4  
Montana State  5 –3     5 –6  
UC Davis  3 –5     5 –6  
Idaho State  2 –6     4 –7  
Northern Colorado  2 –6     3 –7  
North Dakota  2 –6     3 –8  
Cal Poly  1 –7     1 –10  
Portland State  0 –8     0 –11  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2017 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 20th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid into the FCS Playoffs where they were lost to San Diego in the first round.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 8:00 p.m. at Arizona* Arizona Stadium • Tucson, AZ P12N L 24–62   43,620
September 9 4:00 p.m. No. 22 Western Illinois* Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ FCSP
FSAZ+
Pluto TV		 L 20–38   9,053
September 23 6:00 p.m. at Cal Poly Alex G. Spanos Stadium • San Luis Obispo, CA ELVN W 28–10   7,726
September 30 4:00 p.m. Northern Colorado Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ KASW
NAU-TV		 W 48–20   5,107
October 7 4:00 p.m. No. 11 Illinois State* Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ FCSP
FSAZ+
Pluto TV		 W 37–16   10,420
October 14 2:00 p.m. at Portland State Providence Park • Portland, OR Pluto TV W 42–20   4,430
October 21 4:00 p.m. UC Davis Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ KASW
NAU-TV		 W 45–31   5,093
October 28 4:00 p.m. Sacramento Statedagger Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ KASW
NAU-TV		 W 37–17   6,068
November 4 2:30 p.m. at Montana No. 18 Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT RTNW[1] L 15–17   22,747
November 11 5:00 p.m. Montana State No. 24 Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ ELVN W 37–36   6,187
November 18 2:30 p.m. at No. 14 Southern Utah No. 23 Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT (HintonBurdick Grand Canyon Trophy Game) ELVN L 20–48   10,842
November 25 6:00 p.m. San Diego* No. 25 Walkup Skydome • Flagstaff, AZ (FCS Playoffs First Round) ESPN3 L 10–41   4,068
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Arizona Time.

Game summaries

at Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 7 0 10 24
Wildcats 14 20 14 14 62
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–13 2015 ARIZ, 77–13

Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Leathernecks 7 10 14 7 38
Lumberjacks 0 7 6 7 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–1 2016 WIU, 34–20

at Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 7 14 0 28
Mustangs 3 0 7 0 10
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–1 2014 NAU, 38–35

Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 7 13 0 20
Lumberjacks 7 13 14 14 48
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–4 2016 UNC, 21–18

Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Redbirds 0 6 3 7 16
Lumberjacks 0 13 14 10 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 14 0 14 14 42
Vikings 7 0 6 7 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–5 2014 NAU, 21–17

UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 7 0 17 7 31
Lumberjacks 0 28 7 10 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–1 2015 UCD, 38–24

Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 10 7 0 17
Lumberjacks 10 7 6 14 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–7 2015 NAU, 49–35

at Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Lumberjacks 3 6 0 6 15
Grizzlies 7 0 7 3 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–35 2016 NAU, 45–34

Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 7 9 7 13 36
No. 24 Lumberjacks 3 13 14 7 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–23 2016 NAU, 20–14

at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Lumberjacks 6 7 0 7 20
No. 14 Thunderbirds 3 24 14 7 48
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–8 2016 SUU, 48–21

FCS Playoffs

San Diego–First Round

1 2 3 4 Total
Toreros 10 14 10 7 41
No. 25 Lumberjacks 0 10 0 0 10
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0–1 1960 TIE, 14–14

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 RV RV RV NR RV RV RV RV RV 18 24 23 25 RV 
Coaches RV RV NR NR NR RV 24 22 24 16 24 23 RV RV

References

  1. ↑ "BIG SKY, ROOT SPORTS ANNOUNCE CONTRACT EXTENSION, 2017 SCHEDULE". Big Sky Conference. March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.
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