2017 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team
| 2017 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football | |
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NCAA Division II Championship Game, W 37–27 vs. West Florida | |
| Conference | Lone Star Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 1 |
| 2017 record | 14–1 (7–1 LSC) |
| Head coach | Colby Carthel (5th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Matt Storm (5th season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Justin Deason (5th season) |
| Home stadium |
Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 13,500) |
| 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 15, 2018; Rankings from AFCA Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2017 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team represented Texas A&M University–Commerce in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Colby Carthel, who was in his fifth season at Texas A&M-Commerce. The Lions played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference. The Lions won the NCAA Division II Football Championship. Quarterback Luis Perez also won the Harlon Hill Trophy.
Schedule
Texas A&M–Commerce announced its 2017 football schedule on December 12, 2016. The schedule consisted of five home and away games in the regular season. The Lions hosted LSC foes Angelo State, Eastern New Mexico, Texas-Permian Basin, and Western New Mexico and traveled to Midwestern State, Tarleton State, Texas A&M-Kingsville, and West Texas A&M[1]
The Lions hosted one of the two non-conference games against William Jewell from the Great Lakes Valley Conference and traveled to North Alabama from the Gulf South Conference.
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 1[lower-alpha 1] | 6:00 p.m | at No. 6 North Alabama* | No. 5 | Braly Municipal Stadium • Florence, AL | W 8–7 | 6,892 | |||
| September 9 | 6:00 p.m | William Jewell* | No. 3 | Memorial Stadium • Commerce, TX | W 59–6 | 10,108 | |||
| September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | Eastern New Mexico | No. 3 | Memorial Stadium • Commerce, TX | W 51–22 | 9,233 | |||
| September 23 | 7:00 p.m. | at Texas A&M-Kingsville | No. 3 | Javelina Stadium • Kingsville, TX | W 38–7 | 4,324 | |||
| October 7 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 10 Midwestern State | No. 2 | Memorial Stadium • Wichita Falls, TX | L 42–47 | 9,201 | |||
| October 14 | 4:00 p.m. | Western New Mexico |
No. 11 | Memorial Stadium • Commerce, TX | W 52–3 | 8,675 | |||
| October 21 | 4:00 p.m. | Angelo State | No. 10 | Memorial Stadium • Commerce, TX | W 34–20 | 6,214 | |||
| October 28 | 6:00 p.m. | at West Texas A&M | No. 9 | Kimbrough Memorial Stadium • Canyon, TX | W 35–16 | 3,896 | |||
| November 4 | 4:00 p.m. | Texas-Permian Basin | No. 9 | Memorial Stadium • Commerce, TX | W 52–0 | 7,132 | |||
| November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | at Tarleton State | No. 8 | Memorial Stadium • Stephenville, TX | W 33–21 | 4,231 | |||
| NCAA Division II Playoffs | |||||||||
| November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 12 Winona State* | No. 8 | Altra Federal Credit Union Stadium • Winona, MN (Division II Playoffs First Round) | W 20–6 | 1,624 | |||
| November 25 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Central Washington* | No. 8 | Tomlinson Stadium • Ellensburg, WA (Division II Playoffs Second Round) | W 34–31 2OT | 4,226 | |||
| December 2 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 1 Minnesota State* | No. 8 | Blakeslee Stadium • Mankato, MN (Division II Playoffs Quarterfinals) | W 31–21 | 2,803 | |||
| December 9 | 2:30 p.m. | Harding* | No. 8 | Memorial Stadium • Commerce, TX (Division II Playoffs Semifinals) | W 31–17 | 10,120 | |||
| December 16 | 5:00 p.m. | vs. West Florida* | No. 8 | Children's Mercy Park • Kansas City, KS (Division II National Championship Game) | ESPN2 | W 37–27 | 4,259 | ||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
- ↑ Game was originally scheduled for August 31, but postponed due to Hurricane Harvey.
Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final | |||||||
| AFCA | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | |||||||
References
- ↑ "A&M-Commerce releases 2017 football schedule and initial ticket information" (Press release). Texas A&M University Commerce Department of Athletics. December 12, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2017.