2017 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team
| 2017 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football | |
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| Conference | Lone Star Conference |
| 2017 record | 3–8 (1–7 LSC) |
| Head coach | Hunter Hughes (1st season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Ryan McDonough (1st season) |
| Defensive coordinator | J.T. Haddan (1st season) |
| Home stadium |
Kimbrough Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 20,000) |
| 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 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team representedWest Texas A&M University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by first-year head coach Hunter Hughes. The Buffaloes played their home games at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference.
Schedule
West Texas A&M announced its 2017 football schedule on January 5, 2017. The schedule consists of seven home and four away games in the regular season. The Buffaloes will host LSC foes Eastern New Mexico, Texas-Permian Basin, Texas A&M-Commerce, and Western New Mexico and will travel to Angelo State, Midwestern State, Tarleton State, Texas A&M-Kingsville.[1]
The Buffaloes will host all three non-conference games against Adams State from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), Azusa Pacific from the Pacific West Conference and Colorado State-Pueblo also from the RMAC.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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| September 2 | 6:00 p.m | No. 13 Azusa Pacific* | Kimbrough Memorial Stadium • Canyon, TX | L 13–24 | 6,198 | ||||
| September 9 | 6:00 p.m | No. 7 Colorado State–Pueblo* | Kimbrough Memorial Stadium • Canyon, TX | W 24–21 | 6,095 | ||||
| September 16 | 3:00 p.m. | Texas–Permian Basin | Kimbrough Memorial Stadium • Canyon, TX | W 17–6 | 6,579 | ||||
| September 23 | 7:00 p.m. | at Tarleton State | Memorial Stadium • Stephenville, TX | L 20–30 | 6,823 | ||||
| September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Eastern New Mexico | Kimbrough Memorial Stadium • Canyon, TX | L 14–28 | 7,629 | ||||
| October 7 | 7:00 p.m. | at Texas A&M–Kingsville | Javelina Stadium • Kingsville, TX | L 9–37 | 4,785 | ||||
| October 14 | 5:00 p.m. | Adams State* |
Kimbrough Memorial Stadium • Canyon, TX | W 17–14 | 8,327 | ||||
| October 21 | 8:00 p.m. | at No. 5 Midwestern State | Memorial Stadium • Wichita Falls, TX | L 3–45 | 8,020 | ||||
| October 28 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 9 Texas A&M–Commerce | Kimbrough Memorial Stadium • Canyon, TX | L 16–35 | 3,896 | ||||
| November 4 | 6:00 p.m. | at Angelo State | LeGrand Stadium • San Angelo, TX | L 3–51 | 2,832 | ||||
| November 11 | 1:00 p.m. | Western New Mexico | Kimbrough Memorial Stadium • Canyon, TX | L 17–21 | 5,487 | ||||
| *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 | NR | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | |||||||||||
References
- ↑ "West Texas A&M Announces 2017 Football Schedule" (Press release). West Texas A&M University Department of Athletics. January 5, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2017.