2017 Case Western Reserve Spartans football team

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2017 Case Western Reserve Spartans football
PAC champion
Conference Presidents' Athletic Conference
Ranking
D3Football.comNo. 13 [1]
Record11–1 (8–0 PAC)
Head coach
Home stadium DiSanto Field
Seasons
←  2016
2018  →
2017 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 13 Case Western Reserve +^  8 –0   11 –1  
No. 16 Washington & Jefferson +^  8 –0   11 –1  
Westminster (PA)  6 –2   7 –3  
Carnegie Mellon  5 –3   7 –4  
Thomas More  5 –3   6 –4  
Grove City  4 –4   4 –6  
Geneva  2 –6   3 –7  
Bethany (WV)  2 –6   2 –8  
Waynesburg  2 –6   2 –8  
Saint Vincent  1 –7   2 –8  
Thiel  1 –7   1 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com

The 2017 Case Western Reserve Spartans football team represented Case Western Reserve University as a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) during the 2017 NCAA Division III football season. [2] The team was coached by 14th-year head coach Greg Debeljak and played its home games at DiSanto Field in Cleveland. [3] The Spartans won both the PAC at 8–0 and the University Athletic Association (UAA) at 2–0, finishing the regular season an undefeated 10–0.

In first round of the NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs, the Spartans shut out the Illinois Wesleyan, 28–0 in a game with heavy snow. [4] In second round, Case Western Reserve was defeated by the eventual national champion, Mount Union.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 21:00 pmat Chicago *No. 22
W 34–141,085 [5]
September 167:00 pm Grove City No. 17
W 42–102,238 [6]
September 237:00 pm Waynesburg No. 18
  • DiSanto Field
  • Cleveland, OH
W 59–211,727 [7]
September 301:00 pmat Saint Vincent No. 18
W 35–142,476 [8]
October 71:00 pm Bethany (WV) Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 17
  • DiSanto Field
  • Cleveland, OH
W 33–31,738 [9]
October 143:00 pmat Thiel No. 16
W 63–281,276 [10]
October 217:00 pmat Geneva No. 17
W 45–73,427 [11]
October 2812:00 pm Washington University *No. 17
  • DiSanto Field
  • Cleveland, OH
W 45–281,342 [12]
November 41:00 pm Westminster (PA) No. 16
  • DiSanto Field
  • Cleveland, OH
W 41–101,716 [13]
November 112:00 pmat Carnegie Mellon No. 11
W 41–343,441 [14]
November 181:00 pmat No. 11 Illinois Wesleyan *No. 16
W 28–0500 [15]
November 2512:00 pmat No. 2 Mount Union *No. 16
  • Mount Union Stadium
  • Alliance, OH (NCAA Division III Second Round)
L 16–451,763

[16]

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  2. ↑ "2017 CWRU Football Schedule (All Times Listed Eastern)".
  3. ↑ "Case Western Reserve football schedule and results". D3football. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  4. ↑ "Case blanks Illinois Wesleyan in D3 playoffs; Mount next". November 19, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Case Western Reserve vs. UChicago - Box Score - 9/2/2017". The University of Chicago Athletics. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Grove City vs. Case Western Reserve - Box Score - 9/16/2017".
  7. ↑ "Waynesburg vs. Case Western Reserve - Box Score - 9/23/2017".
  8. ↑ "Nationally ranked Case Western defeats SVC on Homecoming Day".
  9. ↑ "Bethany (W.V.) vs. Case Western Reserve - Box Score - 10/7/2017".
  10. ↑ "No. 16 Spartans too much for Tomcats".
  11. ↑ "Geneva Unable to Keep Pace with #17 Case Western". Geneva College Athletics. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
  12. ↑ "Quick Start Leads #17 Spartans to 45-28 UAA Win over Wash U". October 28, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Debeljak Claims Win #100; #16 CWRU Dominant on 'Senior Day' in 41-10 Win over Westminster". November 4, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Case Western Reserve vs. Carnegie Mellon - Box Score - 11/11/2017".
  15. ↑ "Illinois Wesleyan Football Loses in NCAA Playoffs, 28-0, to Case Western".
  16. ↑ "2017 CWRU Football Schedule". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved September 1, 2017.
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