2017 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

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2017 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Northern Arizona Athletics wordmark.svg
Conference Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 25
Record7–5 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrian Sheppard (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Andy Thompson (9th season)
Home stadium Walkup Skydome
Seasons
  2016
2018  
2017 Big Sky Conference 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 champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS 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.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 28:00 p.m.at Arizona * P12N L 24–6243,620
September 94:00 p.m.No. 22 Western Illinois * FCSP, FSAZ+, Pluto TV L 20–389,053
September 236:00 p.m.at Cal Poly ELVN W 28–107,726
September 304:00 p.m. Northern Colorado
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
KASW, NAU-TV W 48–205,107
October 74:00 p.m.No. 11 Illinois State *
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
FCSP, FSAZ+, Pluto TVW 37–1610,420
October 142:00 p.m.at Portland State Pluto TVW 42–204,430
October 214:00 p.m. UC Davis
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
KASW, NAU-TVW 45–315,093
October 284:00 p.m. Sacramento State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
KASW, NAU-TVW 37–176,068
November 42:30 p.m.at Montana No. 18 RTNW [1] L 15–1722,747
November 115:00 p.m. Montana State No. 24
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
ELVNW 37–366,187
November 182:30 p.m.at No. 14 Southern Utah No. 23ELVNL 20–4810,842
November 256:00 p.m. San Diego *No. 25
ESPN3 L 10–414,068

Game summaries

At Arizona

1234Total
Lumberjacks7701024
Wildcats1420141462

Western Illinois

1234Total
No. 22 Leathernecks71014738
Lumberjacks076720

At Cal Poly

1234Total
Lumberjacks7714028
Mustangs307010

Northern Colorado

1234Total
Bears0713020
Lumberjacks713141448

Illinois State

1234Total
No. 11 Redbirds063716
Lumberjacks013141037

At Portland State

1234Total
Lumberjacks140141442
Vikings706720

UC Davis

1234Total
Aggies7017731
Lumberjacks02871045

Sacramento State

1234Total
Hornets0107017
Lumberjacks10761437

At Montana

1234Total
No. 18 Lumberjacks360615
Grizzlies707317

Montana State

1234Total
Bobcats7971336
No. 24 Lumberjacks31314737

At Southern Utah

1234Total
No. 23 Lumberjacks670720
No. 14 Thunderbirds32414748

FCS Playoffs

San Diego–First Round

1234Total
Toreros101410741
No. 25 Lumberjacks0100010

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV18242325RV
Coaches RVRVRV242224162423RVRV

References

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