American college football season
The 2017 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by Greg Gattuso , who was in his fourth season as head coach, and played their home games at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium . The Great Danes played as members of the Colonial Athletic Association for the fifth season. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 6:00 p.m. at Old Dominion * No. 24 ESPN3 L 17–3120,118
September 9 1:00 p.m. at Morgan State * Facebook W 26–03,789
September 16 7:00 p.m. Monmouth * ESPN3 W 28–146,384
September 23 7:00 p.m. No. 7 Villanova Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY ESPN3 W 19–10 OT 6,866
September 30 2:00 p.m. at No. 23 Elon No. 19 CSL [1] L 0–65,024
October 7 3:00 p.m. at No. 14 Richmond No. 24 NBCS WA+ L 38–41 2OT 8,217
October 21 3:30 p.m. Maine Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY ESPN3 L 10–128,919
October 28 1:00 p.m. Rhode Island Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY ESPN3 L 14–313,383
November 4 1:00 p.m. at No. 14 Stony Brook Wolfievision L 21–28 OT 7,106
November 11 3:30 p.m. at Delaware NBCS P NBCS RN L 3–2216,333
November 18 1:00 p.m. No. 16 New Hampshire Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY CSL[1] W 15–03,459
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
Game summaries [ ]
at Old Dominion [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 24 Great Danes
3
0
0
14
17
Monarchs
7
14
3
7
31
at Morgan State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Great Danes
0
7
16
3
26
Bears
0
0
0
0
0
Monmouth [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hawks
0
7
7
0
14
Great Danes
13
9
0
6
28
Villanova [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
No. 7 Wildcats
0
0
0
10 0
10
Great Danes
0
3
0
7 9
19
at Elon [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 19 Great Danes
0
0
0
0
0
No. 23 Phoenix
0
3
0
3
6
at Richmond [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
No. 24 Great Danes
0
14
10
7 7
38
No. 14 Spiders
0
14
7
10 10
41
Maine [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Black Bears
0
9
0
3
12
Great Danes
7
0
3
0
10
Rhode Island [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Rams
6
15
3
7
31
Great Danes
0
0
7
7
14
at Stony Brook [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Great Danes
7
7
0
7 0
21
No. 14 Seawolves
14
7
0
0 7
28
at Delaware [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Great Danes
3
0
0
0
3
Fightin' Blue Hens
0
3
5
14
22
New Hampshire [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 16 Wildcats
0
0
0
0
0
Great Danes
0
3
9
3
15
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
STATS FCS
24
RV
RV
RV
19
24
RV
RV
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
Coaches
RV
RV
NR
RV
22
RV
RV
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries People Seasons