American college football season
The 2017 Central Arkansas Bears football team represented the University of Central Arkansas in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Bears were led by fourth-year head coach Steve Campbell and played their home games at Estes Stadium . They were a member of the Southland Conference . They finished the season 10–2, 9–0 in Southland play to be crowned Southland Conference champions. They received the Southland's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to New Hampshire in the Second Round.
On December 7, head coach Steve Campbell resigned to become the head coach at South Alabama .[1]
Previous season [ ] They finished the season 10–3 overall and 8–1 in Southland play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Illinois State in the first round, before losing in the second round to Eastern Washington.
Schedule [ ] Source: [2]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 6:10 p.m. at No. 20 (FBS ) Kansas State * No. 15 ESPN3 L 19–5551,043 September 9 6:00 p.m. at Murray State * No. 15 OVCDN W 41–137,456 September 16 7:15 p.m. Southeastern Louisiana No. 14 ELVN W 38–610,237 September 30 6:00 p.m. No. 3 Sam Houston State No. 11 ESPN3 W 41–3011,347 October 7 6:00 p.m. at Houston Baptist No. 6 FSSW+ W 27–72,543 October 14 6:00 p.m. Stephen F. Austin No. 6 ESPN3 W 24–209,263 October 21 6:00 p.m. at Northwestern State No. 6 DTV W 45–178,252 October 28 6:00 p.m. No. 20 McNeese State No. 4 ESPN3 W 47–179,887 November 4 6:10 p.m. at Lamar No. 4 ESPN3 W 42–148,417 November 11 6:00 p.m. at Incarnate Word No. 3 UIWtv W 56–104,652 November 18 3:00 p.m. Abilene Christian No. 3 ESPN3 W 34–04,325 December 2 2:00 p.m. No. 21 New Hampshire * No. 3 Estes Stadium Conway, AR (FCS Playoffs Second Round) ESPN3 L 15–216,243 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
*-Indicates Game Broadcast via Tape Delay Game summaries [ ] at Kansas State [ ]
Central Arkansas at Kansas State[3]
1
2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Bears
10
6 3 0
19
• No. 20 (FBS) Wildcats
10
28 10 7
55
Date: September 2Location: Bill Snyder Family Football StadiumGame start: 6:10 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:11Game attendance: 51,043Game weather: 87 °F (31 °C) • WSW 7 • ClearReferee: Brandon CruseTV announcers (ESPN3 ): Play-by-Play: Brian Smoller Analyst: Travis Tannahill[3]
at Murray State [ ]
Central Arkansas at Murray State[4]
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 15 Bears
10
21 7 3
41
Racers
0
6 0 7
13
Date: September 9Location: Roy Stewart StadiumGame start: 6:00 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 2:46Game attendance: 7,456Referee: Andrew FaustTV announcers (OVCDN ): Play-by-Play: Neal Bradley Analyst: Josh McKeel[4]
Southeastern Louisiana [ ]
Southeastern Louisiana at Central Arkansas[5]
1
2 3 4 Total
Lions
0
3 0 3
6
• No. 14 Bears
7
7 21 3
38
Date: September 16Location: Estes StadiumGame start: 7:15 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 2:58Game attendance: 10,237Referee: K. BoitmanTV announcers (ELVN ): Play-by-Play: Steve Sullivan Analyst: Fitz Hill[5]
Sam Houston State [ ]
Sam Houston State at Central Arkansas[6]
1
2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Bearkats
7
10 7 6
30
• No. 11 Bears
14
17 3 7
41
Date: September 30Location: Estes StadiumGame start: 6:00 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:44Game attendance: 11,347Referee: Brandon CruiseTV announcers (ESPN3): Play-By-Play: Randy McIlvoy Analyst: Shea Walker Sideline: Tatum Everett[6]
at Houston Baptist [ ]
Central Arkansas at Houston Baptist[7]
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 6 Bears
14
0 7 6
27
Huskies
7
0 0 0
7
Date: October 7Location: Husky StadiumGame start: 6:00 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 2:23Game attendance: 2,543Game weather: 87 °F (31 °C) • WSW 7 • ClearReferee: Dan LewisTV announcers (FSSW+ ): Play-by-Play: Tom Franklin Analyst: John Harris Sideline: Maya Golden[7]
Stephen F. Austin [ ]
Stephen F. Austin at Central Arkansas[8]
1
2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks
0
14 3 3
20
• No. 6 Bears
7
7 3 7
24
Date: October 14Location: Estes StadiumGame start: 6:00 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:25Game attendance: 9,263Referee: Vidal JonesTV announcers (ESPN3): Play-by-Play: Lincoln Rose Analyst: Nate Griffin[8]
at Northwestern State [ ]
Central Arkansas at Northwestern State[9]
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 6 Bears
10
14 14 7
45
Demons
3
7 7 0
17
Date: October 21Location: Harry Turpin StadiumGame start: 6:00 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 5:06Game attendance: 8,252Game weather: 82 °F (28 °C) • SSE 5 • OvercastReferee: Ross SmithTV announcers (DTV ): Play-by-Play: Patrick Netherton Analyst: Richard deVargas Sideline: Tony Taglavore[9]
McNeese State [ ]
McNeese State at Central Arkansas<[10]
1
2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Cowboys
10
0 7 0
17
• No. 4 Bears
9
21 14 3
47
Date: October 28Location: Estes StadiumGame start: 6:00 p.m. CDT Elapsed time: 3:30Game attendance: 9,887Referee: Scott CampbellTV announcers (ESPN3): Play-by-Play: Jeff Brightwell Analyst: Stan Humphries Sideline: Tatum Everett[10]
at Lamar [ ]
Central Arkansas at Lamar[11]
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 4 Bears
14
7 21 0
42
Cardinals
7
0 0 7
14
Date: November 4Location: Provost Umphrey StadiumGame start: 6:10 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 3:03Game attendance: 8,417Game weather: 78 °F (26 °C) • S 8 • Partly cloudyTV announcers (ESPN3): Play-by-Play: Dan Gresham Analyst: Lemont Williams[11]
at Incarnate Word [ ]
Central Arkansas at Incarnate Word[12]
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 3 Bears
14
28 0 14
56
Cardinals
3
0 0 7
10
Date: November 11Location: Gayle and Tom Benson StadiumGame start: 6:00 p.m. CST Elapsed time: 2:50Game attendance: 4,652Game weather: 67 °F (19 °C) • E 7 • Cloudy, showersReferee: Ray EdwardsTV announcers (UIWtv ): Play-by-Play: Chris Reyes Analyst: Jaime Valdez[12]
Abilene Christian [ ]
Abilene Christian at Central Arkansas
1
2 3 4 Total
Wildcats
0
0 0 0
0
• No. 3 Bears
14
6 7 7
34
Date: November 18Location: Estes StadiumGame start: 3:00 p.m. CST Game attendance: 4,325
FCS Playoffs [ ] New Hampshire–Second Round [ ]
FCS Playoffs Second Round
1
2 3 4 Total
• No. 21 Wildcats
7
0 7 7
21
No. 3 Bears
7
0 0 8
15
Date: December 2Location: Estes StadiumGame start: 2:00 p.m. CST Television network: ESPN3
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
STATS FCS
15
15
14
12
11
6
6
6
4
4
3
3
3
10
Coaches
15
16
16
13
12
8
6
6
4
4
3
3
3
8
References [ ]
^ https://usajaguars.com/news/2017/12/7/south-alabama-names-steve-campbell-head-football-coach.aspx ^ "2017 Football Schedule" . UCA Athletics. Retrieved August 7, 2017 .^ a b "Football vs Kansas State University on 9/2/2017" . Retrieved September 6, 2017 .^ a b "Football vs Murray State University on 9/9/2017" . Retrieved September 10, 2017 .^ a b "Football vs Southeastern Louisiana University on 9/16/2017" . Retrieved September 20, 2017 .^ a b "Football vs Sam Houston State University on 9/30/2017" . Retrieved October 10, 2017 .^ a b "Football vs Houston Baptist University on 10/7/2017" . Retrieved October 10, 2017 .^ a b "Football vs Stephen F. Austin on 10/14/2017" . Retrieved November 14, 2017 .^ a b "Football vs Northwestern State University on 10/21/2017" . Retrieved November 14, 2017 .^ a b "Football vs McNeese on 10/28/2017" . Retrieved November 14, 2017 .^ a b "Football vs Lamar University on 11/4/2017" . Retrieved November 14, 2017 .^ a b "Football vs University of the Incarnate Word on 11/11/2017" . Retrieved November 14, 2017 .
Venues Bowls & rivalries People National championship seasons in bold
College Division Division II Division I Division I-A Division I-AA/FCS National championships in bold
