2017 Midwestern State Mustangs football team

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2017 Midwestern State Mustangs football
Midwestern State Mustangs logo.png
Lone Star Conference champion
NCAA Division II Playoffs Second Round, L 21–63 vs. Minnesota State
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
2017 record10–1 (8–0 LSC)
Head coach
  • Bill Maskill (16th season)
Offensive coordinatorAdam Austin (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorRich Renner (10th season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 14,500)
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Lone Star Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 Midwestern State $^   8 – 0     10 – 1  
No. 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  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA poll

The 2017 Midwestern State Mustangs football team represented Midwestern State University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Bill Maskill, who is in his 16th season at Midwestern State. The Mustangs played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference.

Schedule[]

Midwestern State announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The schedule consists of six home and four away games in the regular season. The Mustangs will host LSC foes Tarleton State, Texas A&M-Commerce, Texas A&M-Kingsville, West Texas A&M, and Western New Mexico and will travel to Angelo State, Eastern New Mexico, and Texas-Permian Basin.[1]

The Mustangs will host one of the two non-conference games against Quincy from the Great Lakes Valley Conference and will travel to West Florida from the Gulf South Conference.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
August 317:00 p.mQuincy*No. 24
W 53–67,077
September 96:00 p.m.at West Florida*No. 16
Cancelled[a]
September 167:00 p.m.Texas A&M–KingsvilleNo. 13
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Wichita Falls, TX
W 35–137,613
September 307:00 p.m.Western New MexicoNo. 12
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Wichita Falls, TX
W 35–248,737
October 77:00 p.m.No. 2 Texas A&M–CommerceNo. 10
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Wichita Falls, TX
W 47–429,201
October 146:00 p.m.at No. 6
W 41–272,164
October 218:00 p.m.West Texas A&MNo. 5
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Wichita Falls, TX
W 45–38,020
October 286:00 p.m.at Texas–Permian BasinNo. 5
W 66–81,154
November 42:00 p.m.Tarleton StateNo. 4
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Wichita Falls, TX
W 45–42 OT8,111
November 118:00 p.m.Eastern New MexicoNo. 4
W 56–432,032
November 181:00 p.m.No. 18 Sioux FallsNo. 5
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Wichita Falls, TX (NCAA Division II First Round)
W 24–207,502
November 2512:00 p.m.No. 1 Minnesota StateNo. 5
L 21–631,358
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from American Football Coaches Association Poll released prior to the game
^[a] The game between Midwestern State and West Florida was cancelled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irma.[2]

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ 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 
AFCA 24 16 13 13 12 10 6 5 5 4 4 5 5 11

References[]

  1. ^ "Mustangs to play six home games in 2017" (Press release). Midwestern State University Department of Athletics. January 26, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  2. ^ "@MWSU_Football game against West Florida cancelled due to threat of Hurricane Irma" (Press release). Midwestern State University Department of Athletics. September 7, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
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