2017 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

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2017 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Northern Arizona Athletics wordmark.svg
FCS Playoffs First Round, L 10–41 vs. San Diego
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 25
2017 record7–5 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBrian Sheppard (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorAndy Thompson (9th season)
Home stadiumWalkup Skydome
(Capacity: 10,000)
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.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 28:00 p.m.at Arizona*P12NL 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 PolyELVNW 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 TV
W 37–1610,420
October 142:00 p.m.at Portland StatePluto TVW 42–204,430
October 214:00 p.m.UC Davis
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
KASW
NAU-TV
W 45–315,093
October 284:00 p.m.Sacramento Statedagger
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
KASW
NAU-TV
W 37–176,068
November 42:30 p.m.at MontanaNo. 18RTNW[1]L 15–1722,747
November 115:00 p.m.Montana StateNo. 24
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
ELVNW 37–366,187
November 182:30 p.m.at No. 14 Southern UtahNo. 23ELVNL 20–4810,842
November 256:00 p.m.San Diego*No. 25
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ (FCS Playoffs First Round)
ESPN3L 10–414,068
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

Game summaries[]

at Arizona[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 7 0 10 24
Wildcats 14 20 14 14 62

Western Illinois[]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Leathernecks 7 10 14 7 38
Lumberjacks 0 7 6 7 20

at Cal Poly[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 7 14 0 28
Mustangs 3 0 7 0 10

Northern Colorado[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 7 13 0 20
Lumberjacks 7 13 14 14 48

Illinois State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Redbirds 0 6 3 7 16
Lumberjacks 0 13 14 10 37

at Portland State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 14 0 14 14 42
Vikings 7 0 6 7 20

UC Davis[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 7 0 17 7 31
Lumberjacks 0 28 7 10 45

Sacramento State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 10 7 0 17
Lumberjacks 10 7 6 14 37

at Montana[]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 18 Lumberjacks 3 6 0 6 15
Grizzlies 7 0 7 3 17

Montana State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 7 9 7 13 36
No. 24 Lumberjacks 3 13 14 7 37

at Southern Utah[]

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Lumberjacks 6 7 0 7 20
No. 14 Thunderbirds 3 24 14 7 48

FCS Playoffs[]

San Diego–First Round[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Toreros 10 14 10 7 41
No. 25 Lumberjacks 0 10 0 0 10

Ranking movements[]

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 
STATS FCS RV RV RV NR RV RV RV RV RV 18 24 23 25 RV 
Coaches RV RV NR NR NR RV 24 22 24 16 24 23 RV RV

References[]

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