2017 PSAC Football Championship Game

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2017 PSAC Football Championship Game
IUP Crimson Hawks West Chester Golden Rams
(10–0) (8–2)
24 7
Head coach: 
 Head coach: 
Bill Zwaan
1234 Total
IUP 14703 24
West Chester 0700 7
DateDecember 2, 2017
Season2017
StadiumJohn A. Farrell Stadium
LocationWest Chester, Pennsylvania
MVPLenny Williams, Quarterback IUP
FavoriteIUP by 14
RefereeBrandon Hoover
Attendance6,979
United States TV coverage
NetworkESPN2
PSAC Football Championship Game
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2017 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East
No. 25 Shippensburg x^   6 – 1     10 – 2  
West Chester xy^   6 – 1     9 – 4  
Kutztown   5 – 2     8 – 3  
Bloomsburg   4 – 3     7 – 4  
Millersville   3 – 4     4 – 7  
East Stroudsburg   2 – 5     3 – 8  
Lock Haven   2 – 5     2 – 9  
Cheyney   0 – 7     1 – 10  
West
No. 3 IUP xy$^   7 – 0     13 – 1  
California (PA) ^   5 – 2     9 – 3  
Slippery Rock   5 – 2     8 – 3  
Edinboro   4 – 3     7 – 4  
Gannon   3 – 4     5 – 6  
Mercyhurst   3 – 4     5 – 6  
Clarion   1 – 6     1 – 10  
Seton Hill   0 – 7     0 – 11  
Championship: Indiana (PA) 24, West Chester 7
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2017 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference Football Championship Game was held on December 2, 2017 at a John A. Farrell Stadium on the campus of West Chester University of Pennsylvania in West Chester, Pennsylvania. The Indiana Crimson Hawks repressed the West Division and West Chester Golden Rams the East Division. Play for the PSAC Championship offered an automatic bid into the NCAA Division II Football Championship.

Teams[]

#4 Indiana (PA)[]

Main article: 2017 IUP Crimson Hawks football team

The Crimson Hawks entered the Championship with a 10–0 record and a 7–0 in conference. Entering the game IUP outscored opponent by an average of 27 points per game.

Box score[]

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score
Plays Yards TOP Indiana
(PA) 		West Chester
1 9:00 13 78 6:00 IUP Dom McNeil 15-yard touchdown reception from Lenny Williams, Dillon Sarka kick good 7 0
1 3:47 5 69 2:07 IUP Chris Wuestner 7-yard touchdown reception from Lenny Williams, Dillon Sarka kick good 14 0
2 14:19 8 78 4:28 WC Dan Neuhaus 36-yard touchdown reception from Paul Dooley, Andrew Chegia kick good 14 7
2 6:40 9 85 4:17 IUP Kolbe Hughes 40-yard touchdown reception from Lenny Williams, Dillon Sarka kick good 21 7
4 4:41 7 38 4:25 IUP 20-yard field goal by Dillon Sarka 24 7
"TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 24 7

Team statistics[]

IUP WC
20 First downs 13
174 Net rushing 30

Summary[]

Media[]

It was announced on March 17, 2017 that ESPN networks would be covering the game. Not until August 2017 was the specific channel announced, ESPN2 was announced as airing the game on August 11, 2017 but a time slot on ESPN3 was also held and announced. As of September 2017 no clarification on which channel will be airing the game. However ESPN will air it on either one of its sister channels.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ "ESPN Networks to air PSAC football championship". Retrieved 25 September 2017.

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