2017 South Dakota Coyotes football team

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2017 South Dakota Coyotes football
South Dakota Coyotes wordmark.svg
FCS Playoffs Second Round, L 42–54 vs. Sam Houston State
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 15
FCS CoachesNo. 16
2017 record8–5 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorTed Schlafke (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorBill O'Boyle (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorAtiba Bradley (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorTyler Yelk (2nd season)
Home stadiumDakotaDome
(Capacity: 10,000)
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 North Dakota State $^   7 – 1     14 – 1  
No. 3 South Dakota State ^   6 – 2     11 – 3  
No. 19 Northern Iowa ^   6 – 2     8 – 5  
No. 13 Western Illinois ^   5 – 3     8 – 4  
No. 15 South Dakota ^   4 – 4     8 – 5  
Illinois State   4 – 4     6 – 5  
Youngstown State   4 – 4     6 – 5  
Southern Illinois   2 – 6     4 – 7  
Missouri State   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Indiana State   0 – 8     0 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 South Dakota Coyotes football team represented the University of South Dakota in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Bob Nielson and played their home games in the DakotaDome. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.[1] They finished the season 8–5, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, which was the schools first ever FCS Playoff bid, where they defeated Nicholls State in the first round before losing to Sam Houston State in the second round.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m.at Drake*
BVW 77–73,332
September 95:00 p.m.at Bowling Green*
ESPN3W 35–2717,912
September 162:00 p.m.No. 10 North Dakota*No. 23
ESPN3
Midco		W 45–79,645
September 303:00 p.m.at No. 13 Western IllinoisNo. 10
ESPN3
MVC TV		W 38–335,631
October 72:00 p.m.No. 3 Youngstown StateNo. 7
  • DakotaDome
  • Vermillion, SD
ESPN3
Midco		W 31–2810,056
October 142:00 p.m.Indiana StateNo. 4
  • DakotaDome
  • Vermillion, SD
ESPN3
Midco		W 56–68,390
October 212:00 p.m.at No. 24 Illinois StateNo. 4
ESPN3
NBCS CH		L 21–3712,113
October 283:00 p.m.Southern IllinoisNo. 6
  • DakotaDome
  • Vermillion, SD
ESPN3
Midco		W 42–08,498
November 41:00 p.m.at Northern IowaNo. 6
ESPN3
PSN		L 29–3410,814
November 112:30 p.m.at No. 5 North Dakota StateNo. 10
ESPN3
NBC ND		L 14–4918,623
November 182:00 p.m.No. 6 South Dakota StateNo. 15
ESPN3
Midco		L 28–3110,147
November 253:00 p.m.at Nicholls State*No. 16
ESPN3W 38–319,612
December 22:00 p.m.at No. 5 Sam Houston State*No. 16
ESPN3L 42–544,401
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from STATS FCS at time of game Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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 23 13 10 7 4 4 6 6 10 15 16 15 
Coaches RV RV 23 14 10 6 4 4 7 6 10 16 18 16

References[]

  1. ^ "Coyote football to open 2017 at Drake". University of South Dakota Athletics. December 9, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
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