American college football season
The 2017 UC Davis Aggies football team represented the University of California, Davis during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Aggies were led by first–year head coach Dan Hawkins and played their home games at Aggie Stadium as members of the Big Sky Conference .[1] They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in eighth place.
Previous season [ ]
The Aggies finished the 2016 season 3–8, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a four-way tie for ninth place.
On November 21, 2016, head coach Ron Gould was fired.[2] [3] He finished at UC Davis with a four-year record of 12–33. On November 30, the school hired Dan Hawkins as head coach.[4] [5] [6]
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2 5:30 p.m. at (FBS) San Diego State* Stadium L 17–3846,132
September 9 6:00 p.m. San Diego * Pluto TV W 35–76,588
September 16 2:00 p.m. at Portland State * ELVN W 37–144,442
September 23 4:00 p.m. at No. 23 Weber State Pluto TV L 3–419,450
September 30 6:00 p.m. North Dakota Aggie Stadium Davis, California ELVN W 48–249,508
October 7 6:00 p.m. No. 10 Eastern Washington Aggie Stadium Davis, California Pluto TV L 38–418,158
October 21 4:00 p.m. at Northern Arizona Pluto TV L 31–455,093
October 28 4:00 p.m. Cal Poly Pluto TV W 31–2810,503
November 4 1:30 p.m. at Idaho State Pluto TV W 56–175,762
November 11 4:00 p.m. No. 15 Southern Utah Aggie Stadium Davis, California Pluto TV L 27–476,715
November 18 2:00 p.m. at Sacramento State Pluto TV L 47–5211,828
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Portland State on September 16 is considered a non-conference game.
Game summaries [ ]
at San Diego State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
3
0
0
14
17
Aztecs
10
14
14
0
38
San Diego [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Toreros
7
0
0
0
7
Aggies
7
7
7
14
35
at Portland State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
10
7
6
14
37
Vikings
0
0
7
7
14
at Weber State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
3
0
0
0
3
No. 23 Wildcats
17
14
10
0
41
North Dakota [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Fighting Hawks
10
7
0
7
24
Aggies
21
17
3
7
48
Eastern Washington [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 10 Eagles
6
7
7
21
41
Aggies
7
7
14
10
38
at Northern Arizona [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
7
0
17
7
31
Lumberjacks
0
28
7
10
45
Cal Poly [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Mustangs
7
7
7
7
28
Aggies
21
10
0
0
31
at Idaho State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
21
7
7
21
56
Bengals
0
10
7
0
17
Southern Utah [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 15 Thunderbirds
14
12
14
7
47
Aggies
0
7
7
13
27
at Sacramento State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
7
7
20
13
47
Hornets
17
21
14
0
52
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