2017 West Georgia Wolves football team

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2017 West Georgia Wolves football
West Georgia Wolves logo.svg
ConferenceGulf South Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 19
2017 record7–3 (4–3 GSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorSam Gregg (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorScott Symons (4th season)
Home stadiumUniversity Stadium
(Capacity: 9,500)
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Gulf South Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 12 West Alabama $^   7 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 2 West Florida ^   5 – 3     11 – 4  
No. 21 Delta State ^   5 – 3     9 – 4  
No. 19 West Georgia ^   5 – 3     9 – 4  
Valdosta State   5 – 3     5 – 4  
North Alabama   5 – 3     5 – 5  
Florida Tech   3 – 5     5 – 6  
Mississippi College   1 – 7     1 – 9  
Shorter   0 – 8     0 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2017 West Georgia Wolves football team represented the University of West Georgia in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by first-year head coach David Dean. The Wolves played their home games at University Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference.

Schedule[]

West Georgia announced its 2017 football schedule on February 14, 2017. The schedule consists of 7 home and 4 away games in the regular season. The Wolves will host GSC foes North Alabama, Shorter, Valdosta State, and West Florida, and will travel to Delta State, Florida Tech, Mississippi College, and West Alabama.[1]

The Wolves will host all three non-conference game against Fort Valley State, Albany State and Miles, which all three are from the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 p.mFort Valley State*
W 34–94,836
September 97:00 p.m.Miles*No. 25
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA
W 45-75,382
September 167:00 p.m.No. 24 Delta StateNo. 17
L 7-175,255
September 232:00 p.m.Albany State*dagger
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA
W 48-166,838
September 302:00 p.m.North Alabama
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA
W 37-234,273
October 72:00 p.m.Valdosta StateNo. 25
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA (Rivalry)
ESPN3W 42-134,927
October 145:00 p.m.at No. 23 West AlabamaNo. 22
L 31-343,321
October 213:00 p.m.at Mississippi College
W 28-05,687
October 267:00 p.m.Shorter
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA
ESPN3W 42-63,167
November 41:00 p.m.at Florida TechNo. 25
W 20-133,800
November 112:00 p.m.West FloridaNo. 24
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA
L 29-344,217
November 1812:00 p.m.at No. 11 Virginia State*
W 35-92,102
November 251:00 p.m.West Florida*
  • University Stadium
  • Carrollton, GA (Division II Playoffs Second Round)
L 14-171,993
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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 Final 
AFCA RV 25 17 RV RV 25 22 RV RV 25 24 RV 19

References[]

  1. ^ "UWG Announces 2017 Football Schedule" (Press release). University of West Georgia Department of Athletics. February 14, 2017. Retrieved August 12, 2017.
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