2017 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

2017 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
NCAA Division I First Round, L 10–41 vs. San Diego
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 25
Record	7–5 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jerome Souers (20th season)
Offensive coordinator	Brian Sheppard (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Andy Thompson (9th season)
Home stadium	Walkup Skydome
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Big Sky Conference football standings

v t e	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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	8:00 p.m.	at Arizona*		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	P12N	L 24–62	43,620
September 9	4:00 p.m.	No. 22 Western Illinois*		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	FCSP, FSAZ+, Pluto TV	L 20–38	9,053
September 23	6:00 p.m.	at Cal Poly		Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	ELVN	W 28–10	7,726
September 30	4:00 p.m.	Northern Colorado		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	KASW, NAU-TV	W 48–20	5,107
October 7	4:00 p.m.	No. 11 Illinois State*		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	FCSP, FSAZ+, Pluto TV	W 37–16	10,420
October 14	2:00 p.m.	at Portland State		Providence Park Portland, OR	Pluto TV	W 42–20	4,430
October 21	4:00 p.m.	UC Davis		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	KASW, NAU-TV	W 45–31	5,093
October 28	4:00 p.m.	Sacramento State		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	KASW, NAU-TV	W 37–17	6,068
November 4	2:30 p.m.	at Montana	No. 18	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	RTNW[1]	L 15–17	22,747
November 11	5:00 p.m.	Montana State	No. 24	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	ELVN	W 37–36	6,187
November 18	2:30 p.m.	at No. 14 Southern Utah	No. 23	Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT (Grand Canyon Rivalry)	ELVN	L 20–48	10,842
November 25	6:00 p.m.	San Diego*	No. 25	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	L 10–41	4,068
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS 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
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	RV	RV	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	18	24	23	25	RV
Coaches	RV	RV	—	—	—	RV	24	22	24	16	24	23	RV	RV

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