2017 Western Illinois Leathernecks football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 13
FCS CoachesNo. 12
Record8–4 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorDoug Malone (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJared Elliott (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorTony Grantham (1st season)
Home stadiumHanson Field
2017 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
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 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Charlie Fisher and played their home games at Hanson Field. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). They finished the season 8–4, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Weber State in the first round.

On December 22, Fisher resigned to become the wide receivers coach at Arizona State.[1] He finished at Western Illinois with a two-year record of 14–9.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 p.m.at Tennessee Tech*No. 25
OVCDNW 41–147,886
September 96:00 p.m.at Northern Arizona*No. 22
Pluto TVW 38–209,053
September 235:30 p.m.at Coastal Carolina*No. 19
ESPN3W 52–1014,996
September 303:00 p.m.No. 10 South DakotadaggerNo. 13
ESPN3L 33–385,631
October 74:00 p.m.at Northern IowaNo. 15
ESPN3W 38–2912,642
October 143:00 p.m.Missouri StateNo. 14
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
ESPN3W 49–303,217
October 212:30 p.m.at No. 2 North Dakota StateNo. 10
ESPN3L 12–2418,630
October 281:00 p.m.No. 11 South Dakota StateNo. 12
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
ESPN3L 24–522,247
November 412:00 p.m.at No. 12 Illinois StateNo. 15
ESPN3W 31–1413,192
November 1112:00 p.m.at Indiana StateNo. 11
ESPN3W 45–03,173
November 181:00 p.m.Southern IllinoisNo. 9
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
ESPN3W 28–142,812
November 253:00 p.m.at No. 11 Weber State*No. 9
ESPN3L 19–216,876

Game summaries

At Tennessee Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 25 Leathernecks 3 7 24 7 41
Golden Eagles 0 0 0 14 14

At Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Leathernecks 7 10 14 7 38
Lumberjacks 0 7 6 7 20

At Coastal Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Leathernecks 7 14 21 10 52
Chanticleers 10 0 0 0 10

South Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Coyotes 7 17 14 0 38
No. 13 Leathernecks 0 6 14 13 33

At Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Leathernecks 3 2 13 20 38
Panthers 0 14 0 15 29

Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 14 7 3 6 30
No. 14 Leathernecks 7 6 15 21 49

At North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Leathernecks 9 3 0 0 12
No. 2 Bison 3 7 14 0 24

South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Jackrabbits 10 14 21 7 52
No. 12 Leathernecks 10 7 0 7 24

At Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Leathernecks 0 0 17 14 31
No. 12 Redbirds 7 7 0 0 14

At Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Leathernecks 3 28 7 7 45
Sycamores 0 0 0 0 0

Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 0 0 0 14 14
No. 9 Leathernecks 0 14 7 7 28

FCS Playoffs

At Weber State–First Round

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Leathernecks 3 3 6 7 19
No. 11 Wildcats 0 14 0 7 21

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS25222019131514101215119913
CoachesRVRV222116181712141813101012

References

  1. ↑ "Western Illinois shows a big downside to the early signing period".
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