2017 Cheyney Wolves football team

The 2017 Cheyney Wolves football team represented Cheyney University of Pennsylvania in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) East Division.[1] They finished the season 1–10, 0–7 in PSAC play to finish in last place in the East Division.

2017 Cheyney Wolves football
Conference	PSAC
Division	East Division
2017 record	1–10 (0–7 PSAC)
Head coach	Chris Roulhac (9th season)
Home stadium	O’Shields Stevenson Stadium (Capacity: 4,500)

2017 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East
No. 25 Shippensburg x^		6	–	1					10	–	2
West Chester xy^		6	–	1					9	–	4
Kutztown		5	–	2					8	–	3
Bloomsburg		4	–	3					7	–	4
Millersville		3	–	4					4	–	7
East Stroudsburg		2	–	5					3	–	8
Lock Haven		2	–	5					2	–	9
Cheyney		0	–	7					1	–	10
West
No. 3 Indiana (PA) xy$^		7	–	0					13	–	1
California (PA) ^		5	–	2					9	–	3
Slippery Rock		5	–	2					8	–	3
Edinboro		4	–	3					7	–	4
Gannon		3	–	4					5	–	6
Mercyhurst		3	–	4					5	–	6
Clarion		1	–	6					1	–	10
Seton Hill		0	–	7					0	–	11
Championship: Indiana (PA) 24, West Chester 7
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

History

Cheyney' football team has seen no success in the past 30 years, the team endured an astonishing 13 winless seasons since 1990. A record as the most winless seasons in NCAA Division II history. After the 2017 season was finished, Cheyney discontinued their football team and are withdrawing from the PSAC and Division II for the 2018–19 season and will play that season as an independent, presumably at the NCAA's lowest level.[2][3][4][5]

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	Result	Attendance
September 2	1:00 p.m.	Lincoln*	O’Shields Stevenson Stadium Cheyney, PA (Battle of the First)	W 56–28	756[6]
September 9	1:00 p.m.	at No. 5 California*	Hepner–Bailey Field at Adamson Stadium California, PA	L 14–54	2,818[7]
September 16	1:00 p.m.	at No. 6 IUP*	Miller Stadium Indiana, PA	L 16–65	1,694[8]
September 23	1:00 p.m.	at Bloomsburg	Robert B. Redman Stadium Bloomsburg, PA	L 19–48	1,842[9]
September 30	1:00 p.m.	East Stroudsburg	O’Shields Stevenson Stadium Cheyney, PA	L 13–33	753[10]
October 7	1:00 p.m.	at Lock Haven	Hubert Jack Stadium Lock Haven, PA	L 0–62	1,782[11]
October 14	1:00 p.m.	Shippensburg	O’Shields Stevenson Stadium Cheyney, PA	L 0–56	311[12]
October 21	1:00 p.m.	West Chester	O’Shields Stevenson Stadium Cheyney, PA	L 6–55	887[13]
October 28	1:00 p.m.	at Millersville	Biemesderfer Stadium Millersville, PA	L 7–59	1,100[14]
November 4	12:00 p.m.	Kutztown	O’Shields Stevenson Stadium Cheyney, PA	L 0–65	247[15]
November 11	12:00 p.m.	Edinboro*	O’Shields Stevenson Stadium Cheyney, PA	L 0–63	306[16]
*Non-conference game Rankings from DII Coaches Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Despite also being a member of the PSAC, the games vs. California (Pa.), Indiana (Pa.) and Edinboro will be non-conference games and will have no effect on the PSAC standings.

References

1. "2017 Football Schedule". Cheyney University Athletics. Archived from the original on October 5, 2018. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
2. Hunt, Donald; Persinger, Ryanne (December 9, 2017). "Cheyney University drops its football program". The Philadelphia Tribune. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
3. Gaither, Steven (December 8, 2017). "Historic HBCU drops football program in hopes of saving school". www.hbcugameday.com. HBCU Gameday. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
4. Burglund, Matthew (January 13, 2018). "PSAC facing issues after Cheyney drops football program". The Indiana Gazette. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
5. Robinson, Wesley (March 20, 2018). "Cheyney University drops NCAA Division II status in restructuring of its athletic department". The Patriot-News. Penn Live. www.pennlive.com. Retrieved October 6, 2018.
6. "Football vs Lincoln University (Pa.) on 9/2/2017". Cheyney University Athletics. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
7. "Football vs California University of Pennsylvania on 9/9/2017". Cheyney University Athletics. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
8. "Football vs Indiana University of Pennsylvania on 9/16/2017". Cheyney University Athletics. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
9. "Football vs Bloomsburg University on 9/23/2017". Cheyney University Athletics. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved September 28, 2017.
10. "Football vs East Stroudsburg University on 9/30/2017". Cheyney University Athletics. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
11. "Football vs Lock Haven University on 10/7/2017". Cheyney University Athletics. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
12. "Football vs Shippensburg University on 10/14/2017". Cheyney University Athletics. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
13. "Football vs West Chester University on 10/21/2017". Cheyney University Athletics. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
14. "Football vs Shippensburg University on 10/28/2017". Cheyney University Athletics. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
15. "Football vs Kutztown University on 11/4/2017". Cheyney University Athletics. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.
16. "Football vs Edinboro University on 11/11/2017". Cheyney University Athletics. Archived from the original on October 6, 2018. Retrieved October 5, 2018.