2017 Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football team

The 2017 Eastern New Mexico football team represented Eastern New Mexico University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by first year head coach Kelley Lee. The Greyhounds played their home games at Greyhound Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference. The Greyhounds finished the season 8-2 and ranked in the top 25 in the nation. The 2017 squad tied the school record for wins in a season with 8.

2017 Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
2017 record8–2 (6–2 LSC)
Head coachKelley Lee (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorIvan Cordova (1st season)
Home stadiumGreyhound Stadium
(Capacity: 5,200)
2017 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 11 Midwestern State $^  8 –0     10 –1  
No. 1 Texas A&M–Commerce ^  7 –1     14 –1  
Eastern New Mexico  6 –2     8 –2  
Tarleton State  4 –4     6 –6  
Angelo State  4 –4     6 –5  
Western New Mexico  3 –5     4 –7  
Texas A&M–Kingsville  2 –6     4 –7  
West Texas A&M  1 –7     3 –8  
Texas–Permian Basin  1 –7     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA poll

Schedule

Eastern New Mexico announced its 2017 football schedule on April 3, 2017. The schedule consists of five home and away games in the regular season. The Greyhounds will host LSC foes Angelo State, Midwestern State, Texas-Permian Basin, and Texas A&M-Kingsville and will travel to Tarleton State, West Texas A&M, Texas A&M-Commerce, and Western New Mexico.[1]

The Greyhounds will host one of two of its non-conference games against Southwest Baptist from the Great Lakes Valley Conference and travel to the teams other opponent West Liberty from the Mountain East Conference.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
August 317:00 p.mNo. 18 Southwest Baptist*
W 23–213,098
September 912:00 p.m.at Western New Mexico
W 37–34789
September 165:00 p.m.at No. 3 Texas A&M-Commerce
L 22–519,233
September 237:00 p.m.Angelo State
  • Greyhound Stadium
  • Portales, NM
W 31–21777
September 305:00 p.m.at West Texas A&M
W 28–147,629
October 77:00 p.m.Texas–Permian Basin
  • Greyhound Stadium
  • Portales, NM
W 20–172,694
October 141:00 p.m.at Tarleton State
W 24–153,142
October 287:00 p.m.Texas A&M-KingsvilleNo. 21
  • Greyhound Stadium
  • Portales, NM
W 51–341,019
November 24:00 p.m.at West Liberty*No. 21
W 45–24526
November 117:00 p.m.No. 4 Midwestern StateNo. 20
  • Greyhound Stadium
  • Portales, NM
L 43–562,032

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 12 Final 
AFCA NR RV RV RV RV RV RV 24 21 21
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References
  1. "Lee Announces 10-Game Schedule for Gridiron Greyhounds" (Press release). Eastern New Mexico University Department of Athletics. April 3, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
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