2017 Midwestern State Mustangs football team

The 2017 Midwestern State Mustangs football team represented Midwestern State University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Bill Maskill, who is in his 16th season at Midwestern State. The Mustangs played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference.

2017 Midwestern State Mustangs football
Lone Star Conference champion
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
2017 record10–1 (8–0 LSC)
Head coachBill Maskill (16th season)
Offensive coordinatorAdam Austin (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorRich Renner (10th season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 14,500)
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

Midwestern State announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The schedule consists of six home and four away games in the regular season. The Mustangs will host LSC foes Tarleton State, Texas A&M-Commerce, Texas A&M-Kingsville, West Texas A&M, and Western New Mexico and will travel to Angelo State, Eastern New Mexico, and Texas-Permian Basin.[1]

The Mustangs will host one of the two non-conference games against Quincy from the Great Lakes Valley Conference and will travel to West Florida from the Gulf South Conference.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
August 317:00 p.mQuincy*No. 24W 53–67,077
^[a] The game between Midwestern State and West Florida was cancelled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irma.[2]

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 24 16 13 13 12 10 6 5 5 4 4 5
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References

  1. "Mustangs to play six home games in 2017" (Press release). Midwestern State University Department of Athletics. January 26, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
  2. "@MWSU_Football game against West Florida cancelled due to threat of Hurricane Irma" (Press release). Midwestern State University Department of Athletics. September 7, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017.
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