2017 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team

The 2017 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team represented Texas A&M University–Commerce in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Colby Carthel, who was in his fifth season at Texas A&M-Commerce. The Lions played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference. The Lions won the NCAA Division II Football Championship. Quarterback Luis Perez also won the Harlon Hill Trophy.

2017 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 1
2017 record14–1 (7–1 LSC)
Head coachColby Carthel (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorMatt Storm (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorJustin Deason (5th season)
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 13,500)
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

Texas A&M–Commerce announced its 2017 football schedule on December 12, 2016. The schedule consisted of five home and away games in the regular season. The Lions hosted LSC foes Angelo State, Eastern New Mexico, Texas-Permian Basin, and Western New Mexico and traveled to Midwestern State, Tarleton State, Texas A&M-Kingsville, and West Texas A&M[1]

The Lions hosted one of the two non-conference games against William Jewell from the Great Lakes Valley Conference and traveled to North Alabama from the Gulf South Conference.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 1[lower-alpha 1]6:00 p.mat No. 6 North Alabama*No. 5
W 8–76,892
September 96:00 p.mWilliam Jewell*No. 3
W 59–610,108
September 166:00 p.m.Eastern New MexicoNo. 3
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
W 51–229,233
September 237:00 p.m.at Texas A&M-KingsvilleNo. 3
W 38–74,324
October 77:00 p.m.at No. 10 Midwestern StateNo. 2
L 42–479,201
October 144:00 p.m.Western New MexicoNo. 11
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
W 52–38,675
October 214:00 p.m.Angelo StateNo. 10
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
W 34–206,214
October 286:00 p.m.at West Texas A&MNo. 9
W 35–163,896
November 44:00 p.m.Texas-Permian BasinNo. 9
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Commerce, TX
W 52–07,132
November 112:00 p.m.at Tarleton StateNo. 8
W 33–214,231
  1. Game was originally scheduled for August 31, but postponed due to Hurricane Harvey.

Rankings
A&M–Commerce in action against the Western New Mexico Mustangs
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 5 3 3 3 2 2 11 10 9 9 8 8 8 1
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References
  1. "A&M-Commerce releases 2017 football schedule and initial ticket information" (Press release). Texas A&M University Commerce Department of Athletics. December 12, 2016. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
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