2017 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team

The 2017 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team representedWest Texas A&M University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by first-year head coach Hunter Hughes. The Buffaloes played their home games at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference.

2017 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football
ConferenceLone Star Conference
2017 record3–8 (1–7 LSC)
Head coachHunter Hughes (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorRyan McDonough (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJ.T. Haddan (1st season)
Home stadiumKimbrough Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
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

West Texas A&M announced its 2017 football schedule on January 5, 2017. The schedule consists of seven home and four away games in the regular season. The Buffaloes will host LSC foes Eastern New Mexico, Texas-Permian Basin, Texas A&M-Commerce, and Western New Mexico and will travel to Angelo State, Midwestern State, Tarleton State, Texas A&M-Kingsville.[1]

The Buffaloes will host all three non-conference games against Adams State from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), Azusa Pacific from the Pacific West Conference and Colorado State-Pueblo also from the RMAC.

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.mNo. 13 Azusa Pacific*
L 13–246,198
September 96:00 p.mNo. 7 Colorado State–Pueblo*
  • Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
  • Canyon, TX
W 24–216,095
September 163:00 p.m.Texas–Permian Basin
  • Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
  • Canyon, TX
W 17–66,579
September 237:00 p.m.at Tarleton State
L 20–306,823
September 306:00 p.m.Eastern New Mexico
  • Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
  • Canyon, TX
L 14–287,629
October 77:00 p.m.at Texas A&M–Kingsville
L 9–374,785
October 145:00 p.m.Adams State*
  • Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
  • Canyon, TX
W 17–148,327
October 218:00 p.m.at No. 5 Midwestern State
L 3–458,020
October 286:00 p.m.No. 9 Texas A&M–Commerce
  • Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
  • Canyon, TX
L 16–353,896
November 46:00 p.m.at Angelo State
L 3–512,832
November 111:00 p.m.Western New Mexico
  • Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
  • Canyon, TX
L 17–215,487

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 NR RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR
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References
  1. "West Texas A&M Announces 2017 Football Schedule" (Press release). West Texas A&M University Department of Athletics. January 5, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2017.
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