2017 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team

The 2017 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football team is an American football team that represents West Virginia State University during the 2017 NCAA Division II FBS football season. The Yellow Jackets play in the Mountain East Conference and play their home games at Lakin Field at Dickerson Stadium in Institute, West Virginia. West Virginia State is coached by John Pennington, who will be in his first season.

2017 West Virginia State Yellow Jackets football
ConferenceMountain East Conference
Head coachJohn Pennington (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorTravis Everhart (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorGeorge Shehl (1st season)
Home stadiumLakin Field at Dickerson Stadium
(Capacity: 5,000)
2017 Mountain East Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 14 Shepherd $^  10 –0     10 –1  
Notre Dame (OH)  8 –2     8 –3  
Fairmont State  8 –2     8 –3  
West Virginia State  5 –5     6 –5  
West Virginia Wesleyan  5 –5     5 –6  
Virginia–Wise  4 –6     5 –6  
Urbana  4 –6     5 –6  
Charleston (WV)  4 –6     4 –6  
Glenville State  3 –7     4 –7  
West Liberty  3 –7     3 –8  
Concord  1 –9     2 –9  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
Rankings from AFCA Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 21:00 PMUniversity of Charleston
W 51-28811 [1]
September 77:00 PMat University of Virginia's College at Wise*
L 34-241578 [2]
September 1612:00 PMNotre Dame College
  • Lakin Field at Dickerson Stadium
  • Institute, WV
L 47-35681 [3]
September 23Noonat Shepherd University
L 56-414295 [4]
September 301:30 PMGlenville State College
  • Lakin Field at Dickerson Stadium
  • Institute, WV
W 34-282112 [5]
October 71:30 PMat Kentucky State University*
W 35-231400 [6]
October 141:00 PMat Concord University
W 47-291627 [7]
October 211:00 PMWest Liberty University
  • Lakin Field at Dickerson Stadium
  • Institute, WV
W 39-33 OT811 [8]
October 284:00 PMat Fairmont State University
L 34-27946 [9]
November 412:00 PMUrbana University
  • Lakin Field at Dickerson Stadium
  • Institute, WV
L 36-35681 [10]
November 111:00 PMat West Virginia Wesleyan College
W 985 [11]

Coaching staff

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  • John Pennington (head coach)
  • Travis Everhart (assistant head coach / offensive coordinator / offensive line)
  • George Shehl (defensive coordinator / defensive backs)
  • Quincy Wilson (running backs)
  • Brian Novak (wide receivers)
  • James Groce (defensive line)
  • Reed Williams (linebackers / academics)
  • John Ashworth (assistant defensive backs)
  • Ricardo Figueroa (offensive graduate assistant)
  • Angel Robles (defensive student assistant / strength and conditioning)
  • Zack Alvidrez (offensive student assistant)
  • Jay Terry (offensive student assistant)
  • Quewanncoii Stephens (director of equipment technologies)
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References
  1. "Boxscore: WVSU 51, Charleston 28". WVSUYellowJackets.com. Sidearm Sports. September 2, 2017. Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  2. "Boxscore: WVSU 24, UVA-Wise 34". WVSUYellowJackets.com. Sidearm Sports. September 7, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  3. "Boxscore: WVSU 35, Notre Dame (OH) 47". WVSUYellowJackets.com. Sidearm Sports. September 16, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  4. "Boxscore: WVSU 41, Shepherd 56". WVSUYellowJackets.com. Sidearm Sports. September 23, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  5. "Boxscore: WVSU 34, Glenville St 28". WVSUYellowJackets.com. Sidearm Sports. September 30, 2017. Retrieved October 2, 2017.
  6. "Boxscore: WVSU 35, Kentucky State 23". WVSUYellowJackets.com. Sidearm Sports. October 7, 2017. Retrieved October 8, 2017.
  7. "Boxscore: WVSU 47, Concord 29". WVSUYellowJackets.com. Sidearm Sports. October 14, 2017. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  8. "Boxscore: WVSU 39, West Liberty 33". WVSUYellowJackets.com. Sidearm Sports. October 21, 2017. Retrieved October 24, 2017.
  9. "Boxscore: WVSU 27, Fairmont St 34". WVSUYellowJackets.com. Sidearm Sports. October 28, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  10. "Boxscore: WVSU 35, Urbana 36". WVSUYellowJackets.com. Sidearm Sports. November 4, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  11. "Boxscore: WVSU 45, West Va. Wesleyan 28". WVSUYellowJackets.com. Sidearm Sports. November 11, 2017. Retrieved July 25, 2018.
  12. http://wvsuyellowjackets.com/coaches.aspx?path=football&
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