The 2017 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team represented West 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.
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| Conference | Lone Star Conference |
| Record | 3–8 (1–7 LSC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Ryan McDonough (1st season) |
| Offensive scheme | Multiple |
| Defensive coordinator | Miles Kochevar (1st season) |
| Base defense | 3–4 |
| Home stadium | Kimbrough Memorial Stadium |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Permian Basin | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
editWest 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, UT 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.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 2 | 6:00 p.m | No. 13 Azusa Pacific* | L 13–24 | 6,198 | |
| September 9 | 6:00 p.m | No. 7 Colorado State–Pueblo* |
| W 24–21 | 6,095 |
| September 16 | 3:00 p.m. | UT Permian Basin |
| W 17–6 | 6,579 |
| September 23 | 7:00 p.m. | at Tarleton State | L 20–30 | 6,823 | |
| September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Eastern New Mexico |
| L 14–28 | 7,629 |
| October 7 | 7:00 p.m. | at Texas A&M–Kingsville | L 9–37 | 4,785 | |
| October 14 | 5:00 p.m. | Adams State* |
| W 17–14 | 8,327 |
| October 21 | 8:00 p.m. | at No. 5 Midwestern State | L 3–45 | 8,020 | |
| October 28 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 9 Texas A&M–Commerce |
| L 16–35 | 3,896 |
| November 4 | 6:00 p.m. | at Angelo State | L 3–51 | 2,832 | |
| November 11 | 1:00 p.m. | Western New Mexico |
| L 17–21 | 5,487 |
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Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| AFCA | — | — | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
edit- ^ "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.