2017 West Alabama Tigers football team
The 2017 West Alabama Tigers football team represented the University of West Alabama in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Brett Gilliland. The Tigers played their home games at Tiger Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference.
| 2017 West Alabama Tigers football | |
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GSC champion | |
NCAA Division II Quarterfinal, L 21–28 vs. West Florida | |
| Conference | Gulf South Conference |
| Ranking | |
| AFCA | No. 12 |
| Record | 10–3 (7–1 GSC) |
| Head coach |
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| Offensive coordinator | Don Bailey (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Steve Sisa (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Tiger Stadium (capacity: 7,000) |
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| No. 12 West Alabama $^ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 2 West Florida ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 11 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 Delta State ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 19 West Georgia ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valdosta State | 5 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Alabama | 5 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Tech | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi College | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shorter | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
West Alabama announced its 2017 football schedule on January 13, 2017. The schedule consists of both five home and six away games in the regular season. The Tigers hosted GSC foes Mississippi College, Shorter, West Florida, and West Georgia and traveled to Delta State, Florida Tech, North Alabama, and Valdosta State[1]
The Tigers only hosted one of the three non-conference games against North Greenville which is independent from a conference and traveled to two games against Lenoir-Rhyne from the South Atlantic Conference and Samford from the Southern Conference.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | at Lenoir–Rhyne* |
| W 46–7 | 2,555 | ||
| September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 17 (FCS) Samford* | ESPN3 | L 41–49 | 4,509 | ||
| September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | Mississippi College | W 42–13 | 5,351 | |||
| September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 10 North Alabama | W 38–17 | 10,327 | |||
| September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Shorter |
| W 62–0 | 4,324 | ||
| October 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 9 Delta State | W 29–26 | 7,856 | |||
| October 14 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 22 West Georgia | No. 23 |
| W 34–31 | 3,321 | |
| October 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Florida Tech | No. 18 | ESPN3 | L 39–41 | 2,900 | |
| October 28 | 4:00 p.m. | West Florida | No. 25 |
| ESPN3 | W 35–18 | 6,999 |
| November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | Valdosta State | No. 23 | W 38–14 | 5,921 | ||
| November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | North Greenville* | No. 22 |
| W 29–26 | 5,481 | |
| November 25 | 12:00 p.m. | Delta State* | No. 17 |
| W 27–20 | 4,893 | |
| December 2 | 12:00 p.m. | West Florida* | No. 17 |
| L 21–28 | 6,105 | |
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Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final |
| AFCA | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | 23 | 18 | 25 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 12 |
References
- "Seven Instate Games Highlight 2017 UWA Football Schedule" (Press release). University of West Alabama Department of Athletics. January 13, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017.