2017 Midwestern State Mustangs football team

American college football season

2017 Midwestern State Mustangs football

Lone Star Conference champion

NCAA Division II Playoffs Second Round, L 21–63 vs. Minnesota State

Conference| Lone Star Conference
Ranking
Coaches| No. 11
Record| 10–1 (8–0 LSC)
Head coach|

* Bill Maskill (16th season)

Offensive coordinator| Adam Austin (5th season)
Defensive coordinator| Rich Renner (10th season)
Home stadium| Memorial Stadium

Seasons

<- 2016

2018 ->

2017 Lone Star Conference football standings

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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  |
Texas–Permian Basin |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 2  | - | 9  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - NCAA Division II playoff participant
* # – bowl participant (Tarleton State - Heritage Bowl, Angelo State - C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl)

Rankings from AFCA poll

The 2017 Midwestern State Mustangs football team represented Midwestern State University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Bill Maskill, who is in his 16th season at Midwestern State. The Mustangs played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference.

## Schedule[edit]

Midwestern State announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The schedule consists of six home and four away games in the regular season. The Mustangs will host LSC foes Tarleton State, Texas A&M-Commerce, Texas A&M-Kingsville, West Texas A&M, and Western New Mexico and will travel to Angelo State, Eastern New Mexico, and Texas-Permian Basin.[1]

The Mustangs will host one of the two non-conference games against Quincy from the Great Lakes Valley Conference and will travel to West Florida from the Gulf South Conference.

Date| Time| Opponent| Rank| Site| Result| Attendance

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August 31| 7:00 p.m| Quincy*| No. 24|

* Memorial Stadium
* Wichita Falls, TX

| W 53–6| 7,077
September 9| 6:00 p.m.| at West Florida*| No. 16|

* Blue Wahoos Stadium
* Pensacola, FL

| Cancelled[a] |
September 16| 7:00 p.m.| Texas A&M–Kingsville| No. 13|

* Memorial Stadium
* Wichita Falls, TX

| W 35–13| 7,613
September 30| 7:00 p.m.| Western New Mexico| No. 12|

* Memorial Stadium
* Wichita Falls, TX

| W 35–24| 8,737
October 7| 7:00 p.m.| No. 2 Texas A&M–Commerce| No. 10|

* Memorial Stadium
* Wichita Falls, TX

| W 47–42| 9,201
October 14| 6:00 p.m.| at Angelo State| No. 6|

* LeGrand Sports Complex
* San Angelo, TX

| W 41–27| 2,164
October 21| 8:00 p.m.| West Texas A&M| No. 5|

* Memorial Stadium
* Wichita Falls, TX

| W 45–3| 8,020
October 28| 6:00 p.m.| at Texas–Permian Basin| No. 5|

* Ratliff Stadium
* Odessa, TX

| W 66–8| 1,154
November 4| 2:00 p.m.| Tarleton State| No. 4|

* Memorial Stadium
* Wichita Falls, TX

| W 45–42 OT| 8,111
November 11| 8:00 p.m.| Eastern New Mexico| No. 4|

* Greyhound Stadium
* Portales, NM

| W 56–43| 2,032
November 18| 1:00 p.m.| No. 18 Sioux Falls| No. 5|

* Memorial Stadium
* Wichita Falls, TX (NCAA Division II First Round)

| W 24–20| 7,502
November 25| 12:00 p.m.| No. 1 Minnesota State| No. 5|

* Blakeslee Stadium
* Mankato, MN (NCAA Division II Second Round)

| L 21–63| 1,358

* *Non-conference game
* Rankings from American Football Coaches Association Poll released prior to the game

^[a] The game between Midwestern State and West Florida was cancelled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irma.[2]

## Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.| Week

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Poll| Pre| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| Final
AFCA| 24| 16| 13| 13| 12| 10| 6| 5| 5| 4| 4| 5| 5| 11

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Mustangs to play six home games in 2017" (Press release). Midwestern State University Department of Athletics. January 26, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
2. ^ "@MWSU_Football game against West Florida cancelled due to threat of Hurricane Irma" (Press release). Midwestern State University Department of Athletics. September 7, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017.

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Midwestern State Mustangs football

Venues|

* Memorial Stadium (1988–present)

People|

* Head coaches

Seasons|

* 1924
* 1925
* 1926
* 1927
* 1929
* 1930
* 1931–1945
* 1946
* 1947
* 1948
* 1949
* 1950
* 1951
* 1952
* 1953
* 1954
* 1955
* 1956
* 1957–1987
* 1988
* 1989
* 1990
* 1991
* 1992
* 1993
* 1994
* 1995
* 1996
* 1997
* 1998
* 1999
* 2000
* 2001
* 2002
* 2003
* 2004
* 2005
* 2006
* 2007
* 2008
* 2009
* 2010
* 2011
* 2012
* 2013
* 2014
* 2015
* 2016
* 2017
* 2018
* 2019
* 2020
* 2021
* 2022
* 2023

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Lone Star Conference football champions

Pre-divisional|

* North Texas State (1932)
* East Texas State (1933)
* East Texas State (1934)
* East Texas State, North Texas State, and Stephen F. Austin (1935)
* North Texas State (1936)
* East Texas State (1937)
* East Texas State (1938)
* North Texas State (1939)
* North Texas State (1940)
* North Texas State (1941)
* East Texas State (1942)
* North Texas State (1946)
* North Texas State (1947)
* Southwest Texas State (1948)
* East Texas State (1949)
* Sul Ross (1950)
* East Texas State (1951)
* East Texas State (1952)
* East Texas State (1953)
* Southwest Texas State & East Texas State (1954)
* Sam Houston State, Southwest Texas State, & East Texas State (1955)

NCAA College Division|

* Sam Houston State (1956)
* Lamar Tech (1957)
* East Texas State (1958)
* Texas A&I & East Texas State (1959)
* Texas A&I (1960)
* Sam Houston State (1961)
* Texas A&I (1962)
* Southwest Texas State (1963)

NAIA Division I|

* Sam Houston State (1964)
* Sul Ross (1965)
* East Texas State (1966)
* Texas A&I (1967)
* Texas A&I (1968)
* Texas A&I & East Texas State (1969)
* Texas A&I (1970)
* Howard Payne & Southwest Texas State (1971)
* East Texas State (1972)
* Abilene Christian (1973)
* Texas A&I (1974)
* Texas A&I (1975)
* Texas A&I (1976)
* Abilene Christian & Texas A&I (1977)
* Angelo State (1978)
* Texas A&I (1979)
* Southwest Texas State (1980)

NCAA Division II|

* Southwest Texas State (1981)
* Southwest Texas State (1982)
* Southwest Texas State & East Texas State (1983)
* Angelo State (1984)
* Texas A&I (1985)
* West Texas A&M (1986)
* Texas A&I & Angelo State (1987)
* Texas A&I (1988)
* Texas A&I & Angelo State (1989)
* East Texas State (1990)
* Eastern New Mexico (1991)
* Texas A&I (1992)
* Texas A&M–Kingsville (1993)
* Texas A&M–Kingsville (1994)
* Texas A&M–Kingsville (1995)
* Texas A&M–Kingsville (1996)
* Texas A&M–Kingsville (1997)
* Central Oklahoma (1998)
* Central Oklahoma, Northeastern State, & Southeastern Oklahoma State (1999)
* Northeastern State (2000)
* Tarleton State & Texas A&M–Kingsville (2001)
* Texas A&M–Kingsville (2002)
* Texas A&M–Kingsville (2003)
* Texas A&M–Kingsville (2004)
* West Texas A&M (2005)
* West Texas A&M (2006)
* West Texas A&M (2007)
* Abilene Christian (2008)
* Midwestern State, Tarleton State, & Texas A&M–Kingsville (2009)
* Abilene Christian (2010)
* Midwestern State (2011)
* Midwestern State & West Texas A&M (2012)
* Eastern New Mexico & Tarleton State (2013)
* Texas A&M–Commerce (2014)
* Texas A&M–Commerce (2015)
* Texas A&M–Commerce (2016)
* Midwestern State (2017)
* Tarleton State (2018)
* Tarleton State (2019)
* No season (2020)
* Midwestern State (2021)
* Angelo State (2022)
* Texas–Permian Basin (2023)

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