2017 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

American college football season

2017 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football

NCAA Division I First Round, L 10–41 vs. San Diego

Conference| Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS| No. 25
Record| 7–5 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach|

* Jerome Souers (20th season)

Offensive coordinator| Brian Sheppard (1st season)
Defensive coordinator| Andy Thompson (9th season)
Home stadium| Walkup Skydome

Seasons

<- 2016

2018 ->

2017 Big Sky Conference football standings

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No. 14 Southern Utah +^  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 9  | - | 3  |
No. 5 Weber State +^  |  | 7  | - | 1  |  |  |  |  | 11  | - | 3  |
Northern Arizona ^  |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 5  |
No. 21 Eastern Washington |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  |
Sacramento State |  | 6  | - | 2  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  |
Montana |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 7  | - | 4  |
Montana State |  | 5  | - | 3  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  |
UC Davis |  | 3  | - | 5  |  |  |  |  | 5  | - | 6  |
Idaho State |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 4  | - | 7  |
Northern Colorado |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 7  |
North Dakota |  | 2  | - | 6  |  |  |  |  | 3  | - | 8  |
Cal Poly |  | 1  | - | 7  |  |  |  |  | 1  | - | 10  |
Portland State |  | 0  | - | 8  |  |  |  |  | 0  | - | 11  |

* $ - Conference champion
* ^ - FCS playoff participant

Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 20th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid into the FCS Playoffs where they were lost to San Diego in the first round.

## Schedule

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September 2| 8:00 p.m.| at Arizona*| |

* Arizona Stadium
* Tucson, AZ

| P12N| L 24–62| 43,620
September 9| 4:00 p.m.| No. 22 Western Illinois*| |

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ

| FCSP, FSAZ+, Pluto TV| L 20–38| 9,053
September 23| 6:00 p.m.| at Cal Poly| |

* Alex G. Spanos Stadium
* San Luis Obispo, CA

| ELVN| W 28–10| 7,726
September 30| 4:00 p.m.| Northern Colorado| |

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ

| KASW, NAU-TV| W 48–20| 5,107
October 7| 4:00 p.m.| No. 11 Illinois State*| |

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ

| FCSP, FSAZ+, Pluto TV| W 37–16| 10,420
October 14| 2:00 p.m.| at Portland State| |

* Providence Park
* Portland, OR

| Pluto TV| W 42–20| 4,430
October 21| 4:00 p.m.| UC Davis| |

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ

| KASW, NAU-TV| W 45–31| 5,093
October 28| 4:00 p.m.| Sacramento State| |

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ

| KASW, NAU-TV| W 37–17| 6,068
November 4| 2:30 p.m.| at Montana| No. 18|

* Washington–Grizzly Stadium
* Missoula, MT

| RTNW[1]| L 15–17| 22,747
November 11| 5:00 p.m.| Montana State| No. 24|

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ

| ELVN| W 37–36| 6,187
November 18| 2:30 p.m.| at No. 14 Southern Utah| No. 23|

* Eccles Coliseum
* Cedar City, UT (Grand Canyon Rivalry)

| ELVN| L 20–48| 10,842
November 25| 6:00 p.m.| San Diego*| No. 25|

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ (NCAA Division I First Round)

| ESPN3| L 10–41| 4,068

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Mountain time

## Game summaries

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### At Arizona

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Lumberjacks  | 7  | 7  | 0  | 10 | 24
Wildcats | 14  | 20  | 14  | 14 | 62

See also: 2017 Arizona Wildcats football team

### Western Illinois

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No. 22 Leathernecks | 7  | 10  | 14  | 7 | 38
Lumberjacks  | 0  | 7  | 6  | 7 | 20

See also: 2017 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

### At Cal Poly

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Lumberjacks | 7  | 7  | 14  | 0 | 28
Mustangs  | 3  | 0  | 7  | 0 | 10

See also: 2017 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

### Northern Colorado

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Bears  | 0  | 7  | 13  | 0 | 20
Lumberjacks | 7  | 13  | 14  | 14 | 48

See also: 2017 Northern Colorado Bears football team

### Illinois State

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No. 11 Redbirds  | 0  | 6  | 3  | 7 | 16
Lumberjacks | 0  | 13  | 14  | 10 | 37

See also: 2017 Illinois State Redbirds football team

### At Portland State

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Lumberjacks | 14  | 0  | 14  | 14 | 42
Vikings  | 7  | 0  | 6  | 7 | 20

See also: 2017 Portland State Vikings football team

### UC Davis

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Aggies  | 7  | 0  | 17  | 7 | 31
Lumberjacks | 0  | 28  | 7  | 10 | 45

See also: 2017 UC Davis Aggies football team

### Sacramento State

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Hornets  | 0  | 10  | 7  | 0 | 17
Lumberjacks | 10  | 7  | 6  | 14 | 37

See also: 2017 Sacramento State Hornets football team

### At Montana

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No. 18 Lumberjacks  | 3  | 6  | 0  | 6 | 15
Grizzlies | 7  | 0  | 7  | 3 | 17

See also: 2017 Montana Grizzlies football team

### Montana State

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Bobcats  | 7  | 9  | 7  | 13 | 36
No. 24 Lumberjacks | 3  | 13  | 14  | 7 | 37

See also: 2017 Montana State Bobcats football team

### At Southern Utah

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No. 23 Lumberjacks  | 6  | 7  | 0  | 7 | 20
No. 14 Thunderbirds | 3  | 24  | 14  | 7 | 48

See also: 2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team and Northern Arizona–Southern Utah football rivalry

## FCS Playoffs

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### San Diego–First Round

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Toreros | 10  | 14  | 10  | 7 | 41
No. 25 Lumberjacks  | 0  | 10  | 0  | 0 | 10

See also: 2017 San Diego Toreros football team

## Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes| Week

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Poll| Pre| 1| 2| 3| 4| 5| 6| 7| 8| 9| 10| 11| 12| Final
STATS FCS| RV| RV| RV| —| RV| RV| RV| RV| RV| 18| 24| 23| 25| RV
Coaches| RV| RV| —| —| —| RV| 24| 22| 24| 16| 24| 23| RV| RV

## References

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1. ^ "BIG SKY, ROOT SPORTS ANNOUNCE CONTRACT EXTENSION, 2017 SCHEDULE". Big Sky Conference. March 21, 2017. Retrieved March 24, 2017.

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* Lumberjack Stadium (1958–1977)
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2017 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

* Central Arkansas
* Central Connecticut
* Elon
* Furman
* Jacksonville State
* James Madison
* Kennesaw State
* Lehigh
* Monmouth
* New Hampshire
* Nicholls State
* North Dakota State
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Champion – North Dakota State
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