American college football season
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
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 8:00 p.m. at Arizona * P12N L 24–6243,620 September 9 4:00 p.m. No. 22 Western Illinois * FCSP , FSAZ+ , Pluto TV L 20–389,053 September 23 6:00 p.m. at Cal Poly ELVN W 28–107,726 September 30 4:00 p.m. Northern Colorado Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ KASW , NAU-TV W 48–205,107 October 7 4:00 p.m. No. 11 Illinois State * Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ FCSP, FSAZ+, Pluto TV W 37–1610,420 October 14 2:00 p.m. at Portland State Pluto TV W 42–204,430 October 21 4:00 p.m. UC Davis Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ KASW, NAU-TV W 45–315,093 October 28 4:00 p.m. Sacramento State Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ KASW, NAU-TV W 37–176,068 November 4 2:30 p.m. at Montana No. 18 RTNW [ 1] L 15–1722,747 November 11 5:00 p.m. Montana State No. 24 Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ ELVN W 37–366,187 November 18 2:30 p.m. at No. 14 Southern Utah No. 23 ELVN L 20–4810,842 November 25 6:00 p.m. San Diego * No. 25 ESPN3 L 10–414,068
Game summaries
At Arizona
1
2
3
4
Total
Lumberjacks
7
7
0
10
24
Wildcats
14
20
14
14
62
Western Illinois
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 22 Leathernecks
7
10
14
7
38
Lumberjacks
0
7
6
7
20
At Cal Poly
1
2
3
4
Total
Lumberjacks
7
7
14
0
28
Mustangs
3
0
7
0
10
Northern Colorado
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
7
13
0
20
Lumberjacks
7
13
14
14
48
Illinois State
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 11 Redbirds
0
6
3
7
16
Lumberjacks
0
13
14
10
37
At Portland State
1
2
3
4
Total
Lumberjacks
14
0
14
14
42
Vikings
7
0
6
7
20
UC Davis
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
7
0
17
7
31
Lumberjacks
0
28
7
10
45
Sacramento State
1
2
3
4
Total
Hornets
0
10
7
0
17
Lumberjacks
10
7
6
14
37
At Montana
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 18 Lumberjacks
3
6
0
6
15
Grizzlies
7
0
7
3
17
Montana State
1
2
3
4
Total
Bobcats
7
9
7
13
36
No. 24 Lumberjacks
3
13
14
7
37
At Southern Utah
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 23 Lumberjacks
6
7
0
7
20
No. 14 Thunderbirds
3
24
14
7
48
FCS Playoffs
1
2
3
4
Total
Toreros
10
14
10
7
41
No. 25 Lumberjacks
0
10
0
0
10
Ranking movements
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References
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