American college football season
The 2017 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by second-year head coach Charlie Fisher and played their home games at Hanson Field . They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). They finished the season 8–4, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in fourth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Weber State in the first round.
On December 22, Fisher resigned to become the wide receivers coach at Arizona State .[ 1] He finished at Western Illinois with a two-year record of 14–9.
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 6:00 p.m. at Tennessee Tech * No. 25 OVCDN W 41–147,886 September 9 6:00 p.m. at Northern Arizona * No. 22 Pluto TV W 38–209,053 September 23 5:30 p.m. at Coastal Carolina * No. 19 ESPN3 W 52–1014,996 September 30 3:00 p.m. No. 10 South Dakota No. 13 ESPN3 L 33–385,631 October 7 4:00 p.m. at Northern Iowa No. 15 ESPN3 W 38–2912,642 October 14 3:00 p.m. Missouri State No. 14 ESPN3 W 49–303,217 October 21 2:30 p.m. at No. 2 North Dakota State No. 10 ESPN3 L 12–2418,630 October 28 1:00 p.m. No. 11 South Dakota State No. 12 ESPN3 L 24–522,247 November 4 12:00 p.m. at No. 12 Illinois State No. 15 ESPN3 W 31–1413,192 November 11 12:00 p.m. at Indiana State No. 11 ESPN3 W 45–03,173 November 18 1:00 p.m. Southern Illinois No. 9 ESPN3 W 28–142,812 November 25 3:00 p.m. at No. 11 Weber State * No. 9 ESPN3 L 19–216,876 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
1 2 3 4 Total No. 25 Leathernecks 3 7 24 7 41 Golden Eagles 0 0 0 14 14
At Northern Arizona [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 22 Leathernecks 7 10 14 7 38 Lumberjacks 0 7 6 7 20
At Coastal Carolina [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 19 Leathernecks 7 14 21 10 52 Chanticleers 10 0 0 0 10
1 2 3 4 Total No. 10 Coyotes 7 17 14 0 38 No. 13 Leathernecks 0 6 14 13 33
1 2 3 4 Total No. 15 Leathernecks 3 2 13 20 38 Panthers 0 14 0 15 29
1 2 3 4 Total Bears 14 7 3 6 30 No. 14 Leathernecks 7 6 15 21 49
At North Dakota State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 10 Leathernecks 9 3 0 0 12 No. 2 Bison 3 7 14 0 24
1 2 3 4 Total No. 11 Jackrabbits 10 14 21 7 52 No. 12 Leathernecks 10 7 0 7 24
1 2 3 4 Total No. 15 Leathernecks 0 0 17 14 31 No. 12 Redbirds 7 7 0 0 14
1 2 3 4 Total No. 11 Leathernecks 3 28 7 7 45 Sycamores 0 0 0 0 0
1 2 3 4 Total Salukis 0 0 0 14 14 No. 9 Leathernecks 0 14 7 7 28
At Weber State–First Round[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 9 Leathernecks 3 3 6 7 19 No. 11 Wildcats 0 14 0 7 21
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS 25 22 20 19 13 15 14 10 12 15 11 9 9 13 Coaches RV RV 22 21 16 18 17 12 14 18 13 10 10 12