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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]
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 Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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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 ]
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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 ]
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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
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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 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
