2017 Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football team

2017 Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football
2017 Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football
Conference	Lone Star Conference
Record	8–2 (6–2 LSC)
Head coach	Kelley Lee (1st season);
Offensive scheme	Gun option
Defensive coordinator	Ivan Cordova (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Greyhound Stadium

2017 Lone Star Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
No. 11 Midwestern State $^	8	–	0	10	–	1
No. 1 Texas A&M–Commerce ^	7	–	1	14	–	1
	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
UT 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 Eastern New Mexico football team represented Eastern New Mexico University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by first year head coach Kelley Lee. The Greyhounds played their home games at Greyhound Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference. The Greyhounds finished the season 8–2, 6–2 in LSC play. The 2017 squad tied the school record for wins in a season with 8.

LSC media poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
LSC media poll
1	Texas A&M–Commerce	229 (21)
2	Midwestern State	192 (2)
3	Texas A&M–Kingsville	177 (1)
4	Eastern New Mexico	136
5	Tarleton State	135 (1)
6	Angelo State	114
7	West Texas A&M	97
T8	Western New Mexico	45
T8	UT Permian Basin	45 (1)

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Schedule

Eastern New Mexico announced its 2017 football schedule on April 3, 2017. The schedule consists of five home and away games in the regular season. The Greyhounds will host LSC foes Angelo State, Midwestern State, UT Permian Basin, and Texas A&M–Kingsville and will travel to Tarleton State, West Texas A&M, Texas A&M–Commerce, and Western New Mexico.^[2]

The Greyhounds will host one of two of its non-conference games against Southwest Baptist from the Great Lakes Valley Conference and travel to the teams other opponent West Liberty from the Mountain East Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m	No. 18 Southwest Baptist*		Greyhound Stadium Portales, NM	W 23–21	3,098
September 9	12:00 p.m.	at Western New Mexico		Altamirano Stadium Silver City, NM	W 37–34	789
September 16	5:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Texas A&M–Commerce		Memorial Stadium Commerce, TX	L 22–51	9,233
September 23	7:00 p.m.	Angelo State		Greyhound Stadium Portales, NM	W 31–21	777
September 30	5:00 p.m.	at West Texas A&M		Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	W 28–14	7,629
October 7	7:00 p.m.	UT Permian Basin		Greyhound Stadium Portales, NM	W 20–17	2,694
October 14	1:00 p.m.	at Tarleton State		Memorial Stadium Stephenville, TX	W 24–15	3,142
October 28	7:00 p.m.	Texas A&M–Kingsville	No. 21	Greyhound Stadium Portales, NM	W 51–34	1,019
November 2	4:00 p.m.	at West Liberty*	No. 21	West Family Stadium West Liberty, WV	W 45–24	526
November 11	7:00 p.m.	No. 4 Midwestern State	No. 20	Greyhound Stadium Portales, NM	L 43–56	2,032
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
AFCA	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	21	21	20	24	RV

Game summaries

No. 18 Southwest Baptist

No. 18 Southwest Baptist Bearcats at Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 18 Bearcats	7	7	0	7	21
Greyhounds	14	3	3	3	23

at Greyhound Stadium, Portales, New Mexico

Date: August 31
Game time: 7:00 p.m. MDT
Game attendance: 3,098
Referee: Dan Rankin
Box score, Recap

Game information

First quarter

SBU – Cassian Foreman 62-yard pass from T. J. Edwards (Jordan LeClair kick), 13:40. Bearcats 7–0. Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 1:20.
ENMU – Johnny Smith 56-yard pass from Wyatt Strand (Bailey Hale kick), 9:20. Tied 7–7. Drive: 9 plays, 85 yards, 4:13.
ENMU – Kamal Cass 1-yard run (Bailey Hale kick), 2:55. Greyhounds 14–7. Drive: 10 plays, 60 yards, 4:47.

Second quarter

SBU – T. J. Edwards 1-yard run (Jordan LeClair kick), 12:36. Tied 14–14. Drive: 3 plays, 19 yards, 0:53.
ENMU – Bailey Hale 36-yard field goal, 7:31. Greyhounds 17–14. Drive: 10 plays, 56 yards, 5:05.

Third quarter

ENMU – Bailey Hale 41-yard field goal, 0:45. Greyhounds 20–14. Drive: 16 plays, 68 yards, 8:44.

Fourth quarter

SBU – Chris Robb 35-yard pass from Kendrick Payne (Jordan LeClair kick), 11:39. Bearcats 21–20. Drive: 11 plays, 88 yards, 3:57.
ENMU – Bailey Hale 41-yard field goal, 0:07. Greyhounds 23–21. Drive: 7 plays, 17 yards, 1:40.

Statistics	SBU	ENMU
First downs	16	19
Total yards	293	314
Rushing yards	102	204
Passing yards	191	110
Turnovers	2	2
Time of possession	21:12	38:48

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Southwest Baptist	Passing	T. J. Edwards	17/34, 156 yards, TD
	Rushing	T. J. Edwards	10 rushes, 51 yards, TD
	Receiving	Chris Robb	5 receptions, 70 yards, TD
Eastern New Mexico	Passing	Wyatt Strand	7/13, 110 yards, TD
	Rushing	Kamal Cass	28 rushes, 98 yards, TD
	Receiving	Johnny Smith	1 reception, 56 yards, TD

At Western New Mexico

Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds at Western New Mexico Mustangs – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Greyhounds	14	3	7	13	37
Mustangs	7	7	13	7	34

at Altamirano Stadium, Silver City, New Mexico

Date: September 9
Game time: 12:00 p.m. MDT
Game weather: Partly cloudy, 82 °F (28 °C)
Game attendance: 789
Referee: Marcus Thornton
Box score, Recap

Game information

First quarter

ENMU – Johnny Smith 3-yard run (Bailey Hale kick), 13:24. Greyhounds 7–0. Drive: 4 plays, 40 yards, 1:36.
WNMU – Tyler Butler 85-yard fumble return (Collin Grady kick), 10:49. Tied 7–7.
ENMU – D'Maujeric Tucker 13-yard run (Bailey Hale kick), 2:52. Greyhounds 14–7. Drive: 8 plays, 59 yards, 3:15.

Second quarter

ENMU – Bailey Hale 32-yard field goal, 10:24. Greyhounds 17–7. Drive: 8 plays, 32 yards, 2:54.
WNMU – D'Angelo Bowie 12-yard pass from Javia Hall (Collin Grady kick), 0:12. Greyhounds 17–14. Drive: 5 plays, 62 yards, 0:59.

Third quarter

WNMU – Evan Beebe 29-yard pass from Javia Hall (Collin Grady kick), 10:33. Mustangs 21–17. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 4:27.
ENMU – Kamal Cass 1-yard run (Bailey Hale kick), 5:21. Greyhounds 24–21. Drive: 13 plays, 48 yards, 5:10.
WNMU – Sean North 17-yard pass from Javia Hall (kick blocked), 3:33. Mustangs 27–24. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:48.

Fourth quarter

ENMU – Kamal Cass 9-yard run (Bailey Hale kick), 13:50. Greyhounds 31–27. Drive: 3 plays, 63 yards, 1:03.
ENMU – Wyatt Strand 1-yard run (kick blocked), 1:36. Greyhounds 37–27. Drive: 11 plays, 83 yards, 4:49.
WNMU – Elijah Jones 23-yard pass from Javia Hall (Collin Grady kick), 0:55. Greyhounds 37–34. Drive: 4 plays, 62 yards, 0:29.

Statistics	ENMU	WNMU
First downs	21	21
Total yards	404	444
Rushing yards	367	26
Passing yards	37	418
Turnovers	1	5
Time of possession	35:05	24:55

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Eastern New Mexico	Passing	Wyatt Strand	4/9, 37 yards
	Rushing	Tayshaun Gary	9 rushes, 113 yards
	Receiving	Russell Montoya	2 receptions, 26 yards
Western New Mexico	Passing	Javia Hall	21/41, 418 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	DeAndre Williams	9 rushes, 17 yards
	Receiving	Evan Beebe	5 receptions, 125 yards, TD

At No. 3 Texas A&M–Commerce

Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds at No. 3 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Greyhounds	3	12	7	0	22
No. 3 Lions	13	28	7	3	51

at Memorial Stadium, Commerce, Texas

Date: September 16
Game time: 6:00 p.m. CDT/5:00 p.m. MDT
Game weather: Clear, 89 °F (32 °C)
Game attendance: 9,233
Referee: Joe Horn
Box score, Recap

Game information

First quarter

TAMUC – Carandal Hale 3-yard run (Kristov Martinez kick), 12:06. Lions 7–0. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:54.
ENMU – Bailey Hale 48-yard field goal, 5:15. Lions 7–3. Drive: 12 plays, 36 yards, 6:38.
TAMUC – Vincnet Hobbs 56-yard pass from Luis Perez (kick blocked), 3:45. Lions 13–3. Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:30.

Second quarter

ENMU – D'Maujeric Tucker 11-yard run (kick blocked), 14:22. Lions 13–9. Drive: 10 plays, 72 yards, 4:23.
TAMUC – Darrion Landry 64-yard pass from Luis Perez (Kristov Martinez kick), 13:53. Lions 20–9. Drive: 1 play, 59 yards, 0:22.
TAMUC – D'Arthur Cowan 54-yard pass from Luis Perez (Kristov Martinez kick), 11:18. Lions 27–9. Drive: 1 play, 54 yards, 0:20.
TAMUC – Buck Wilson 15-yard pass from Luis Perez (Kristov Martinez kick), 6:16. Lions 34–9. Drive: 8 plays, 54 yards, 3:24.
ENMU – Dakota Montoya 4-yard interception return (pass failed), 0:50. Lions 34–15.
TAMUC – Darrion Landry 23-yard pass from Luis Perez (Kristov Martinez kick), 0:19. Lions 41–15. Drive: 2 plays, 23 yards, 0:19.

Third quarter

ENMU – Wyatt Strand 2-yard run (Bailey Hale kick), 8:15. Lions 41–22. Drive: 14 plays, 75 yards, 6:45.
TAMUC – Luis Perez 6-yard run (Kristov Martinez kick), 5:14. Lions 48–22. Drive: 8 plays, 39 yards, 2:59.

Fourth quarter

TAMUC – Kristov Martinez 25-yard field goal, 7:07. Lions 51–22. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 5:56.

Statistics	ENMU	TAMUC
First downs	19	19
Total yards	319	445
Rushing yards	241	87
Passing yards	78	358
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	39:14	20:46

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Eastern New Mexico	Passing	Wyatt Strand	7/10, 68 yards
	Rushing	Kamal Cass	25 rushes, 118 yards
	Receiving	Clayton Smith	4 receptions, 52 yards
Texas A&M–Commerce	Passing	Luis Perez	20/24, 357 yards, 5 TD, INT
	Rushing	Carandal Hale	8 rushes, 62 yards, TD
	Receiving	Darrion Landry	7 receptions, 112 yards, 2 TD

UT Permian Basin

UT Permian Basin Falcons at Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds – Game summary

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	0	17	0	17
Greyhounds	7	10	3	0	20

at Greyhound Stadium, Portales, New Mexico

Date: October 7
Game time: 7:00 p.m. MDT
Game attendance: 2,694
Referee: Sergio Luna
Box score, Recap

Game information

First quarter

ENMU – Kamal Cass 13-yard pass from Wyatt Strand (Bailey Hale kick), 11:17. Greyhounds 7–0. Drive: 7 plays, 73 yards, 3:43.

Second quarter

ENMU – Bailey Hale 30-yard field goal, 2:51. Greyhounds 10–0. Drive: 10 plays, 79 yards, 5:00.
ENMU – Kamal Cass 58-yard run (Bailey Hale kick), 1:35. Greyhounds 17–0. Drive: 1 play, 58 yards, 0:10.

Third quarter

UTPB – Kristian Brown 14-yard pass from Kameron Mathis (Bailey Giffen kick), 12:11. Greyhounds 17–7. Drive: 3 plays, 14 yards, 0:14.
UTPB – Bailey Giffen 21-yard field goal, 8:27. Greyhounds 17–10. Drive: 7 plays, 33 yards, 2:07.
ENMU – Bailey Hale 43-yard field goal, 4:54. Greyhounds 20–10. Drive: 7 plays, 40 yards, 3:24.
UTPB – Marquee Allison 1-yard run (Bailey Giffen kick), 4:01. Greyhounds 20–17. Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 0:53.

Fourth quarter

No scoring plays

Statistics	UTPB	ENMU
First downs	9	19
Total yards	224	468
Rushing yards	11	375
Passing yards	213	93
Turnovers	0	3
Time of possession	21:30	38:30

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UT Permian Basin	Passing	Kameron Mathis	12/33, 213 yards, TD
	Rushing	Brandon Infiesto	10 rushes, 25 yards
	Receiving	Mitchell Leonard	5 receptions, 94 yards
Eastern New Mexico	Passing	Wyatt Strand	5/10, 93 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Kamel Cass	30 rushes, 154 yards, TD
	Receiving	Kamal Cass	2 receptions, 54 yards, TD

References

^ "2017 LSC Football Media Guide". August 22, 2017. p. 5. Retrieved April 13, 2025.
^ "Lee Announces 10-Game Schedule for Gridiron Greyhounds" (Press release). Eastern New Mexico University Department of Athletics. April 3, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
^ "2017 Football Schedule". Retrieved April 13, 2025.

[1] "2017 LSC Football Media Guide". August 22, 2017. p. 5. Retrieved April 13, 2025.

[ENMU17-2] "Lee Announces 10-Game Schedule for Gridiron Greyhounds" (Press release). Eastern New Mexico University Department of Athletics. April 3, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017.

[3] "2017 Football Schedule". Retrieved April 13, 2025.

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