2017 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team

2017 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Record3–8 (1–7 LSC)
Head coach
  • Hunter Hughes (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorRyan McDonough (1st season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorMiles Kochevar (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumKimbrough Memorial Stadium
2017 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 11 Midwestern State $^   8 0     10 1  
No. 1 Texas A&M–Commerce ^   7 1     14 1  
Eastern New Mexico   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  
  1 7     3 8  
UT Permian Basin   1 7     2 9  
Rankings from AFCA poll

The 2017 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team represented West Texas A&M University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by first-year head coach Hunter Hughes. The Buffaloes played their home games at Kimbrough Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference.

Schedule

West Texas A&M announced its 2017 football schedule on January 5, 2017. The schedule consisted of seven home and four away games in the regular season.[1]

DateTimeOpponentSiteResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m.No. 13 Azusa Pacific*L 13–246,198
September 96:00 p.m.No. 7 CSU Pueblo*
  • Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
  • Canyon, TX
W 24–216,095
September 163:00 p.m.UT Permian Basin
  • Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
  • Canyon, TX
W 17–66,579
September 237:00 p.m.at Tarleton StateL 20–306,823
September 306:00 p.m.Eastern New Mexico
L 14–287,629
October 77:00 p.m.at Texas A&M–KingsvilleL 9–374,785
October 145:00 p.m.Adams State*
  • Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
  • Canyon, TX
W 17–148,327
October 218:00 p.m.at No. 5 Midwestern StateL 3–458,020
October 286:00 p.m.No. 9 Texas A&M–Commerce
L 16–353,896
November 46:00 p.m.at Angelo StateL 3–512,832
November 111:00 p.m.Western New Mexico
  • Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
  • Canyon, TX
L 17–215,487
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

References

  1. ^ "West Texas A&M Announces 2017 Football Schedule" (Press release). West Texas A&M University Department of Athletics. January 5, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2017.