American college football season
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 consists of seven home and four away games in the regular season. The Buffaloes will host LSC foes Eastern New Mexico, Texas-Permian Basin, Texas A&M-Commerce, and Western New Mexico and will travel to Angelo State, Midwestern State, Tarleton State, Texas A&M-Kingsville.[1]
The Buffaloes will host all three non-conference games against Adams State from the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), Azusa Pacific from the Pacific West Conference and Colorado State-Pueblo also from the RMAC.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 6:00 p.m | No. 13 Azusa Pacific* | | L 13–24 | 6,198 |
September 9 | 6:00 p.m | No. 7 Colorado State–Pueblo* | - Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
- Canyon, TX
| W 24–21 | 6,095 |
September 16 | 3:00 p.m. | Texas–Permian Basin | - Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
- Canyon, TX
| W 17–6 | 6,579 |
September 23 | 7:00 p.m. | at Tarleton State | | L 20–30 | 6,823 |
September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Eastern New Mexico | - Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
- Canyon, TX
| L 14–28 | 7,629 |
October 7 | 7:00 p.m. | at Texas A&M–Kingsville | | L 9–37 | 4,785 |
October 14 | 5:00 p.m. | Adams State* | - Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
- Canyon, TX
| W 17–14 | 8,327 |
October 21 | 8:00 p.m. | at No. 5 Midwestern State | | L 3–45 | 8,020 |
October 28 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 9 Texas A&M–Commerce | - Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
- Canyon, TX
| L 16–35 | 3,896 |
November 4 | 6:00 p.m. | at Angelo State | | L 3–51 | 2,832 |
November 11 | 1:00 p.m. | Western New Mexico | - Kimbrough Memorial Stadium
- Canyon, TX
| L 17–21 | 5,487 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Rankings
Ranking movements
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