2017 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

2017 Western Illinois Leathernecks football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 13
FCS CoachesNo. 12
Record8–4 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorDoug Malone (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorJared Elliott (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorTony Grantham (1st season)
Home stadiumHanson Field
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 1 North Dakota State $^   7 1     14 1  
No. 3 South Dakota State ^   6 2     11 3  
No. 19 Northern Iowa ^   6 2     8 5  
No. 13 Western Illinois ^   5 3     8 4  
No. 15 South Dakota ^   4 4     8 5  
Illinois State   4 4     6 5  
Youngstown State   4 4     6 5  
Southern Illinois   2 6     4 7  
Missouri State   2 6     3 8  
Indiana State   0 8     0 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

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.

  1. ^ "Western Illinois shows a big downside to the early signing period".