2017 Albany Great Danes football team

The 2017 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Greg Gattuso, who was in his fourth season as head coach, and played their home games at Bob Ford Field. The Great Danes played as members of the Colonial Athletic Association for the fifth season. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.

2017 Albany Great Danes football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
2017 record4–7 (2–6 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJoe Bernard (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorBernard Clark (4th season)
Home stadiumBob Ford Field
(Capacity: 8,500)
2017 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 James Madison $^  8 0     14 1  
No. 11 Stony Brook ^  7 1     10 3  
No. 20 Elon ^  6 2     8 4  
No. 12 New Hampshire ^  5 3     9 5  
Delaware  5 3     7 4  
Richmond  4 4     6 5  
Towson  3 5     5 6  
Villanova  3 5     5 6  
Maine  3 5     4 6  
Albany  2 6     4 7  
Rhode Island  2 6     3 8  
William & Mary  0 8     2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m.at Old Dominion*No. 24ESPN3L 17–3120,118
September 91:00 p.m.at Morgan State*FacebookW 26–03,789
September 167:00 p.m.Monmouth*ESPN3W 28–146,384
September 237:00 p.m.No. 7 Villanova
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
ESPN3W 19–10 OT6,866
September 302:00 p.m.at No. 23 ElonNo. 19CSL[1]L 0–65,024
October 73:00 p.m.at No. 14 RichmondNo. 24NBCS WA+L 38–41 2OT8,217
October 213:30 p.m.Maine
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
ESPN3L 10–128,919
October 281:00 p.m.Rhode Island
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
ESPN3L 14–313,383
November 41:00 p.m.at No. 14 Stony BrookWolfievisionL 21–28 OT7,106
November 113:30 p.m.at DelawareNBCS P
NBCS RN
L 3–2216,333
November 181:00 p.m.No. 16 New Hampshire
  • Bob Ford Field
  • Albany, NY
CSL[1]W 15–03,459

Game summaries

at Old Dominion

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Great Danes 3 0 0 14 17
Monarchs 7 14 3 7 31

at Morgan State

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 0 7 16 3 26
Bears 0 0 0 0 0

Monmouth

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 7 7 0 14
Great Danes 13 9 0 6 28

Villanova

1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 7 Wildcats 0 0 0 100 10
Great Danes 0 3 0 79 19

at Elon

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Great Danes 0 0 0 0 0
No. 23 Phoenix 0 3 0 3 6

at Richmond

1 2 3 4OT Total
No. 24 Great Danes 0 14 10 77 38
No. 14 Spiders 0 14 7 1010 41

Maine

1 2 3 4 Total
Black Bears 0 9 0 3 12
Great Danes 7 0 3 0 10

Rhode Island

1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 6 15 3 7 31
Great Danes 0 0 7 7 14

at Stony Brook

1 2 3 4OT Total
Great Danes 7 7 0 70 21
No. 14 Seawolves 14 7 0 07 28

at Delaware

1 2 3 4 Total
Great Danes 3 0 0 0 3
Fightin' Blue Hens 0 3 5 14 22

New Hampshire

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Wildcats 0 0 0 0 0
Great Danes 0 3 9 3 15

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 24 RV RV RV 19 24 RV RV RV NR NR NR NR  
Coaches RV RV NR RV 22 RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR

References

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