2017 Monmouth Hawks football team

The 2017 Monmouth Hawks football team represented Monmouth University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Big South Conference. They were led by 25th-year head coach Kevin Callahan and played their home games at Kessler Field in West Long Branch, New Jersey. Monmouth finished the season 9–3 overall a nd 4–1 in Big South play to place in second. The Hawks received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs marking the school's first playoff berth.[1][2] There they lost to Northern Iowa in the first round.[3][4]

2017 Monmouth Hawks football
ConferenceBig South Conference
2017 record9–3 (4–1 Big South)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKevin Morris (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorAndy Bobik (24th season)
Home stadiumKessler Field
(Capacity: 3,200)
2017 Big South Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 Kennesaw State $^  5 –0     12 –2  
Monmouth ^  4 –1     9 –3  
Charleston Southern  3 –2     6 –5  
Liberty *  2 –3     6 –5  
Presbyterian  1 –4     4 –7  
Gardner–Webb  0 –5     1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • * Liberty ineligible for postseason due to FBS transition
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season

The Hawks finished the 2016 season 4–7, 0–5 in Big South play to finish in last place.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 23:00 p.m.Lafayette*
ESPN3W 31–123,898
September 91:00 p.m.No. 19 Lehigh*
  • Kessler Field
  • West Long Branch, NJ
ESPN3W 46–272,839
September 167:00 p.m.at Albany*
ESPN3L 14–286,384
September 232:00 p.m.at Hampton*
PTVW 30–23 OT5,123
September 306:00 p.m.at Bucknell*
STADIUMW 35–131,942
October 71:00 p.m.at Holy Cross*
STADIUMW 48–364,484
October 211:00 p.m.Liberty
  • Kessler Field
  • West Long Branch, NJ
ESPN3W 56–394,235
October 286:00 p.m.at Charleston Southern
ESPN3W 23–201,825
November 41:00 p.m.Presbyterian
  • Kessler Field
  • West Long Branch, NJ
ESPN3W 42–213,159
November 1112:00 p.m.Gardner–Webb
  • Kessler Field
  • West Long Branch, NJ
STADIUMW 41–142,278
November 182:00 p.m.at No. 22 Kennesaw State
ESPN3L 21–526,808
November 255:00 p.m.at No. 20 Northern Iowa*
ESPN3L 7–464,095
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[5]

Game summaries

Lafayette
1 2 3 4 Total
Leopards 0 0 6 6 12
Hawks 0 7 14 10 31
See also: 2017 Lafayette Leopards football team

Lehigh
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Mountain Hawks 14 7 6 0 27
Hawks 14 6 13 13 46
See also: 2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

at Albany
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 7 7 0 14
Great Danes 13 9 0 6 28
See also: 2017 Albany Great Danes football team

at Hampton
1 2 3 4OT Total
Hawks 0 14 9 07 30
Pirates 13 3 0 70 23
See also: 2017 Hampton Pirates football team

at Bucknell
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 7 14 14 0 35
Bison 0 6 0 7 13
See also: 2017 Bucknell Bison football team

at Holy Cross
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 21 20 7 48
Crusaders 3 14 0 19 36
See also: 2017 Holy Cross Crusaders football team

Liberty
1 2 3 4 Total
Flames 7 12 20 0 39
Hawks 21 14 14 7 56
See also: 2017 Liberty Flames football team

at Charleston Southern
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 16 7 0 23
Buccaneers 0 0 7 13 20
See also: 2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

Presbyterian
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Hose 7 7 7 0 21
Hawks 7 7 21 7 42
See also: 2017 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team

Gardner–Webb
1 2 3 4 Total
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 7 0 7 14
Hawks 20 7 7 7 41
See also: 2017 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team

at Kennesaw State
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 7 14 0 0 21
No. 21 Owls 14 21 10 7 52
See also: 2017 Kennesaw State Owls football team

FCS Playoffs

at Northern Iowa–First Round
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 0 0 7 7
No. 20 Panthers 14 19 13 0 46
See also: 2017 Northern Iowa Panthers football team

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 NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 
Coaches NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV 24 22 22 23 RV

References
  1. "Monmouth Football: Hawks receive first-ever bid to FCS playoffs". Asbury Park Press. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  2. "Monmouth Football receives at-large bid to FCS Playoffs • Double G Sports". doublegsports.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  3. "Monmouth vs. Northern Iowa - Game Recap - November 25, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  4. Nelson, Jim. "College football: No. 20 UNI steams past Monmouth in FCS opener, 46-7". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  5. "2017 Football Schedule". Retrieved August 25, 2017.
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