American college football season
The 2017 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 20th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They were a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 6–2 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They received an at-large bid into the FCS Playoffs where they were lost to San Diego in the first round.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
|---|
| September 2 | 8:00 p.m. | at Arizona* | | | P12N | L 24–62 | 43,620 |
| September 9 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 22 Western Illinois* | | | FCSP, FSAZ+, Pluto TV | L 20–38 | 9,053 |
| September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | at Cal Poly | | | ELVN | W 28–10 | 7,726 |
| September 30 | 4:00 p.m. | Northern Colorado | | - Walkup Skydome
- Flagstaff, AZ
| KASW, NAU-TV | W 48–20 | 5,107 |
| October 7 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 11 Illinois State* | | - Walkup Skydome
- Flagstaff, AZ
| FCSP, FSAZ+, Pluto TV | W 37–16 | 10,420 |
| October 14 | 2:00 p.m. | at Portland State | | | Pluto TV | W 42–20 | 4,430 |
| October 21 | 4:00 p.m. | UC Davis | | - Walkup Skydome
- Flagstaff, AZ
| KASW, NAU-TV | W 45–31 | 5,093 |
| October 28 | 4:00 p.m. | Sacramento State | | - Walkup Skydome
- Flagstaff, AZ
| KASW, NAU-TV | W 37–17 | 6,068 |
| November 4 | 2:30 p.m. | at Montana | No. 18 | | RTNW[1] | L 15–17 | 22,747 |
| November 11 | 5:00 p.m. | Montana State | No. 24 | - Walkup Skydome
- Flagstaff, AZ
| ELVN | W 37–36 | 6,187 |
| November 18 | 2:30 p.m. | at No. 14 Southern Utah | No. 23 | | ELVN | L 20–48 | 10,842 |
| November 25 | 6:00 p.m. | San Diego* | No. 25 | | ESPN3 | L 10–41 | 4,068 |
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Game summaries
At Arizona
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Lumberjacks
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
10 |
24 |
| Wildcats
|
14
|
20
|
14
|
14 |
62 |
Western Illinois
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| No. 22 Leathernecks
|
7
|
10
|
14
|
7 |
38 |
| Lumberjacks
|
0
|
7
|
6
|
7 |
20 |
At Cal Poly
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Lumberjacks
|
7
|
7
|
14
|
0 |
28 |
| Mustangs
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
10 |
Northern Colorado
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Bears
|
0
|
7
|
13
|
0 |
20 |
| Lumberjacks
|
7
|
13
|
14
|
14 |
48 |
Illinois State
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| No. 11 Redbirds
|
0
|
6
|
3
|
7 |
16 |
| Lumberjacks
|
0
|
13
|
14
|
10 |
37 |
At Portland State
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Lumberjacks
|
14
|
0
|
14
|
14 |
42 |
| Vikings
|
7
|
0
|
6
|
7 |
20 |
UC Davis
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Aggies
|
7
|
0
|
17
|
7 |
31 |
| Lumberjacks
|
0
|
28
|
7
|
10 |
45 |
Sacramento State
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Hornets
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
0 |
17 |
| Lumberjacks
|
10
|
7
|
6
|
14 |
37 |
At Montana
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| No. 18 Lumberjacks
|
3
|
6
|
0
|
6 |
15 |
| Grizzlies
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
3 |
17 |
Montana State
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Bobcats
|
7
|
9
|
7
|
13 |
36 |
| No. 24 Lumberjacks
|
3
|
13
|
14
|
7 |
37 |
At Southern Utah
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| No. 23 Lumberjacks
|
6
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
20 |
| No. 14 Thunderbirds
|
3
|
24
|
14
|
7 |
48 |
FCS Playoffs
San Diego–First Round
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
| Toreros
|
10
|
14
|
10
|
7 |
41 |
| No. 25 Lumberjacks
|
0
|
10
|
0
|
0 |
10 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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| STATS FCS | RV | RV | RV | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 18 | 24 | 23 | 25 | RV |
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| Coaches | RV | RV | — | — | — | RV | 24 | 22 | 24 | 16 | 24 | 23 | RV | RV |
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