2017 Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football team

2017 Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football
2017 Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football
Conference	Lone Star Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
Record	8–2 (6–2 LSC)
Head coach	Kelley Lee (1st season);
Defensive coordinator	Ivan Cordova (1st season)
Home stadium	Greyhound Stadium; (Capacity: 5,200)

The 2017 Eastern New Mexico football team represented Eastern New Mexico University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by first year head coach Kelley Lee. The Greyhounds played their home games at Greyhound Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference. The Greyhounds finished the season 8-2 and ranked in the top 25 in the nation. The 2017 squad tied the school record for wins in a season with 8.

2017 Lone Star Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
No. 11 Midwestern State $^	8	–	0	10	–	1
No. 1 Texas A&M–Commerce ^	7	–	1	14	–	1
Eastern New Mexico	6	–	2	8	–	2
Tarleton State #	4	–	4	6	–	6
Angelo State #	4	–	4	6	–	5
Western New Mexico	3	–	5	4	–	7
Texas A&M–Kingsville	2	–	6	4	–	7
West Texas A&M	1	–	7	3	–	8
Texas–Permian Basin	1	–	7	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant # – bowl participant (Tarleton State - Heritage Bowl, Angelo State - C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl) Rankings from AFCA poll

Schedule

Eastern New Mexico announced its 2017 football schedule on April 3, 2017. The schedule consists of five home and away games in the regular season. The Greyhounds will host LSC foes Angelo State, Midwestern State, Texas-Permian Basin, and Texas A&M-Kingsville and will travel to Tarleton State, West Texas A&M, Texas A&M-Commerce, and Western New Mexico.[1]

The Greyhounds will host one of two of its non-conference games against Southwest Baptist from the Great Lakes Valley Conference and travel to the teams other opponent West Liberty from the Mountain East Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m	No. 18 Southwest Baptist*		Greyhound Stadium Portales, NM	W 23–21	3,098
September 9	12:00 p.m.	at Western New Mexico		Altamirano Stadium Silver City, NM	W 37–34	789
September 16	5:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Texas A&M-Commerce		Memorial Stadium Commerce, TX	L 22–51	9,233
September 23	7:00 p.m.	Angelo State		Greyhound Stadium Portales, NM	W 31–21	777
September 30	5:00 p.m.	at West Texas A&M		Kimbrough Memorial Stadium Canyon, TX	W 28–14	7,629
October 7	7:00 p.m.	Texas–Permian Basin		Greyhound Stadium Portales, NM	W 20–17	2,694
October 14	1:00 p.m.	at Tarleton State		Memorial Stadium Stephenville, TX	W 24–15	3,142
October 28	7:00 p.m.	Texas A&M-Kingsville	No. 21	Greyhound Stadium Portales, NM	W 51–34	1,019
November 2	4:00 p.m.	at West Liberty*	No. 21	West Family Stadium West Liberty, WV	W 45–24	526
November 11	7:00 p.m.	No. 4 Midwestern State	No. 20	Greyhound Stadium Portales, NM	L 43–56	2,032
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
AFCA	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	21	21

References

"Lee Announces 10-Game Schedule for Gridiron Greyhounds" (Press release). Eastern New Mexico University Department of Athletics. April 3, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017.

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[ENMU17-1] "Lee Announces 10-Game Schedule for Gridiron Greyhounds" (Press release). Eastern New Mexico University Department of Athletics. April 3, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017.