The 2017 Case Western Reserve Spartans football team represented Case Western Reserve University as a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) during the 2017 NCAA Division III football season.[2] The team was coached by 14th-year head coach Greg Debeljak and played its home games at DiSanto Field in Cleveland.[3] The Spartans won both the PAC at 8–0 and the University Athletic Association (UAA) at 2–0, finishing the regular season an undefeated 10–0.
2017 Case Western Reserve Spartans football | |
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PAC champion | |
NCAA Division III Second Round, L 16–45 at Mount Union | |
Conference | Presidents' Athletic Conference |
Ranking | |
D3Football.com | No. 13[1] |
Record | 11–1 (8–0 PAC) |
Head coach |
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Home stadium | DiSanto Field |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 13 Case Western Reserve +^ | 8 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Washington & Jefferson +^ | 8 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Westminster (PA) | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Carnegie Mellon | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thomas More | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grove City | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Geneva | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bethany (WV) | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Waynesburg | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Vincent | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Thiel | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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In first round of the NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs, the Spartans shut out the Illinois Wesleyan, 28–0 in a game with heavy snow.[4] In second round, Case Western Reserve was defeated by the eventual national champion, Mount Union.
Schedule
editDate | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 2 | 1:00 pm | at Chicago* | No. 22 | W 34–14 | 1,085 | [5] | |
September 16 | 7:00 pm | Grove City | No. 17 | W 42–10 | 2,238 | [6] | |
September 23 | 7:00 pm | Waynesburg | No. 18 |
| W 59–21 | 1,727 | [7] |
September 30 | 1:00 pm | at Saint Vincent | No. 18 |
| W 35–14 | 2,476 | [8] |
October 7 | 1:00 pm | Bethany (WV) | No. 17 |
| W 33–3 | 1,738 | [9] |
October 14 | 3:00 pm | at Thiel | No. 16 |
| W 63–28 | 1,276 | [10] |
October 21 | 7:00 pm | at Geneva | No. 17 | W 45–7 | 3,427 | [11] | |
October 28 | 12:00 pm | Washington University* | No. 17 |
| W 45–28 | 1,342 | [12] |
November 4 | 1:00 pm | Westminster (PA) | No. 16 |
| W 41–10 | 1,716 | [13] |
November 11 | 2:00 pm | at Carnegie Mellon | No. 11 |
| W 41–34 | 3,441 | [14] |
November 18 | 1:00 pm | at No. 11 Illinois Wesleyan* | No. 16 |
| W 28–0 | 500 | [15] |
November 25 | 12:00 pm | at No. 2 Mount Union* | No. 16 |
| L 16–45 | 1,763 | |
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References
edit- ^ "D3football.com Top 25, 2017 final". Retrieved March 19, 2023 – via www.d3football.com.
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(help) - ^ "2017 CWRU Football Schedule (All Times Listed Eastern)".
- ^ "Case Western Reserve football schedule and results". D3football. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ "Case blanks Illinois Wesleyan in D3 playoffs; Mount next". November 19, 2017.
- ^ "Case Western Reserve vs. UChicago - Box Score - 9/2/2017". The University of Chicago Athletics. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ "Grove City vs. Case Western Reserve - Box Score - 9/16/2017".
- ^ "Waynesburg vs. Case Western Reserve - Box Score - 9/23/2017".
- ^ "Nationally ranked Case Western defeats SVC on Homecoming Day".
- ^ "Bethany (W.V.) vs. Case Western Reserve - Box Score - 10/7/2017".
- ^ "No. 16 Spartans too much for Tomcats".
- ^ "Geneva Unable to Keep Pace with #17 Case Western". Geneva College Athletics. Retrieved March 19, 2023.
- ^ "Quick Start Leads #17 Spartans to 45-28 UAA Win over Wash U". October 28, 2017.
- ^ "Debeljak Claims Win #100; #16 CWRU Dominant on 'Senior Day' in 41-10 Win over Westminster". November 4, 2017.
- ^ "Case Western Reserve vs. Carnegie Mellon - Box Score - 11/11/2017".
- ^ "Illinois Wesleyan Football Loses in NCAA Playoffs, 28-0, to Case Western".
- ^ "2017 CWRU Football Schedule". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved September 1, 2017.