2017 Monmouth Hawks football team

2017 Monmouth Hawks football
2017 Monmouth Hawks football
NCAA Division I First Round, L 7–46 vs. Northern Iowa
Conference	Big South Conference
Record	9–3 (4–1 Big South)
Head coach	Kevin Callahan (25th season);
Offensive coordinator	Kevin Morris (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Andy Bobik (24th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kessler Field
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

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 Big South Conference football standings
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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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	3:00 p.m.	Lafayette*	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	W 31–12	3,898
September 9	1:00 p.m.	No. 19 Lehigh*	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	W 46–27	2,839
September 16	7:00 p.m.	at Albany*	Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium Albany, NY	ESPN3	L 14–28	6,384
September 23	2:00 p.m.	at Hampton*	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA	PTV	W 30–23 ^OT	5,123
September 30	6:00 p.m.	at Bucknell*	Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium Lewisburg, PA	Stadium	W 35–13	1,942
October 7	1:00 p.m.	at Holy Cross*	Fitton Field Worcester, MA	Stadium	W 48–36	4,484
October 21	1:00 p.m.	Liberty	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	W 56–39	4,235
October 28	6:00 p.m.	at Charleston Southern	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC	ESPN3	W 23–20	1,825
November 4	1:00 p.m.	Presbyterian	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	ESPN3	W 42–21	3,159
November 11	12:00 p.m.	Gardner–Webb	Kessler Field West Long Branch, NJ	Stadium	W 41–14	2,278
November 18	2:00 p.m.	at No. 22 Kennesaw State	Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	ESPN3	L 21–52	6,808
November 25	5:00 p.m.	at No. 20 Northern Iowa*	UNI-Dome Cedar Falls, IA (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN3	L 7–46	4,095
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Leopards	0	0	6	6	12
Hawks	0	7	14	10	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 19 Mountain Hawks	14	7	6	0	27
Hawks	14	6	13	13	46

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

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Hawks	0	14	9	0	7	30
Pirates	13	3	0	7	0	23

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	7	14	14	0	35
Bison	0	6	0	7	13

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	21	20	7	48
Crusaders	3	14	0	19	36

	1	2	3	4	Total
Flames	7	12	20	0	39
Hawks	21	14	14	7	56

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	16	7	0	23
Buccaneers	0	0	7	13	20

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Hose	7	7	7	0	21
Hawks	7	7	21	7	42

	1	2	3	4	Total
Runnin' Bulldogs	0	7	0	7	14
Hawks	20	7	7	7	41

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	7	14	0	0	21
No. 21 Owls	14	21	10	7	52

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	0	0	7	7
No. 20 Panthers	14	19	13	0	46