2017 Midwestern State Mustangs football team

2017 Midwestern State Mustangs football
2017 Midwestern State Mustangs football
Lone Star Conference champion
NCAA Division II Playoffs Second Round, L 21–63 vs. Minnesota State
Conference	Lone Star Conference
Ranking
AFCA	No. 11
Record	10–1 (8–0 LSC)
Head coach	Bill Maskill (16th season);
Offensive coordinator	Adam Austin (5th season)
Offensive scheme	Pro spread
Defensive coordinator	Rich Renner (10th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Midwestern State Mustangs football team represented Midwestern State University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by head coach Bill Maskill, who is in his 16th season at Midwestern State. The Mustangs played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference.

2017 Lone Star Conference football standings
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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
UT 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

Preseason

Source: ^[1]

Midwestern State announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The schedule consists of six home and four away games in the regular season. The Mustangs will host LSC foes Tarleton State, Texas A&M-Commerce, Texas A&M-Kingsville, West Texas A&M, and Western New Mexico and will travel to Angelo State, Eastern New Mexico, and UT Permian Basin.^[2]

The Mustangs will host one of the two non-conference games against Quincy from the Great Lakes Valley Conference and will travel to West Florida from the Gulf South Conference.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m	Quincy*	No. 24	Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, TX	W 53–6	7,077
September 9	6:00 p.m.	at West Florida*	No. 16	Blue Wahoos Stadium Pensacola, FL	Cancelled^[a]
September 16	7:00 p.m.	Texas A&M–Kingsville	No. 13	Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, TX	W 35–13	7,613
September 30	7:00 p.m.	Western New Mexico	No. 12	Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, TX	W 35–24	8,737
October 7	7:00 p.m.	No. 2 Texas A&M–Commerce	No. 10	Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, TX	W 47–42	9,201
October 14	6:00 p.m.	at Angelo State	No. 6	LeGrand Sports Complex San Angelo, TX	W 41–27	2,164
October 21	8:00 p.m.	West Texas A&M	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, TX	W 45–3	8,020
October 28	6:00 p.m.	at UT Permian Basin	No. 5	Ratliff Stadium Odessa, TX	W 66–8	1,154
November 4	2:00 p.m.	Tarleton State	No. 4	Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, TX	W 45–42 ^OT	8,111
November 11	8:00 p.m.	Eastern New Mexico	No. 4	Greyhound Stadium Portales, NM	W 56–43	2,032
November 18	1:00 p.m.	No. 18 Sioux Falls	No. 5	Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, TX (NCAA Division II First Round)	W 24–20	7,502
November 25	12:00 p.m.	No. 1 Minnesota State	No. 5	Blakeslee Stadium Mankato, MN (NCAA Division II Second Round)	L 21–63	1,358
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^{^[a]}The game between Midwestern State and West Florida was cancelled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irma.^[3]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
AFCA	24	16	13	13	12	10	6	5	5	4	4	5	5	11

	1	2	3	4	Total
WNMU Mustangs	14	3	7	0	24
No. 12 MSU Mustangs	7	7	14	7	35

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Western New Mexico	Passing	Javia Hall	28/41, 328 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Justin Harris	18 rushes, 109 yards, TD
	Receiving	Elijah Jones	5 receptions, 73 yards
Midwestern State	Passing	Layton Rabb	20/31, 326 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Adrian Seales	19 rushes, 86 yards, TD
	Receiving	D. J. Myers	4 receptions, 130 yards, TD

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 2 Lions	0	14	7	21	42
No. 10 Mustangs	6	21	20	0	47

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas A&M–Commerce	Passing	Luis Perez	43/55, 437 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Carandal Hale	9 rushes, 62 yards, TD
	Receiving	Vincent Hobbs	7 receptions, 105 yards
Midwestern State	Passing	Layton Rabb	16/28, 265 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Vincent Johnson	19 rushes, 133 yards, 3 TD
	Receiving	Tyrique Edwards	7 receptions, 94 yards, TD

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 5 Mustangs	24	14	14	14	66
Falcons	0	6	2	0	8

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Midwestern State	Passing	Layton Rabb	16/23, 280 yards, 5 TD
	Rushing	Adrian Seales	9 rushes, 87 yards
	Receiving	DeAndre Black	7 receptions, 177 yards, 2 TD
UT Permian Basin	Passing	Kameron Mathis	16/32, 114 yards, 3 INT
	Rushing	Marquis Simmons	28 rushes, 133 yards, TD
	Receiving	Mitchell Leonard	6 receptions, 45 yards

^ "2017 LSC Football Media Guide". August 22, 2017. p. 5. Retrieved October 31, 2024.
^ "Mustangs to play six home games in 2017" (Press release). Midwestern State University Department of Athletics. January 26, 2017. Retrieved September 4, 2017.
^ "@MWSU_Football game against West Florida cancelled due to threat of Hurricane Irma" (Press release). Midwestern State University Department of Athletics. September 7, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017.