2017 Case Western Reserve Spartans football team
Appearance
2017 Case Western Reserve Spartans football | |
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PAC Champion | |
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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The 2017 Case Western Reserve Spartans football team represented Case Western Reserve University of Cleveland, Ohio, 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.[3] The Spartans won both the PAC at 8-0 and the UAA at 2-0, finishing the regular season an undefeated 10-0.
In round 1 of the NCAA Division III playoffs, the Spartans shut out the Illinois Wesleyan Titans 28-0 in a game seeing heavy snow.[4] In round 2, the team was defeated by the eventual NCAA Division III football national champion, Mount Union Purple Raiders.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 1:00 PM | at Chicago* | W 34–14 | 1,085[5] | |
September 16 | 7:00 PM | Grove City | W 42–10 | 2,238[6] | |
September 23 | 7:00 PM | Waynesburg |
| W 59–21 | 1,727[7] |
September 30 | 1:00 PM | at St. Vincent |
| W 35–14 | 2,476[8] |
October 7 | 1:00 PM | Bethany (WV) |
| W 33–3 | 1,738[9] |
October 14 | 3:00 PM | at Thiel |
| W 63–28 | 1,276[10] |
October 21 | 7:00 PM | at Geneva | W 45–7 | 3,427[11] | |
October 28 | 12:00 PM | Washington U.* |
| W 45–28 | 1,342[12] |
November 4 | 1:00 PM | Westminster (PA) |
| W 41–10 | 1,716[13] |
November 11 | 2:00 PM | at Carnegie Mellon (Academic Bowl) |
| W 41–34 | 3,441[14] |
November 18 | 1:00 PM | at No. 11 Illinois Wesleyan* |
| W 28–0 | 500[15] |
November 25 | 12:00 PM | at No. 2 Mount Union* |
| L 16–45 | 1,763[16] |
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References
- ^ http://www.d3football.com/top25/2017/final
- ^ http://athletics.case.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/schedule
- ^ http://www.d3football.com/teams/Case_Western_Reserve/2017/index
- ^ http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/index.ssf/2017/11/case_western_reserve_blanks_il.html
- ^ http://athletics.uchicago.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/boxscores/20170902_mb22.xml
- ^ http://athletics.case.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/boxscores/20170916_7qrv.xml
- ^ http://athletics.case.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/boxscores/20170923_k53l.xml
- ^ http://athletics.stvincent.edu/news/2017/9/30/football-nationally-ranked-case-western-defeats-svc-on-homecoming-day.aspx?path=football
- ^ http://athletics.case.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/boxscores/20171007_mnh7.xml
- ^ http://www.thielathletics.com/news/2017/10/14/football-no-16-spartans-too-much-for-tomcats.aspx?path=football
- ^ http://athletics.geneva.edu/news/2017/10/21/casewestern.aspx
- ^ http://athletics.case.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/releases/20171028of2wer
- ^ http://athletics.case.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/releases/20171104p58sl6
- ^ http://athletics.case.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/boxscores/20171111_agfj.xml
- ^ http://www.iwusports.com/news/2017/11/18/illinois-wesleyan-football-loses-in-ncaa-playoffs-28-0-to-case-western.aspx?path=football
- ^ http://athletics.mountunion.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/releases/20171125lxlg7w
- ^ "2017 CWRU Football Schedule". Case Western Reserve University. Retrieved September 1, 2017.