2017 Wayne State Warriors football team

2017 Wayne State Warriors football
Conference	Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference
Record	5-6 (4-5 GLIAC)
Head coach	Paul Winters (14th season)
Home stadium	Tom Adams Field (Capacity: 6,000)

2017 Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 10 Ashland $^		9	–	0					11	–	2
No. 5 Ferris State ^		8	–	1					11	–	2
Grand Valley State		7	–	2					8	–	3
Tiffin		5	–	4					6	–	5
Northwood		5	–	4					7	–	4
Wayne State (MI)		4	–	5					5	–	6
Michigan Tech		3	–	6					4	–	7
Saginaw Valley State		3	–	6					5	–	6
Northern Michigan		1	–	8					1	–	9
Davenport *		0	–	9					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant * – Provisional Division II member Rankings from AFCA poll

The 2017 Wayne State Warriors football team represented Wayne State University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by 14th year head coach Paul Winters and played their home games at Tom Adams Field. In 2016, they compiled a 7-4 record as a member of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. They finished the 2017 season with a losing record of 5-6, the first such occurrence since 2013.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	1PM EST	at Walsh	Tom Benson Stadium North Canton, OH		W 28-9	1250
September 9	6PM EST	Indianapolis	Tom Adams Field Detroit, MI	Comcast	L 28-31	3473
September 16	6PM EST	Saginaw Valley State University	Tom Adams Field Detroit, MI	Comcast	W 41-31	3961
September 23	7PM EST	at Tiffin	Frost-Kalnow Stadium Tiffin, OH		L 21-41	2456
September 30	3PM EST	at No. 15 Ferris State	Top Taggart Field Big Rapids, MI		L 17-59	6448
October 7	6PM EST	No. 8 Grand Valley State University	Tom Adams Field Detroit, MI	Comcast	L 27-45	3133
October 14	6PM EST	Northwood	Tom Adams Field Detroit, MI	Comcast	L 10-20	3114
October 21	1PM EST	at Michigan Tech	Sherman Field Houghton, MI		W 20-14	1904
October 28	1PM EST	No. 12 Ashland	Tom Adams Field Detroit, MI	Comcast	L 10-30	2157
November 4	12 PM EST	Northern Michigan	Tom Adams Field Detroit, MI		W 26-24	2954
November 11	12PM EST	at Davenport	Farmers Athletic Complex Grand Rapids, MI		W 34-27 (OT)	1044
Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time