2017 West Alabama Tigers football team
| 2017 West Alabama Tigers football | |
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| Conference | Gulf South Conference |
| 2017 record | 0–0 (0–0 GSC) |
| Head coach | Brett Gilliland (4th season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Don Bailey (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Steve Sisa (1st season) |
| Home stadium |
Tiger Stadium (Capacity: 7,000) |
| 2017 Gulf South Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delta State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Tech | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi College | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Alabama | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shorter | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valdosta State | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Alabama | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Florida | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Georgia | 0 | – | 0 | 0 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rankings from AFCA Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2017 West Alabama Tigers football team will represent the University of West Alabama in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They will be led by head coach Brett Gilliland, who is in his fourth season at West Alabama. The Tigers will play their home games at Tiger Stadium and are members of the Gulf South Conference.
Schedule
West Alabama announced its 2017 football schedule on January 13, 2017. The schedule consists of both five home and six away games in the regular season. The Tigers will host GSC foes Mississippi College, Shorter, West Florida, and West Georgia and will travel to Delta State, Florida Tech, North Alabama, and Valdosta State[1]
The Tigers will only host one of the three non-conference games against North Greenville which is independent from a conference and travel two games against Lenoir-Rhyne from the South Atlantic Conference and Samford from the Southern Conference.
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| August 31 | 6:00 p.m | at Lenoir-Rhyne* | Moretz Stadium • Hickory, NC | ||||||
| September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at Samford* | Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL | ESPN3 | |||||
| September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | Mississippi College | Tiger Stadium • Livingston, AL | ||||||
| September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | at North Alabama | Braly Municipal Stadium • Florence, AL (Rivalry) | ||||||
| September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Shorter | Tiger Stadium • Livingston, AL | ||||||
| October 7 | 6:00 p.m. | at Delta State | McCool Stadium • Cleveland, MS | ||||||
| October 14 | 4:00 p.m. | West Georgia | Tiger Stadium • Livingston, AL | ||||||
| October 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Florida Tech | Florida Tech Panther Stadium • Melbourne, FL | ESPN3 | |||||
| October 28 | 4:00 p.m. | West Florida |
Tiger Stadium • Livingston, AL | ESPN3 | |||||
| November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | Valdosta State | Bazemore–Hyder Stadium • Valdosta, GA | ||||||
| November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | North Greenville* | Tiger Stadium • Livingston, AL | ||||||
| *Non-conference game. Homecoming. #Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central. | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "Seven Instate Games Highlight 2017 UWA Football Schedule" (Press release). University of West Alabama Department of Athletics. January 13, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2017.