2017 Case Western Reserve Spartans football team
{{Short description|American college football season}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2022}}
{{Infobox college sports team season
| year = 2017
| team = Case Western Reserve Spartans
| sport = football
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| conference = Presidents' Athletic Conference
| short_conf = PAC
| D3FootballRank = 13{{Cite journal|url=https://www.d3football.com/top25/2017/final|title=D3football.com Top 25, 2017 final|accessdate=19 March 2023|via=www.d3football.com}}
| record = 11–1
| conf_record = 8–0
| head_coach = Greg Debeljak
| hc_year = 14th
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| captain =
| stadium = DiSanto Field
| champion = PAC champion
| bowl = NCAA Division III Second Round
| bowl_result = L 16–45 at Mount Union
}}
{{2017 Presidents' Athletic Conference football standings | normal=1}}
The 2017 Case Western Reserve Spartans football team represented Case Western Reserve University as a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) during the 2017 NCAA Division III football season.{{Cite web|url=http://athletics.case.edu/sports/fball/2017-18/schedule|title = 2017 CWRU Football Schedule (All Times Listed Eastern)}} The team was coached by 14th-year head coach Greg Debeljak and played its home games at DiSanto Field in Cleveland.{{Cite web|url=https://www.d3football.com/teams/Case_Western_Reserve/2017/index|title=Case Western Reserve football schedule and results|website=D3football|accessdate=19 March 2023}} The Spartans won both the PAC at 8–0 and the University Athletic Association (UAA) at 2–0, finishing the regular season an undefeated 10–0.
In first round of the NCAA Division III Football Championship playoffs, the Spartans shut out the {{cfb link|year=2017|team=Illinois Wesleyan Titans|title=Illinois Wesleyan}}, 28–0 in a game with heavy snow.{{Cite web|url=http://www.cleveland.com/sports/college/index.ssf/2017/11/case_western_reserve_blanks_il.html|title=Case blanks Illinois Wesleyan in D3 playoffs; Mount next|date=19 November 2017}} In second round, Case Western Reserve was defeated by the eventual national champion, Mount Union.
Schedule
{{CFB schedule
| rankyear = 2017
| rankdivision = NCAA Division III
| poll = D3Football.com
| timezone = Eastern
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 2
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 22
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2017|team=Chicago Maroons|title=Chicago}}
| site_stadium = Stagg Field
| site_cityst = Chicago, IL
| score = 34–14
| attend = 1,085
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 16
| time = 7:00 pm
| w/l = w
| rank = 17
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2017|team=Grove City Wolverines|title=Grove City}}
| site_stadium = DiSanto Field
| site_cityst = Cleveland, OH
| score = 42–10
| attend = 2,238
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 23
| time = 7:00 pm
| w/l = w
| rank = 18
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2017|team=Waynesburg Yellow Jackets|title=Waynesburg}}
| site_stadium = DiSanto Field
| site_cityst = Cleveland, OH
| score = 59–21
| attend = 1,727
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = September 30
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 18
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2017|team=Saint Vincent Bearcats|title=Saint Vincent}}
| site_stadium = Chuck Noll Stadium
| site_cityst = Latrobe, PA
| score = 35–14
| attend = 2,476
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 7
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = w
| homecoming = y
| rank = 17
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2017|team=Bethany Bison|title=Bethany (WV)}}
| site_stadium = DiSanto Field
| site_cityst = Cleveland, OH
| score = 33–3
| attend = 1,738
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 14
| time = 3:00 pm
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 16
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2017|team=Thiel Tomcats|title=Thiel}}
| site_stadium = Alumni Stadium
| site_cityst = Greenville, PA
| score = 63–28
| attend = 1,276
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 21
| time = 7:00 pm
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 17
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2017|team=Geneva Golden Tornadoes|title=Geneva}}
| site_stadium = Reeves Field
| site_cityst = Beaver Falls, PA
| score = 45–7
| attend = 3,427
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = October 28
| time = 12:00 pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| rank = 17
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2017|team=Washington University Bears|title=Washington University}}
| site_stadium = DiSanto Field
| site_cityst = Cleveland, OH
| score = 45–28
| attend = 1,342
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 4
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = w
| rank = 16
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2017|team=Westminster Titans|title=Westminster (PA)}}
| site_stadium = DiSanto Field
| site_cityst = Cleveland, OH
| score = 41–10
| attend = 1,716
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 11
| time = 2:00 pm
| w/l = w
| away = y
| rank = 11
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2017|team=Carnegie Mellon Tartans|title=Carnegie Mellon}}
| site_stadium = Gesling Stadium
| site_cityst = Pittsburgh, PA
| gamename = Academic Bowl
| score = 41–34
| attend = 3,441
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 18
| time = 1:00 pm
| w/l = w
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 16
| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2017|team=Illinois Wesleyan Titans|title=Illinois Wesleyan}}
| opprank = 11
| site_stadium = Tucci Stadium
| site_cityst = Bloomington, IL
| gamename = NCAA Division III First Round
| score = 28–0
| attend = 500
}}
|{{CFB schedule entry
| date = November 25
| time = 12:00 pm
| w/l = l
| nonconf = y
| away = y
| rank = 16
| opponent = Mount Union
| opprank = 2
| site_stadium = Mount Union Stadium
| site_cityst = Alliance, OH
| gamename = NCAA Division III Second Round
| score = 16–45
| attend = 1,763
| source =
}}
}}
References
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