2017 Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds football team

class="wikitable" style="display: inline-table;" |align="center" Colspan="3" |LSC media poll
align="center" {{CollegePrimaryHeader|team=Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds|Predicted finish|Team|Votes (1st place)}}
align="center" | 1	Texas A&M–Commerce	229 (21)
align="center" | 2	Midwestern State	192 (2)
align="center" | 3	Texas A&M–Kingsville	177 (1)
align="center" | 4	Eastern New Mexico	136
align="center" | 5	Tarleton State	135 (1)
align="center" | 6	Angelo State	114
align="center" | 7	West Texas A&M	97
align="center" | rowspan=2| T8	Western New Mexico	45
align="center"	UT Permian Basin	45 (1)

{{cite web |url=https://www.slideshare.net/lscmedia/2017-lsc-football-media-guide |title=2017 LSC Football Media Guide |page=5 |date=August 22, 2017 |access-date=April 13, 2025}}

Eastern New Mexico announced its 2017 football schedule on April 3, 2017. The schedule consists of five home and away games in the regular season. The Greyhounds will host LSC foes Angelo State, Midwestern State, UT Permian Basin, and Texas A&M-Kingsville and will travel to Tarleton State, West Texas A&M, Texas A&M-Commerce, and Western New Mexico.{{cite press release|url=http://www.goeasternathletics.com/news/2017/4/5/football-lee-announces-10-game-schedule-for-gridiron-greyhounds.aspx?path=football|title=Lee Announces 10-Game Schedule for Gridiron Greyhounds|publisher=Eastern New Mexico University Department of Athletics|date=April 3, 2017|accessdate=September 4, 2017}}

The Greyhounds will host one of two of its non-conference games against Southwest Baptist from the Great Lakes Valley Conference and travel to the teams other opponent West Liberty from the Mountain East Conference.

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 2017

| timezone = Mountain

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{dow tooltip|August 31, 2017}}

| time = 7:00 p.m

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank =

| opponent = Southwest Baptist

| opprank = 18

| site_stadium = Greyhound Stadium

| site_cityst = Portales, NM

| tv =

| score = 23–21

| attend = 3,098

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 9

| time = 12:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank =

| opponent = Western New Mexico

| site_stadium = Altamirano Stadium

| site_cityst = Silver City, NM

| tv =

| score = 37–34

| attend = 789

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 16

| time = 5:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank =

| opponent = Texas A&M-Commerce

| opprank = 3

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Commerce, TX

| tv =

| score = 22–51

| attend = 9,233

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 23

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| rank =

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2017|team=Angelo State Rams|title=Angelo State}}

| site_stadium = Greyhound Stadium

| site_cityst = Portales, NM

| tv =

| score = 31–21

| attend = 777

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 30

| time = 5:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank =

| opponent = West Texas A&M

| site_stadium = Kimbrough Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Canyon, TX

| tv =

| score = 28–14

| attend = 7,629

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 7

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| homecoming = y

| rank =

| opponent = UT Permian Basin

| site_stadium = Greyhound Stadium

| site_cityst = Portales, NM

| tv =

| score = 20–17

| attend = 2,694

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 14

| time = 1:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| rank =

| opponent = Tarleton State

| site_stadium = Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Stephenville, TX

| tv =

| score = 24–15

| attend = 3,142

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 28

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| rank = 21

| opponent = Texas A&M-Kingsville

| site_stadium = Greyhound Stadium

| site_cityst = Portales, NM

| tv =

| score = 51–34

| attend = 1,019

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 2

| time = 4:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| rank = 21

| opponent = West Liberty

| site_stadium = West Family Stadium

| site_cityst = West Liberty, WV

| tv =

| score = 45–24

| attend = 526

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 11

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| rank = 20

| opponent = Midwestern State

| opprank = 4

| site_stadium = Greyhound Stadium

| site_cityst = Portales, NM

| tv =

| score = 43–56

| attend = 2,032

}}

}}

{{cite web |url=https://goeasternathletics.com/sports/football/schedule/2017 |title=2017 Football Schedule |access-date=April 13, 2025}}

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|titlestyle= {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds}} ;text-align:center;

|state=autocollapse

|title=No. 18 Southwest Baptist Bearcats at Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds – Game summary

|date={{dow tooltip|August 31, 2017}}

|time=7:00 p.m. MDT

|road=No. 18 Bearcats

|R1=7|R2=7|R3=0|R4=7

|home=Greyhounds

|H1=14|H2=3|H3=3|H4=3

|stadium=Greyhound Stadium, Portales, New Mexico

|attendance=3,098

|weather=

|referee=Dan Rankin

|reference=[https://goeasternathletics.com/sports/football/stats/2017/southwest-baptist/boxscore/7607 Box score], [https://goeasternathletics.com/news/2017/8/31/football-gridiron-hounds-claim-dramatic-win-over-18-bearcats-in-opener.aspx Recap]

|scoring=

First quarter

• SBU – Cassian Foreman 62-yard pass from T. J. Edwards (Jordan LeClair kick), 13:40. Bearcats 7–0. Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 1:20.
• ENMU – Johnny Smith 56-yard pass from Wyatt Strand (Bailey Hale kick), 9:20. Tied 7–7. Drive: 9 plays, 85 yards, 4:13.
• ENMU – Kamal Cass 1-yard run (Bailey Hale kick), 2:55. Greyhounds 14–7. Drive: 10 plays, 60 yards, 4:47.

Second quarter

• SBU – T. J. Edwards 1-yard run (Jordan LeClair kick), 12:36. Tied 14–14. Drive: 3 plays, 19 yards, 0:53.
• ENMU – Bailey Hale 36-yard field goal, 7:31. Greyhounds 17–14. Drive: 10 plays, 56 yards, 5:05.

Third quarter

• ENMU – Bailey Hale 41-yard field goal, 0:45. Greyhounds 20–14. Drive: 16 plays, 68 yards, 8:44.

Fourth quarter

• SBU – Chris Robb 35-yard pass from Kendrick Payne (Jordan LeClair kick), 11:39. Bearcats 21–20. Drive: 11 plays, 88 yards, 3:57.
• ENMU – Bailey Hale 41-yard field goal, 0:07. Greyhounds 23–21. Drive: 7 plays, 17 yards, 1:40.

}}

class="wikitable" style="float: left;" ! Statistics !! style="{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Southwest Baptist Bearcats}}"|SBU!!style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds}}"|ENMU
First downs	16	19
Total yards	293	314
Rushing yards	102	204
Passing yards	191	110
Turnovers	2	2
Time of possession	21:12	38:48

class="wikitable" style="float: right;" ! Team !! Category !! Player !! Statistics
rowspan=3 style="{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Southwest Baptist Bearcats}}; text-align:center;"|Southwest Baptist	Passing	T. J. Edwards	17/34, 156 yards, TD
Rushing	T. J. Edwards	10 rushes, 51 yards, TD
Receiving	Chris Robb	5 receptions, 70 yards, TD
rowspan=3 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds}}; text-align:center;"|Eastern New Mexico	Passing	Wyatt Strand	7/13, 110 yards, TD
Rushing	Kamal Cass	28 rushes, 98 yards, TD
Receiving	Johnny Smith	1 reception, 56 yards, TD

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{{see also|2017 Western New Mexico Mustangs football team}}

{{Americanfootballbox

|titlestyle= {{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds}} ;text-align:center;

|state=autocollapse

|title=Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds at Western New Mexico Mustangs – Game summary

|date=September 9

|time=12:00 p.m. MDT

|road=Greyhounds

|R1=14|R2=3|R3=7|R4=13

|home=Mustangs

|H1=7|H2=7|H3=13|H4=7

|stadium=Altamirano Stadium, Silver City, New Mexico

|attendance=789

|weather=Partly cloudy, {{convert|82|F|C}}

|referee=Marcus Thornton

|reference=[https://goeasternathletics.com/sports/football/stats/2017/western-new-mexico/boxscore/7608 Box score], [https://goeasternathletics.com/news/2017/9/9/football-gridiron-hounds-ride-five-turnovers-to-win-over-cross-state-rival-western-new-mexico.aspx Recap]

|scoring=

First quarter

• ENMU – Johnny Smith 3-yard run (Bailey Hale kick), 13:24. Greyhounds 7–0. Drive: 4 plays, 40 yards, 1:36.
• WNMU – Tyler Butler 85-yard fumble return (Collin Grady kick), 10:49. Tied 7–7.
• ENMU – D'Maujeric Tucker 13-yard run (Bailey Hale kick), 2:52. Greyhounds 14–7. Drive: 8 plays, 59 yards, 3:15.

Second quarter

• ENMU – Bailey Hale 32-yard field goal, 10:24. Greyhounds 17–7. Drive: 8 plays, 32 yards, 2:54.
• WNMU – D'Angelo Bowie 12-yard pass from Javia Hall (Collin Grady kick), 0:12. Greyhounds 17–14. Drive: 5 plays, 62 yards, 0:59.

Third quarter

• WNMU – Evan Beebe 29-yard pass from Javia Hall (Collin Grady kick), 10:33. Mustangs 21–17. Drive: 10 plays, 75 yards, 4:27.
• ENMU – Kamal Cass 1-yard run (Bailey Hale kick), 5:21. Greyhounds 24–21. Drive: 13 plays, 48 yards, 5:10.
• WNMU – Sean North 17-yard pass from Javia Hall (kick blocked), 3:33. Mustangs 27–24. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:48.

Fourth quarter

• ENMU – Kamal Cass 9-yard run (Bailey Hale kick), 13:50. Greyhounds 31–27. Drive: 3 plays, 63 yards, 1:03.
• ENMU – Wyatt Strand 1-yard run (kick blocked), 1:36. Greyhounds 37–27. Drive: 11 plays, 83 yards, 4:49.
• WNMU – Elijah Jones 23-yard pass from Javia Hall (Collin Grady kick), 0:55. Greyhounds 37–34. Drive: 4 plays, 62 yards, 0:29.

}}

class="wikitable" style="float: left;" ! Statistics !! style="{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds}}"|ENMU!!style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Western New Mexico Mustangs}}"|WNMU
First downs	21	21
Total yards	404	444
Rushing yards	367	26
Passing yards	37	418
Turnovers	1	5
Time of possession	35:05	24:55

class="wikitable" style="float: right;" ! Team !! Category !! Player !! Statistics
rowspan=3 style="{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds}}; text-align:center;"|Eastern New Mexico	Passing	Wyatt Strand	4/9, 37 yards
Rushing	Tayshaun Gary	9 rushes, 113 yards
Receiving	Russell Montoya	2 receptions, 26 yards
rowspan=3 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Western New Mexico Mustangs}}; text-align:center;"|Western New Mexico	Passing	Javia Hall	21/41, 418 yards, 4 TD, 2 INT
Rushing	DeAndre Williams	9 rushes, 17 yards
Receiving	Evan Beebe	5 receptions, 125 yards, TD

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{{see also|2017 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions football team}}

{{Americanfootballbox

|titlestyle= {{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds}} ;text-align:center;

|state=autocollapse

|title=Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds at No. 3 Texas A&M–Commerce Lions – Game summary

|date=September 16

|time=6:00 p.m. CDT/5:00 p.m. MDT

|road=Greyhounds

|R1=3|R2=12|R3=7|R4=0

|home=No. 3 Lions

|H1=13|H2=28|H3=7|H4=3

|stadium=Memorial Stadium, Commerce, Texas

|attendance=9,233

|weather=Clear, {{convert|89|F|C}}

|referee=Joe Horn

|reference=[https://goeasternathletics.com/sports/football/stats/2017/texas-am-commerce/boxscore/7609 Box score], [https://goeasternathletics.com/news/2017/9/16/football-montoya-scores-for-gridiron-hounds-in-setback-to-third-ranked-lions.aspx Recap]

|scoring=

;First quarter

• TAMUC – Carandal Hale 3-yard run (Kristov Martinez kick), 12:06. Lions 7–0. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:54.
• ENMU – Bailey Hale 48-yard field goal, 5:15. Lions 7–3. Drive: 12 plays, 36 yards, 6:38.
• TAMUC – Vincnet Hobbs 56-yard pass from Luis Perez (kick blocked), 3:45. Lions 13–3. Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:30.

;Second quarter

• ENMU – D'Maujeric Tucker 11-yard run (kick blocked), 14:22. Lions 13–9. Drive: 10 plays, 72 yards, 4:23.
• TAMUC – Darrion Landry 64-yard pass from Luis Perez (Kristov Martinez kick), 13:53. Lions 20–9. Drive: 1 play, 59 yards, 0:22.
• TAMUC – D'Arthur Cowan 54-yard pass from Luis Perez (Kristov Martinez kick), 11:18. Lions 27–9. Drive: 1 play, 54 yards, 0:20.
• TAMUC – Buck Wilson 15-yard pass from Luis Perez (Kristov Martinez kick), 6:16. Lions 34–9. Drive: 8 plays, 54 yards, 3:24.
• ENMU – Dakota Montoya 4-yard interception return (pass failed), 0:50. Lions 34–15.
• TAMUC – Darrion Landry 23-yard pass from Luis Perez (Kristov Martinez kick), 0:19. Lions 41–15. Drive: 2 plays, 23 yards, 0:19.

;Third quarter

• ENMU – Wyatt Strand 2-yard run (Bailey Hale kick), 8:15. Lions 41–22. Drive: 14 plays, 75 yards, 6:45.
• TAMUC – Luis Perez 6-yard run (Kristov Martinez kick), 5:14. Lions 48–22. Drive: 8 plays, 39 yards, 2:59.

;Fourth quarter

• TAMUC – Kristov Martinez 25-yard field goal, 7:07. Lions 51–22. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 5:56.

}}

class="wikitable" style="float: left;" ! Statistics !! style="{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds}}"|ENMU!!style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Texas A&M–Commerce Lions}}"|TAMUC
First downs	19	19
Total yards	319	445
Rushing yards	241	87
Passing yards	78	358
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	39:14	20:46

class="wikitable" style="float: right;" ! Team !! Category !! Player !! Statistics
rowspan=3 style="{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds}}; text-align:center;"|Eastern New Mexico	Passing	Wyatt Strand	7/10, 68 yards
Rushing	Kamal Cass	25 rushes, 118 yards
Receiving	Clayton Smith	4 receptions, 52 yards
rowspan=3 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Texas A&M–Commerce Lions}}; text-align:center;"|Texas A&M–Commerce	Passing	Luis Perez	20/24, 357 yards, 5 TD, INT
Rushing	Carandal Hale	8 rushes, 62 yards, TD
Receiving	Darrion Landry	7 receptions, 112 yards, 2 TD

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{{see also|2017 UT Permian Basin Falcons football team}}

{{Americanfootballbox

|titlestyle= {{CollegePrimaryStyle|Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds}} ;text-align:center;

|state=autocollapse

|title=UT Permian Basin Falcons at Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds – Game summary

|date=October 7

|time=7:00 p.m. MDT

|road=Falcons

|R1=0|R2=0|R3=17|R4=0

|home=Greyhounds

|H1=7|H2=10|H3=3|H4=0

|stadium=Greyhound Stadium, Portales, New Mexico

|attendance=2,694

|weather=

|referee=Sergio Luna

|reference=[https://goeasternathletics.com/sports/football/stats/2017/ut-permian-basin/boxscore/7612 Box score], [https://goeasternathletics.com/news/2017/10/7/football-gridiron-hounds-hold-on-for-dramatic-homecoming-win-over-falcons.aspx Recap]

|scoring=

First quarter

• ENMU – Kamal Cass 13-yard pass from Wyatt Strand (Bailey Hale kick), 11:17. Greyhounds 7–0. Drive: 7 plays, 73 yards, 3:43.

Second quarter

• ENMU – Bailey Hale 30-yard field goal, 2:51. Greyhounds 10–0. Drive: 10 plays, 79 yards, 5:00.
• ENMU – Kamal Cass 58-yard run (Bailey Hale kick), 1:35. Greyhounds 17–0. Drive: 1 play, 58 yards, 0:10.

Third quarter

• UTPB – Kristian Brown 14-yard pass from Kameron Mathis (Bailey Giffen kick), 12:11. Greyhounds 17–7. Drive: 3 plays, 14 yards, 0:14.
• UTPB – Bailey Giffen 21-yard field goal, 8:27. Greyhounds 17–10. Drive: 7 plays, 33 yards, 2:07.
• ENMU – Bailey Hale 43-yard field goal, 4:54. Greyhounds 20–10. Drive: 7 plays, 40 yards, 3:24.
• UTPB – Marquee Allison 1-yard run (Bailey Giffen kick), 4:01. Greyhounds 20–17. Drive: 3 plays, 75 yards, 0:53.

Fourth quarter

• No scoring plays

}}

class="wikitable" style="float: left;" ! Statistics !! style="{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|UT Permian Basin Falcons}}"|UTPB!!style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds}}"|ENMU
First downs	9	19
Total yards	224	468
Rushing yards	11	375
Passing yards	213	93
Turnovers	0	3
Time of possession	21:30	38:30

class="wikitable" style="float: right;" ! Team !! Category !! Player !! Statistics
rowspan=3 style="{{CollegeSecondaryStyle|UT Permian Basin Falcons}}; text-align:center;"|UT Permian Basin	Passing	Kameron Mathis	12/33, 213 yards, TD
Rushing	Brandon Infiesto	10 rushes, 25 yards
Receiving	Mitchell Leonard	5 receptions, 94 yards
rowspan=3 style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds}}; text-align:center;"|Eastern New Mexico	Passing	Wyatt Strand	5/10, 93 yards, TD, INT
Rushing	Kamel Cass	30 rushes, 154 yards, TD
Receiving	Kamal Cass	2 receptions, 54 yards, TD

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