2017 Albany Great Danes football team

The 2017 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Greg Gattuso, who was in his fourth season as head coach, and played their home games at Bob Ford Field. The Great Danes played as members of the Colonial Athletic Association for the fifth season. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in CAA play to finish in a tie for tenth place.

2017 Albany Great Danes football
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
2017 record	4–7 (2–6 CAA)
Head coach	Greg Gattuso (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Joe Bernard (4th season)
Defensive coordinator	Bernard Clark (4th season)
Home stadium	Bob Ford Field (Capacity: 8,500)

2017 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 James Madison $^		8	–	0					14	–	1
No. 11 Stony Brook ^		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 20 Elon ^		6	–	2					8	–	4
No. 12 New Hampshire ^		5	–	3					9	–	5
Delaware		5	–	3					7	–	4
Richmond		4	–	4					6	–	5
Towson		3	–	5					5	–	6
Villanova		3	–	5					5	–	6
Maine		3	–	5					4	–	6
Albany		2	–	6					4	–	7
Rhode Island		2	–	6					3	–	8
William & Mary		0	–	8					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	at Old Dominion*	No. 24	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA	ESPN3	L 17–31	20,118
September 9	1:00 p.m.	at Morgan State*		Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD	Facebook	W 26–0	3,789
September 16	7:00 p.m.	Monmouth*		Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	ESPN3	W 28–14	6,384
September 23	7:00 p.m.	No. 7 Villanova		Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	ESPN3	W 19–10 ^OT	6,866
September 30	2:00 p.m.	at No. 23 Elon	No. 19	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC	CSL[1]	L 0–6	5,024
October 7	3:00 p.m.	at No. 14 Richmond	No. 24	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	NBCS WA+	L 38–41 ^2OT	8,217
October 21	3:30 p.m.	Maine		Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	ESPN3	L 10–12	8,919
October 28	1:00 p.m.	Rhode Island		Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	ESPN3	L 14–31	3,383
November 4	1:00 p.m.	at No. 14 Stony Brook		Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY (rivalry)	Wolfievision	L 21–28 ^OT	7,106
November 11	3:30 p.m.	at Delaware		Delaware Stadium Newark, DE	NBCS P NBCS RN	L 3–22	16,333
November 18	1:00 p.m.	No. 16 New Hampshire		Bob Ford Field Albany, NY	CSL[1]	W 15–0	3,459
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

at Old Dominion

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 24 Great Danes	3	0	0	14	17
Monarchs	7	14	3	7	31

at Morgan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Great Danes	0	7	16	3	26
Bears	0	0	0	0	0

Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	7	7	0	14
Great Danes	13	9	0	6	28

Villanova

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
No. 7 Wildcats	0	0	0	10	0	10
Great Danes	0	3	0	7	9	19

at Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 19 Great Danes	0	0	0	0	0
No. 23 Phoenix	0	3	0	3	6

at Richmond

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
No. 24 Great Danes	0	14	10	7	7	38
No. 14 Spiders	0	14	7	10	10	41

Maine

	1	2	3	4	Total
Black Bears	0	9	0	3	12
Great Danes	7	0	3	0	10

Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	6	15	3	7	31
Great Danes	0	0	7	7	14

at Stony Brook

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Great Danes	7	7	0	7	0	21
No. 14 Seawolves	14	7	0	0	7	28

at Delaware

	1	2	3	4	Total
Great Danes	3	0	0	0	3
Fightin' Blue Hens	0	3	5	14	22

New Hampshire

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Wildcats	0	0	0	0	0
Great Danes	0	3	9	3	15

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Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	24	RV	RV	RV	19	24	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	RV	RV	NR	RV	22	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References

1. Washburn, Rob (August 18, 2017). "CAA PARTNERS WITH CBS SPORTS DIGITAL". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
2. http://www.ualbanysports.com/SportSelect.dbml?SPID=8009&SPSID=84573&DB_OEM_ID=15800
3. https://issuu.com/ualbanyathletics/docs/2016_football_caa_media_day?DB_OEM_ID=15800