2017 South Dakota Coyotes football team

The 2017 South Dakota Coyotes football team represented the University of South Dakota in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Bob Nielson and played their home games in the DakotaDome. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference.[1] They finished the season 8–5, 4–4 in MVFC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs, which was the schools first ever FCS Playoff bid, where they defeated Nicholls State in the first round before losing to Sam Houston State in the second round.

2017 South Dakota Coyotes football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 15
FCS CoachesNo. 16
2017 record8–5 (4–4 MVFC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorTed Schlafke (2nd season)
Co-offensive coordinatorBill O'Boyle (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorAtiba Bradley (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorTyler Yelk (2nd season)
Home stadiumDakotaDome
(Capacity: 10,000)
2017 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State $^  7 1     14 1  
No. 3 South Dakota State ^  6 2     11 3  
No. 19 Northern Iowa ^  6 2     8 5  
No. 13 Western Illinois ^  5 3     8 4  
No. 15 South Dakota ^  4 4     8 5  
Illinois State  4 4     6 5  
Youngstown State  4 4     6 5  
Southern Illinois  2 6     4 7  
Missouri State  2 6     3 8  
Indiana State  0 8     0 11  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m.at Drake*BVW 77–73,332
September 95:00 p.m.at Bowling Green*ESPN3W 35–2717,912
September 162:00 p.m.No. 10 North Dakota*No. 23ESPN3
Midco
W 45–79,645
September 303:00 p.m.at No. 13 Western IllinoisNo. 10ESPN3
MVC TV
W 38–335,631
October 72:00 p.m.No. 3 Youngstown StateNo. 7
  • DakotaDome
  • Vermillion, SD
ESPN3
Midco
W 31–2810,056
October 142:00 p.m.Indiana StateNo. 4
  • DakotaDome
  • Vermillion, SD
ESPN3
Midco
W 56–68,390
October 212:00 p.m.at No. 24 Illinois StateNo. 4ESPN3
NBCS CH
L 21–3712,113
October 283:00 p.m.Southern IllinoisNo. 6
  • DakotaDome
  • Vermillion, SD
ESPN3
Midco
W 42–08,498
November 41:00 p.m.at Northern IowaNo. 6ESPN3
PSN
L 29–3410,814
November 112:30 p.m.at No. 5 North Dakota StateNo. 10ESPN3
NBC ND
L 14–4918,623
November 182:00 p.m.No. 6 South Dakota StateNo. 15
ESPN3
Midco
L 28–3110,147
November 253:00 p.m.at Nicholls State*No. 16ESPN3W 38–319,612
December 22:00 p.m.at No. 5 Sam Houston State*No. 16ESPN3L 42–544,401

Game summaries

at Drake

1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 28 28 7 14 77
Bulldogs 0 7 0 0 7

at Bowling Green

1 2 3 4 Total
Coyotes 21 0 7 7 35
Falcons 3 6 7 11 27

North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Fighting Hawks 0 0 7 0 7
No. 23 Coyotes 17 14 7 7 45

at Western Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Coyotes 7 17 14 0 38
No. 13 Leathernecks 0 6 14 13 33

Youngstown State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Penguins 7 7 7 7 28
No. 7 Coyotes 7 14 7 3 31

Indiana State

1 2 3 4 Total
Sycamores 3 3 0 0 6
No. 4 Coyotes 7 21 14 14 56

at Illinois State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 4 Coyotes 0 14 0 7 21
No. 24 Redbirds 14 3 7 13 37

Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Salukis 0 0 0 0 0
No. 6 Coyotes 14 7 7 14 42

at Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Coyotes 7 9 7 6 29
Panthers 3 10 7 14 34

at North Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Coyotes 7 7 0 0 14
No. 5 Bison 14 14 14 7 49

South Dakota State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 6 Jackrabbits 0 17 7 7 31
No. 15 Coyotes 0 14 7 7 28

FCS Playoffs

at Nicholls State–First Round

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Coyotes 7 10 14 7 38
Colonels 0 7 14 10 31

at Sam Houston State–Second Round

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Coyotes 7 7 14 14 42
No. 5 Bearkats 14 27 0 13 54

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 RV RV 23 13 10 7 4 4 6 6 10 15 16 15 
Coaches RV RV 23 14 10 6 4 4 7 6 10 16 18 16

References

  1. "Coyote football to open 2017 at Drake". University of South Dakota Athletics. December 9, 2016. Retrieved December 21, 2016.
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