# 2017 Monmouth Hawks football team

The 2017 Monmouth Hawks football team represented Monmouth University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Big South Conference. They were led by 25th-year head coach Kevin Callahan and played their home games at Kessler Field in West Long Branch, New Jersey. Monmouth finished the season 9–3 overall a nd 4–1 in Big South play to place in second. The Hawks received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs marking the school's first playoff berth. There they lost to Northern Iowa in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 3:00 p.m. | Lafayette* | Kessler FieldWest Long Branch, NJ | ESPN3 | W 31–12 | 3,898 |
| September 9 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 19 Lehigh* | Kessler FieldWest Long Branch, NJ | ESPN3 | W 46–27 | 2,839 |
| September 16 | 7:00 p.m. | at Albany* | Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey StadiumAlbany, NY | ESPN3 | L 14–28 | 6,384 |
| September 23 | 2:00 p.m. | at Hampton* | Armstrong StadiumHampton, VA | PTV | W 30–23 $^{OT}$ | 5,123 |
| September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | at Bucknell* | Christy Mathewson–Memorial StadiumLewisburg, PA | Stadium | W 35–13 | 1,942 |
| October 7 | 1:00 p.m. | at Holy Cross* | Fitton FieldWorcester, MA | Stadium | W 48–36 | 4,484 |
| October 21 | 1:00 p.m. | Liberty | Kessler FieldWest Long Branch, NJ | ESPN3 | W 56–39 | 4,235 |
| October 28 | 6:00 p.m. | at Charleston Southern | Buccaneer FieldCharleston, SC | ESPN3 | W 23–20 | 1,825 |
| November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | Presbyterian | Kessler FieldWest Long Branch, NJ | ESPN3 | W 42–21 | 3,159 |
| November 11 | 12:00 p.m. | Gardner–Webb | Kessler FieldWest Long Branch, NJ | Stadium | W 41–14 | 2,278 |
| November 18 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 22 Kennesaw State | Fifth Third Bank StadiumKennesaw, GA | ESPN3 | L 21–52 | 6,808 |
| November 25 | 5:00 p.m. | at No. 20 Northern Iowa* | UNI-DomeCedar Falls, IA (NCAA Division I First Round) | ESPN3 | L 7–46 | 4,095 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Lafayette

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Leopards | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Hawks | 0 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 31 |

### Lehigh

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 19 Mountain Hawks | 14 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 27 |
| Hawks | 14 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 46 |

### At Albany

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

### At Hampton

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Hawks | 0 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 7 | 30 |
| Pirates | 13 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 23 |

### At Bucknell

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawks | 7 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 35 |
| Bison | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |

### At Holy Cross

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawks | 0 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 48 |
| Crusaders | 3 | 14 | 0 | 19 | 36 |

### Liberty

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Flames | 7 | 12 | 20 | 0 | 39 |
| Hawks | 21 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 56 |

### At Charleston Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawks | 0 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 |

### Presbyterian

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Blue Hose | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Hawks | 7 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 42 |

### Gardner–Webb

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Runnin' Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Hawks | 20 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 41 |

### At Kennesaw State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawks | 7 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 21 |
| No. 21 Owls | 14 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 52 |

## FCS Playoffs
### At Northern Iowa–First Round

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| No. 20 Panthers | 14 | 19 | 13 | 0 | 46 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| STATS FCS | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 22 | 22 | 23 | RV |