# 2017 Utah State Aggies football team

The 2017 Utah State Aggies football team represented Utah State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by fifth-year head coach Matt Wells and played their home games at Merlin Olsen Field at Maverik Stadium. They competed as members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 6–7, 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the Arizona Bowl where they lost to New Mexico State.

## Coaching staff
### Coaching changes

Utah State hired David Yost as offensive coordinator on December 30, 2016. Yost had previously been the quarterbacks coach at Oregon. Both of the co-offensive coordinators from 2016 remain on staff; Jovon Bouknight as Outside Receivers Coach, and Luke Wells as the Tight Ends/inside receivers coach.

### Coaches

| Name | Title |
| Matt Wells | Head coach |
| Frank Maile | Assistant head coach/co-defensive coordinator/defensive line coach |
| Kendrick Shaver | Co-defensive coordinator/outside linebackers Coach |
| David Yost | Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach |
| Mark Tommerdahl | Special teams coordinator/running backs coach |
| Jovon Bouknight | Outside receivers coach |
| Julius Brown | Defensive backs coach |
| Stacy Collins | Inside linebackers coach |
| Steve Farmer | Offensive line coach |
| Luke Wells | Tight Ends/Inside Receivers coach |
| Brad Kragthorpe | Graduate assistant |
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## Schedule

Utah State's 2017 football schedule was announced on March 2, 2017. The Aggies will play three straight home games for the first time since 1997, in a stretch that includes in-state rival BYU, Colorado State, and rival Wyoming.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 9 Wisconsin* | Camp Randall StadiumMadison, WI | ESPN | L 10–59 | 75,324 |
| September 7 | 6:00 p.m. | Idaho State* | Maverik StadiumLogan, UT | Stadium | W 51–13 | 19,638 |
| September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | at Wake Forest* | BB&T FieldWinston-Salem, NC | ACCN Extra | L 10–46 | 27,971 |
| September 23 | 5:30 p.m. | at San Jose State | CEFCU StadiumSan Jose, CA | Stadium | W 61–10 | 12,426 |
| September 29 | 6:00 p.m. | BYU* | Maverik StadiumLogan, UT (Beehive Boot; The Old Wagon Wheel) | CBSSN | W 40–24 | 24,112 |
| October 7 | 2:30 p.m. | Colorado State | Maverik StadiumLogan, UT | ATTSNRM | L 14–27 | 18,004 |
| October 14 | 2:30 p.m. | Wyoming | Maverik StadiumLogan, UT (Bridger's Battle) | Stadium | L 23–28 | 22,234 |
| October 21 | 4:00 p.m. | at UNLV | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV | ATTSNRM | W 52–28 | 18,157 |
| October 28 | 8:00 p.m. | Boise State | Maverik StadiumLogan, UT | CBSSN | L 14–41 | 19,012 |
| November 4 | 3:30 p.m. | at New Mexico | Dreamstyle StadiumAlbuquerque, NM | ATTSNRM | W 24–10 | 19,293 |
| November 18 | 12:00 p.m. | Hawaii | Maverik StadiumLogan, UT | Stadium | W 38–0 | 17,650 |
| November 25 | 8:15 p.m. | at Air Force | Falcon StadiumColorado Springs, CO | ESPN2 | L 35–38 | 17,252 |
| December 29 | 3:30 p.m. | vs. New Mexico State* | Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ (Arizona Bowl) | CBSSN | L 20–26 $^{OT}$ | 39,132 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time |||||||
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## Game summaries
### At Wisconsin

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Badgers | 0 | 10 | 28 | 21 | 59 |

### Idaho State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bengals | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
| Aggies | 17 | 21 | 7 | 6 | 51 |

### At Wake Forest

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Demon Deacons | 14 | 15 | 17 | 0 | 46 |

### At San Jose State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 14 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 61 |
| Spartans | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |

### BYU

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cougars | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
| Aggies | 7 | 17 | 3 | 13 | 40 |

### Colorado State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rams | 17 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 27 |
| Aggies | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |

### Wyoming

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 3 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 28 |
| Aggies | 6 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 23 |

### At UNLV

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 7 | 21 | 7 | 17 | 52 |
| Rebels | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 28 |

### Boise State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Broncos | 14 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 41 |
| Aggies | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |

### At New Mexico

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| Lobos | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |

### Hawaii

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Rainbow Warriors | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aggies | 14 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 38 |

### At Air Force

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 14 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 35 |
| Falcons | 10 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 38 |

### vs New Mexico State–Arizona Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| NMSU Aggies | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 26 |
| USU Aggies | 7 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 20 |