# 2017 Albany Great Danes football team

The 2017 Albany Great Danes football team represented the University at Albany, SUNY as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Greg Gattuso, the Great Danes compiled an overall record of 4–7 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, tying for tenth place in the CAA. The team played home games at Bob Ford Field at Tom & Mary Casey Stadium in Albany, New York.

## Schedule

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

## 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 |
* Source:

## 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 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | 19 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | |
| Coaches | RV | RV | — | RV | 22 | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | |