2017 Colorado State Rams football team

2017 Colorado State Rams football
2017 Colorado State Rams football
New Mexico Bowl, L 28–31 vs. Marshall
Conference	Mountain West Conference
	Mountain Division
Record	7–6 (5–3 MW)
Head coach	Mike Bobo (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Will Friend (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Marty English (5th season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Colorado State Stadium
Uniform
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Colorado State Rams football team represented Colorado State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Rams were led by third-year head coach Mike Bobo and played their home games at the newly built Sonny Lubick Field at Colorado State Stadium in Fort Collins, Colorado as members of the Mountain Division of the Mountain West Conference.^[1] They finished the season 7–6, 5–3 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for second place in the Mountain Division. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they lost to Marshall.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 26	1:00 p.m.	Oregon State*	Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	W 58–27	37,583
September 1	6:00 p.m.	vs. Colorado*	Sports Authority Field at Mile High Denver, CO (Rocky Mountain Showdown)	P12N	L 3–17	73,932
September 9	1:30 p.m.	Abilene Christian*	Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO	Stadium	W 38–10	27,038
September 16	5:00 p.m.	at No. 1 Alabama*	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN2	L 23–41	101,821
September 30	10:00 p.m.	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	Spectrum OC16/Stadium	W 51–21	25,687
October 7	2:30 p.m.	at Utah State	Maverik Stadium Logan, UT	ATTSNRM	W 27–14	18,004
October 14	8:15 p.m.	Nevada	Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO	ESPN2	W 44–42	36,765
October 20	8:15 p.m.	at New Mexico	Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM	ESPN2	W 27–24	17,358
October 28	1:00 p.m.	Air Force	Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO (Ram–Falcon Trophy)	CBSSN	L 28–45	33,074
November 4	5:00 p.m.	at Wyoming	War Memorial Stadium Laramie, WY (Bronze Boot)	CBSSN	L 13–16	22,840
November 11	8:30 p.m.	Boise State	Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	L 52–59 ^OT	32,166
November 18	1:30 p.m.	San Jose State	Colorado State Stadium Fort Collins, CO	CBSSN	W 42–14	25,743
December 16	2:30 p.m.	vs. Marshall*	Dreamstyle Stadium Albuquerque, NM (New Mexico Bowl)	ESPN	L 28–31	26,087
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	10	10	0	7	27
Rams	7	17	10	24	58

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	10	7	0	0	17
Rams	0	3	0	0	3

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	10	0	10
Rams	10	7	14	7	38

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	0	10	0	13	23
No. 1 Crimson Tide	17	7	14	3	41

Preseason

2017 Mountain West Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Mountain Division
No. 22 Boise State xy$	7	–	1	11	–	3
Colorado State	5	–	3	7	–	6
Wyoming	5	–	3	8	–	5
Utah State	4	–	4	6	–	7
Air Force	4	–	4	5	–	7
New Mexico	1	–	7	3	–	9
West Division
Fresno State xy	7	–	1	10	–	4
San Diego State	6	–	2	10	–	3
UNLV	4	–	4	5	–	7
Nevada	3	–	5	3	–	9
Hawaii	1	–	7	3	–	9
San Jose State	1	–	7	2	–	11
Championship: Boise State 17, Fresno State 14
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	14	17	13	7	51
Rainbow Warriors	0	7	7	7	21

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolf Pack	14	7	21	0	42
Rams	14	14	10	6	44

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thundering Herd	0	21	10	0	31
Rams	0	14	0	14	28