2017 Miami RedHawks football team

The 2017 Miami RedHawks football team represented Miami University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Chuck Martin and played their home games at Yager Stadium in Oxford, Ohio as members of the East Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 5–7, 4–4 in MAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the East Division.

2017 Miami RedHawks football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
Record	5–7 (4–4 MAC)
Head coach	Chuck Martin (4th season)
Co-offensive coordinators	George Barnett (4th season) Eric Koehler (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Co-defensive coordinators	Matt Pawlowski (4th season) John Hauser (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Yager Stadium
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Mid-American Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East Division
Akron xy		6	–	2					7	–	7
Ohio		5	–	3					9	–	4
Miami (OH)		4	–	4					5	–	7
Buffalo		4	–	4					6	–	6
Bowling Green		2	–	6					2	–	10
Kent State		1	–	7					2	–	10
West Division
Toledo xy$		7	–	1					11	–	3
Central Michigan		6	–	2					8	–	5
Northern Illinois		6	–	2					8	–	5
Western Michigan		4	–	4					6	–	6
Eastern Michigan		3	–	5					5	–	7
Ball State		0	–	8					2	–	10
Championship: Toledo 45, Akron 28
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant

Preseason

In a preseason poll of league media, Miami was picked to finish in second place in the East Division, though they received more first place votes than Ohio.^[1] They received one vote to win the MAC Championship Game.

Coaching staff

Name	Title
Chuck Martin	Head coach
George Barnett	Associate head coach/co-offensive coordinator/offensive line coach
Eric Koehler	Co-offensive coordinator/quarterbacks coach
Matt Pawlowski	Co-defensive coordinator/linebackers coach
John Hauser	Co-defensive coordinator/Cornerbacks coach
Bill Brechin	Wide Receivers/Returns coach
Joe Palcic	Safeties/punting coach
Corey Brown	Defensive line coach
Israel Woolfork	Running backs/Kickoffs coach
Pat Welsh	Tight ends coach

Source:^[2]

Schedule

Miami announced their 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017.^[3]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:30 p.m.	at Marshall*	Joan C. Edwards Stadium Huntington, WV	STADIUM	L 26–31	22,463
September 9	3:30 p.m.	Austin Peay*	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	ESPN3	W 31–10	15,960
September 16	8:00 p.m.	Cincinnati*	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH (Victory Bell)	FOX 19	L 17–21	21,811
September 23	3:30 p.m.	at Central Michigan	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN3	W 31–14	17,193
September 30	5:00 p.m.	at No. 22 Notre Dame*	Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN	NBCSN	L 17–52	77,622
October 7	2:30 p.m.	Bowling Green	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	ESPN3	L 29–37	22,428
October 14	3:30 p.m.	at Kent State	Dix Stadium Kent, OH	ESPN3	L 14–17	20,537
October 21	2:30 p.m.	Buffalo	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	ESPN3	W 24–14	13,803
October 31	8:00 p.m.	at Ohio	Peden Stadium Athens, OH (Battle of the Bricks)	ESPN2	L 28–45	18,096
November 7	7:30 p.m.	Akron	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	ESPN2	W 24–14	12,813
November 15	7:00 p.m.	Eastern Michigan	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	CBSSN	L 24–27	11,851
November 21	7:00 p.m.	at Ball State	Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN	ESPN3	W 28–7	5,374
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

At Marshall

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	3	10	7	6	26
Thundering Herd	7	14	7	3	31

See also: 2017 Marshall Thundering Herd football team

Austin Peay

	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors	7	0	3	0	10
RedHawks	7	14	0	10	31

See also: 2017 Austin Peay Governors football team

Cincinnati

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bearcats	3	0	0	18	21
RedHawks	7	0	7	3	17

See also: 2017 Cincinnati Bearcats football team and Victory Bell (Cincinnati–Miami)

At Central Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	14	14	3	0	31
Chippewas	0	14	0	0	14

See also: 2017 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

At Notre Dame

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	7	7	3	0	17
No. 22 Fighting Irish	28	17	0	7	52

See also: 2017 Notre Dame Fighting Irish football team

Bowling Green

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	3	14	7	13	37
RedHawks	6	13	10	0	29

See also: 2017 Bowling Green Falcons football team

At Kent State

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	0	14	0	0	14
Golden Flashes	0	3	14	0	17

See also: 2017 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

Buffalo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	0	7	0	7	14
RedHawks	10	0	14	0	24

See also: 2017 Buffalo Bulls football team

At Ohio

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	14	7	7	0	28
Bobcats	14	14	7	10	45

See also: 2017 Ohio Bobcats football team and Battle of the Bricks

Akron

	1	2	3	4	Total
Zips	7	0	0	7	14
RedHawks	7	3	14	0	24

See also: 2017 Akron Zips football team

Eastern Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	7	6	14	0	27
RedHawks	0	17	0	7	24

See also: 2017 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team

At Ball State

	1	2	3	4	Total
RedHawks	14	14	0	0	28
Cardinals	0	0	0	7	7

See also: 2017 Ball State Cardinals football team