American college football season
The 2017 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by seventh-year head coach Earnest Collins Jr. and played their home games at Nottingham Field . They were a member of the Big Sky Conference .[2] They finished the season 3–7, 2–6 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place.
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2 2:00 p.m. College of Idaho * CET W 41–143,547 September 9 5:30 p.m. at No. 16 (FBS ) Florida * Cancelled[a] September 16 12:00 p.m. at Colorado * P12N L 21–4144,318 September 23 1:00 p.m. Idaho State Nottingham Field Greeley, CO Pluto TV W 43–425,273 September 30 5:00 p.m. at Northern Arizona Pluto TV L 20–485,107 October 7 1:30 p.m. at North Dakota Pluto TV L 38–4810,234 October 21 12:30 p.m. Montana State Nottingham Field Greeley, CO ATTRM [3] L 24–275,378 October 28 12:30 p.m. No. 25 Southern Utah Nottingham Field Greeley, CO CET L 14–273,869 November 4 7:00 p.m. at Sacramento State ELVN L 21–504,612 November 11 1:00 p.m. at Montana ATTRM[3] L 14–4422,048 November 18 11:30 a.m. Cal Poly Nottingham Field Greeley, CO CET W 42–03,650
^[a] The game between Florida and Northern Colorado, had been rescheduled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irma , but on September 7, both schools agreed to canceled the game completely. Game summaries [ edit ] College of Idaho [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Coyotes 0 7 0 7 14 Bears 28 7 3 3 41
At Colorado [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 7 7 7 0 21 Buffaloes 14 14 3 10 41
Idaho State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bengals 10 7 13 12 42 Bears 10 10 20 3 43
At Northern Arizona [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 0 7 13 0 20 Lumberjacks 7 13 14 14 48
At North Dakota [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 7 17 14 0 38 Fighting Hawks 14 14 10 10 48
Montana State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bobcats 0 7 3 17 27 Bears 7 14 0 3 24
Southern Utah [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 25 Thunderbirds 13 7 7 0 27 Bears 0 7 7 0 14
At Sacramento State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 14 7 0 0 21 Hornets 14 6 9 21 50
At Montana [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bears 7 0 0 7 14 Grizzlies 14 23 7 0 44
Cal Poly [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Mustangs 0 0 0 0 0 Bears 0 21 21 0 42
References [ edit ]
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