2017 — Season 2017

Record 5-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -0.3 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L @ Marshall 26-31 W vs Aust Pea 31-10 L vs Cincin 17-21 W @ Cent Mic 31-14 L @ ND 17-52 L vs Bowl Gre 29-37 L @ Kent Sta 14-17 W vs Buffalo 24-14 L @ Ohio 28-45 W vs Akron 24-14 L vs East Mic 24-27 W @ Ball Sta 28-7

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

What It Meant

2017 is a losing-side chapter. The record (5-7) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.