American college football season
The 2017 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Joe Harasymiak and played their home games at Alfond Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. Maine initially had a game scheduled on September 30 against Central Florida but that game was canceled on September 14 in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.[1] They finished the season 4–6, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 7:00 p.m. | at No. 13 New Hampshire | | CSL[2] | L 23–24 | 15,854 |
September 9 | 3:30 p.m. | Bryant* | | FCS | W 60–12 | 6,313 |
September 23 | 1:30 p.m. | at No. 1 James Madison | | MASN | L 10–28 | 25,330 |
October 7 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 12 Villanova | | CSL[2] | L 0–31 | 4,505 |
October 14 | 3:30 p.m. | Rhode Island![dagger](Https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | FCS | W 51–27 | 9,205 |
October 21 | 3:30 p.m. | at Albany | | ESPN3 | W 12–10 | 8,919 |
October 28 | Noon | William & Mary | | FCS | W 23–6 | 6,579 |
November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | Delaware | | CSL[2] | L 17–31 | 6,300 |
November 11 | 4:00 p.m. | at UMass* | | NESN+ | L 31–44 | 12,794 |
November 18 | Noon | No. 10 Stony Brook | | MAA | L 19–20 | 4,983 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
At New Hampshire
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Black Bears
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
6 |
23 |
No. 13 Wildcats
|
14
|
3
|
0
|
7 |
24 |
Bryant
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bulldogs
|
3
|
2
|
7
|
0 |
12 |
Black Bears
|
14
|
29
|
7
|
10 |
60 |
At James Madison
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Black Bears
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
0 |
10 |
No. 1 Dukes
|
0
|
7
|
7
|
14 |
28 |
At Villanova
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Black Bears
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
No. 12 Wildcats
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
3 |
31 |
Rhode Island
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Rams
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
6 |
27 |
Black Bears
|
7
|
16
|
28
|
0 |
51 |
At Albany
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Black Bears
|
0
|
9
|
0
|
3 |
12 |
Great Danes
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
0 |
10 |
William & Mary
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tribe
|
3
|
0
|
3
|
0 |
6 |
Black Bears
|
3
|
10
|
0
|
10 |
23 |
Delaware
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Fightin' Blue Hens
|
0
|
14
|
3
|
14 |
31 |
Black Bears
|
10
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
17 |
At UMass
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Black Bears
|
7
|
9
|
8
|
7 |
31 |
Minutemen
|
21
|
3
|
13
|
7 |
44 |
Stony Brook
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 10 Seawolves
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
13 |
20 |
Black Bears
|
12
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
19 |
After the season
The following Black Bear was selected in the 2018 NFL draft after the season.[4]
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