2017 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team

The 2017 Mount Union Purple Raiders football team represented the University of Mount Union in the 2017 NCAA Division III football season. The Purple Raiders, led by fifth-year head coach Vince Kehres, were members of the Ohio Athletic Conference (OAC) and played their home games at Mount Union Stadium in Alliance, Ohio.

Mount Union's 2017 schedule consists of 6 home, and 4 away games in the regular season. The Raiders hosted N.C. Wesleyan, Baldwin Wallace, Ohio Northern, Capital University, Otterbein University, and Muskingum University and traveled to Marietta College, Heidelberg University, Wilmington College, and John Carroll University.

Mount Union had one non–conference game against North Carolina Wesleyan College from the USA South Athletic Conference.

In 2016, Mount Union did not make it to the Stagg Bowl for the first time in eleven years after losing to Mary Hardin-Baylor in the semifinals 14-12. The team finished with a 12-2 record, with an 8-1 record in conference play.

The Purple Raiders ended their season by going to the Stagg Bowl and winning the NCAA Division III National Championship with a 12-0 win over Mary Hardin-Baylor of Texas.^[1]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	12:00 pm	North Carolina Wesleyan*	No. 2	Mount Union Stadium Alliance, OH	SportsTime Ohio	W 58–0	2,533
September 16	1:30 pm	at Marietta	No. 2	Don Drumm Stadium Marietta, OH		W 69–3	3,142
September 23	1:30 pm	Baldwin Wallace	No. 2	Mount Union Stadium Alliance, OH	SportsTime Ohio	W 55–7	2,917
September 30	1:30 pm	Ohio Northern	No. 2	Mount Union Stadium Alliance, OH	SportsTime Ohio	W 43–14	3,028
October 7	1:30 pm	at No. 21 Heidelberg	No. 2	Hoernemann Stadium Tiffin, OH		W 63–7	2,064
October 14	1:30 pm	Capital	No. 2	Mount Union Stadium Alliance, OH	SportsTime Ohio	W 72–14	1,973
October 21	1:30 pm	at Wilmington	No. 2	Williams Stadium Wilmington, OH		W 66–7	2,310
October 28	1:30 pm	Otterbein	No. 2	Mount Union Stadium Alliance, OH		W 51–14	1,846
November 4	1:00 pm	Muskingum	No. 2	Mount Union Stadium Alliance, OH		W 59–7	1,948
November 11	1:30 pm	at John Carroll	No. 2	Don Shula Stadium University Heights, OH		W 31–27	3,444
November 18	12:00 pm	Washington and Lee*	No. 2	Mount Union Stadium Alliance, OH (NCAA Division III First Round)		W 21–0	1,534
November 25	12:00 pm	No. 16 Case Western Reserve*	No. 2	Mount Union Stadium Alliance, OH (NCAA Division III Second Round)		W 45–16	1,763
December 2	12:00 pm	No. 15 Frostburg State*	No. 2	Mount Union Stadium (NCAA Division III Quarterfinal)		W 70–37	1,863
December 9	1:05 pm	at No. 3 Wisconsin–Oshkosh*	No. 2	Titan Stadium Oshkosh, WI (NCAA Division III Semifinal)	ESPN3	W 43–40	1,667
December 15	7:00 pm	vs. No. 1 Mary Hardin–Baylor*	No. 2	Salem Football Stadium Salem, VA (Stagg Bowl)	ESPNU	W 12–0	4,971
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from D3football.com Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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