The 2017 Midwestern State Mustangs football team represented

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in the

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. They were led by head coach Bill Maskill, who is in his 16th season at Midwestern State. The Mustangs played their home games at Memorial Stadium and were members of the Lone Star Conference.

Schedule

Midwestern State announced its 2017 football schedule on January 26, 2017. The schedule consists of six home and four away games in the regular season. The Mustangs will host LSC foes

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, and Western New Mexico and will travel to Angelo State,

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, and Texas-Permian Basin. The Mustangs will host one of the two non-conference games against Quincy from the Great Lakes Valley Conference and will travel to West Florida from the

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. :The game between Midwestern State and West Florida was cancelled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irma.

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References

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