The 2017 Monmouth Hawks football team represented

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in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the

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. They were led by 25th-year head coach

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and played their home games at

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marking the school's first playoff berth. There they lost to

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in the first round.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2016 season 4–7, 0–5 in Big South play to finish in last place.

Schedule

Game summaries

Lafayette

Lehigh

At Albany

At Hampton

At Bucknell

At Holy Cross

Liberty

At Charleston Southern

Presbyterian

Gardner–Webb

At Kennesaw State

FCS Playoffs

At Northern Iowa–First Round

Ranking movements

References

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Monmouth Hawks football seasons

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