2017 Sioux City Bandits season

The 2017 Sioux City Bandits season is the team's seventeenth as the Sioux City Bandits, eighteenth overall and third as a member of Champions Indoor Football (CIF). One of 14 teams in the CIF for the 2017 season, they play in the 7-team North Conference.

The Bandits play their home games at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa, under the direction of head coach Erv Strohbeen. The team's offensive coordinator is Jarrod DeGeorgia, the defensive coordinator is John Zevenbergen, and the assistant coaches include Dave Croston and Paul Dacres.

Each week of the regular season, the CIF names league-wide Players of the Week in offensive, defensive, and special teams categories.

• For Week 1, the CIF named defensive lineman Devon Bridges as the Defensive Player of the Week, and kick returner Dominique Carson as the Special Teams Player of the Week.
• For Week 2, the CIF named running back Frederick Bruno as the Offensive Player of the Week, scoring five touchdowns and rushing for 93 yards on ten carries and also caught three passes for 31 yards.
• In Week 5, the CIF honored defensive back Cliff Stokes as the Defensive Player of the Week, as he recorded six tackles and intercepted three passes (scoring on one interception), to accompany his 71 interception-return yards.
• For Week 6, the CIF brought kicker Greg Conry into the spotlight as the Special Teams Player of the Week, as he scored 21 of the team's 63 points, pushing the Bandits past Omaha, 63–56. Conry was 6/6 on extra point attempts, and went 5/6 on field goal kicking. He nailed kicks from 29, 32, 35, 40, and 49 yards. His only Miss came from 46 yards away.
• In Week 7, the CIF named defensive lineman Devon Bridges as the Defensive Player of the Week for his second time of the season. He made eight tackles, had three tackles-for-loss, including 1.5 sacks.
• During Week 13, Bandits kicker Greg Conry became the Special Team's Player of the Week for the second week, scoring 17 total points, as he was perfect for both field goals (3/3) and extra points (8/8).

z - clinched top overall seed

x - clinched division title

y - clinched playoff berth

Key:

Loss

Bye

12 Dominique Carson 24 Jeffrey Mack 20 Drew Prohaska Wide receivers

 2 Fred Bruno 80 Anthony Eboreime  8 Jeremiah Oates  1 Maurice Young | | Offensive linemen 78 Darius Barnes 55 Arthur Doakes 64 Matt Rahn Defensive linemen

 4 Devon Bridges 60 Devin Groenhagen 11 Westly Johnson 70 Marcus Miles | | Linebackers  6 Marlon Lobban 18 Zac Schlueger Defensive backs

 9 Denzel Adams  7 DeWayne Autrey  3 Rahn Franklin 23 Jon Smith  5 Clifford Stokes 15 Jemichael Williams Special teams

60 Greg Conry | | Reserve lists -- Kyle Cool QB (Susp.) -- Jackson Dallas OL (Exempt) -- Ayrius Justin WR (Exempt) Rookies in italicsRoster updated June 6, 2017 23 Active, 3 Inactive → More rosters |