2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

The 2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Mark Tucker and played their home games at Buccaneer Field. They played as a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 3–2 in Big South play to finish in third place.

2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
ConferenceBig South Conference
2017 record6–5 (3–2 Big South)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMark Tucker (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorZane Vance (1st season)
Home stadiumBuccaneer Field
(Capacity: 4,000)
2017 Big South Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 Kennesaw State $^  5 0     12 2  
Monmouth ^  4 1     9 3  
Charleston Southern  3 2     6 5  
Liberty *  2 3     6 5  
Presbyterian  1 4     4 7  
Gardner–Webb  0 5     1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
  • * Liberty ineligible for postseason due to FBS transition
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 24:00 p.m.at Mississippi State*No. 14SECNL 0–4954,215
September 9CancelledSouth Carolina State*Oliver C. Dawson StadiumOrangeburg, SC
September 166:00 p.m.at Elon*No. 16CSLL 17–195,248
September 236:00 p.m.Point*BSNW 66–01,945
September 306:00 p.m.Mississippi Valley State*
  • Buccaneer Field
  • Charleston, SC
BSNW 58–71,456
October 73:30 p.m.at Indiana*BTNL 0–2735,995
October 14Noonat PresbyterianSTADIUMW 7–01,570
October 216:00 p.m.Savannah State*
  • Buccaneer Field
  • Charleston, SC
BSNW 52–273,156
October 286:00 p.m.Monmouth
  • Buccaneer Field
  • Charleston, SC
ESPN3L 20–231,825
November 41:30 p.m.at Gardner–Webb7CW 10–92,850
November 113:30 p.m.at No. 23 Kennesaw StateESPN3L 0–386,224
November 18NoonLiberty
  • Buccaneer Field
  • Charleston, SC
W 20–193,345
^[a] The game between Charleston Southern and South Carolina State had been rescheduled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irma, but on September 7, both schools agreed to postpone the game later in the season and the game was ultimately cancelled.[1] The game was replaced with a match-up vs. Indiana on October 7.

Source[2]

Game summaries

at Mississippi State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 14 Buccaneers 0 0 0 0 0
Bulldogs 23 12 7 7 49

at Elon

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Buccaneers 0 7 0 10 17
Phoenix 6 7 6 0 19

Point

1 2 3 4 Total
Skyhawks 0 0 0 0 0
Buccaneers 14 17 14 21 66

Mississippi Valley State

1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 0 7 0 0 7
Buccaneers 0 10 35 13 58

at Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 0 0 0
Hoosiers 10 14 3 0 27

at Presbyterian

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 0 7 7
Blue Hose 0 0 0 0 0

Savannah State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 10 7 3 7 27
Buccaneers 14 17 14 7 52

Monmouth

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 16 7 0 23
Buccaneers 0 0 7 13 20

at Gardner–Webb

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 7 0 0 3 10
Runnin' Bulldogs 3 3 0 3 9

at Kennesaw State

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 0 0 0
No. 23 Owls 7 14 3 14 38

Liberty

1 2 3 4 Total
Flames 0 7 9 3 19
Buccaneers 0 7 0 13 20

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 14 16 16 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR 
Coaches 14 18 19 RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

References

  1. "S.C. State, Charleston Southern cancel Saturday's game". Charleston Southern University Athletics. September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  2. "2017 Charleston Southern Football Schedule". csusports.com. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
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