2017 Elon Phoenix football team

The 2017 Elon Phoenix football team represented Elon University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Curt Cignetti and played their home games at Rhodes Stadium. They were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 8–4, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they were lost to Furman in the first round.

2017 Elon Phoenix football
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATSNo. 20
FCS CoachesNo. 21
2017 record8–4 (6–2 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDrew Folmar (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorTony Trisciani (1st season)
Home stadiumRhodes Stadium
(Capacity: 11,250)
2017 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 2 James Madison $^  8 0     14 1  
No. 11 Stony Brook ^  7 1     10 3  
No. 20 Elon ^  6 2     8 4  
No. 12 New Hampshire ^  5 3     9 5  
Delaware  5 3     7 4  
Richmond  4 4     6 5  
Towson  3 5     5 6  
Villanova  3 5     5 6  
Maine  3 5     4 6  
Albany  2 6     4 7  
Rhode Island  2 6     3 8  
William & Mary  0 8     2 9  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

Preseason poll

First place votes in parentheses

Place School
1 James Madison (21)
2 Richmond (3)
3 Villanova
4 New Hampshire
5 Delaware
6 Albany
7 William & Mary
8 Stony Brook
9 Maine
10 Towson
11 Elon
12 Rhode Island

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 317:00 p.m.at Toledo*ESPN3L 13–4722,104
September 91:00 p.m.at Furman*ESPN3W 34–316,342
September 166:00 p.m.No. 16 Charleston Southern*CSL[2]W 19–175,248
September 236:00 p.m.at No. 8 RichmondCSN+W 36–338,217
September 302:00 p.m.No. 19 AlbanyNo. 23
  • Rhodes Stadium
  • Elon, NC
CSL[2]W 6–05,024
October 72:00 p.m.William & MaryNo. 18
  • Rhodes Stadium
  • Elon, NC
PAAW 25–1710,137
October 21Noonat Rhode IslandNo. 14CSLW 35–347,221
October 283:30 p.m.at No. 13 VillanovaNo. 10NNAAW 19–145,451
November 42:00 p.m.TowsonNo. 7
  • Rhodes Stadium
  • Elon, NC
PAAW 33–30 2OT10,113
November 112:00 p.m.at No. 18 New HampshireNo. 7FCS
FSGO
L 6–167,294
November 18NoonNo. 1 James MadisonNo. 11
  • Rhodes Stadium
  • Elon, NC
PAAL 3–318,662
November 252:00 p.m.No. 22 Furman*No. 15
ESPN3L 27–282,934

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Game summaries

at Toledo

1 2 3 4 Total
Phoenix 0 7 0 6 13
Rockets 13 6 21 7 47

at Furman

1 2 3 4 Total
Phoenix 21 0 3 10 34
Paladins 0 10 21 0 31

Charleston Southern

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

at Richmond

1 2 3 4 Total
Phoenix 6 13 7 10 36
No. 8 Spiders 7 7 12 7 33

Albany

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Great Danes 0 0 0 0 0
No. 23 Phoenix 0 3 0 3 6

William & Mary

1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 0 3 14 0 17
No. 18 Phoenix 6 17 0 2 25

at Rhode Island

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 14 Phoenix 14 7 7 7 35
Rams 7 20 7 0 34

at Villanova

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Phoenix 0 7 3 9 19
No. 13 Wildcats 7 0 7 0 14

Towson

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Tigers 10 0 0 1730 30
No. 7 Phoenix 7 7 10 333 33

at New Hampshire

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Phoenix 0 0 0 6 6
No. 18 Wildcats 0 7 9 0 16

James Madison

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Dukes 3 14 7 7 31
No. 11 Phoenix 0 0 0 3 3

FCS Playoffs

Furman–First Round

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Paladins 0 14 7 7 28
No. 15 Phoenix 7 0 14 6 27


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 NR NR NR RV 23 18 16 14 10 7 7 11 15 20 
Coaches NR NR NR NR RV 23 20 15 11 10 9 15 17 21

References

  1. "JMU picked to capture 2017 CAA Football title". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
  2. Washburn, Rob (August 18, 2017). "CAA PARTNERS WITH CBS SPORTS DIGITAL". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  3. "2017 Schedule". Elon University Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
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