2017 Furman Paladins football team

The 2017 Furman Paladins football team represented Furman University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Clay Hendrix and played their home games at Paladin Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference.[2] They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Elon in the first round before losing to Wofford in the second round.

2017 Furman Paladins football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 22
FCS CoachesNo. 25
2017 record8–5 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDrew Cronic[1] (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorChadd Staggs[1] (1st season)
Home stadiumPaladin Stadium
(Capacity: 16,000)
2017 Southern Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 6 Wofford $^  7 1     10 3  
No. 18 Samford ^  6 2     8 4  
No. 19 Furman ^  6 2     8 5  
Western Carolina  5 3     7 5  
Mercer  4 4     5 6  
The Citadel  3 5     5 6  
Chattanooga  3 5     3 8  
East Tennessee State  2 6     4 7  
VMI  0 8     0 11  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m.at No. 11 WoffordESPN3L 23–247,237
September 91:00 p.m.Elon*ESPN3L 31–346,342
September 1612:20 p.m.at NC State*ACCNL 16–4956,166
September 231:00 p.m.at Colgate*STADIUMW 45–144,119
September 301:00 p.m.East Tennessee State
  • Paladin Stadium
  • Greenville, SC
ESPN3W 56–357,104
October 74:00 p.m.at ChattanoogaESPN3W 41–179,651
October 141:00 p.m.VMI
  • Paladin Stadium
  • Greenville, SC
ESPN3W 42–107,216
October 211:30 p.m.Mercer
  • Paladin Stadium
  • Greenville, SC
7C
ESPN3
W 28–218,108
October 283:30 p.m.at No. 18 Western CarolinaESPN3W 28–69,973
November 112:00 p.m.The CitadelNo. 21
  • Paladin Stadium
  • Greenville, SC (Rivalry)
7C
ESPN3
W 56–2010,105
November 183:00 p.m.at No. 17 SamfordNo. 20STADIUML 20–264,673
November 252:00 p.m.at No. 15 Elon*No. 22ESPN3W 28–272,934
December 22:00 p.m.at No. 8 Wofford*No. 22
ESPN3L 10–285,153

Game summaries

at Wofford

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 3 7 7 6 23
No. 11 Terriers 7 3 0 14 24

Elon

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

at NC State

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 3 10 0 3 16
Wolfpack 14 14 21 0 49

at Colgate

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 21 17 7 0 45
Raiders 0 7 7 0 14

East Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 7 10 0 18 35
Paladins 14 14 14 14 56

at Chattanooga

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 7 20 7 7 41
Mocs 3 7 0 7 17

VMI

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 0 10 0 0 10
Paladins 7 7 14 14 42

Mercer

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 0 14 0 21
Paladins 0 14 7 7 28

at Western Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 0 7 14 7 28
No. 18 Catamounts 0 0 0 6 6

The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 14 6 20
No. 21 Paladins 14 21 14 7 56

at Samford

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Paladins 7 10 0 3 20
No. 17 Bulldogs 7 10 6 3 26

FCS Playoffs

at Elon–First Round

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


at Wofford–Second Round

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Paladins 0 10 0 0 10
No. 8 Terriers 7 7 7 7 28


References

  1. "Football". Furman University Athletics. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
  2. "Furman Releases 2017 Football Schedule". Furman University Athletics. January 17, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
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