2017 Tennessee State Tigers football team
The 2017 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Rod Reed and played their home games at Nissan Stadium and Hale Stadium. They were members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 2–5 in OVC play to finish in a tie for seventh place.
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| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| 2017 record | 6–5 (2–5 OVC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Jeff Parker |
| Defensive coordinator | Garry Fisher |
| Home stadium | Nissan Stadium (Capacity: 69,143) Hale Stadium (Capacity: 10,000) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Jacksonville State $^ | 8 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Austin Peay | 7 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UT Martin | 4 | – | 4 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Kentucky | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeast Missouri State | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee State | 2 | – | 5 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Murray State | 2 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Tech | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | at Georgia State* | ESPN3 | W 17–10 | 24,333 | ||
| September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | vs. Jackson State* | No. 23 | FSS | W 17–15 | 47,407 | |
| September 16 | 5:00 p.m. | vs. Florida A&M* | No. 22 |
| RV | W 24–13 | 17,102 |
| September 23 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 24 UT Martin | No. 20 | ESPN3 | L 16–31 | 6,484 | |
| September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Eastern Illinois | No. 24 | ESPN3 | L 16–19 2OT | 11,013 | |
| October 7 | 5:00 p.m. | at Eastern Kentucky | OVCDN | W 45–21 | 8,410 | ||
| October 14 | 6:00 p.m. | Austin Peay |
| OVCDN | L 17–21 | 21,127 | |
| October 28 | 1:30 p.m. | at Tennessee Tech |
| OVCDN | L 26–30 | 5,235 | |
| November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | Virginia–Lynchburg* |
| OVCDN | W 60–0 | 7,487 | |
| November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | Southeast Missouri State |
| OVCDN | W 23–20 | 8,693 | |
| November 16 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 2 Jacksonville State | OVCDN | L 6–36 | 18,782 | ||
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Game summaries
at Georgia State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Tigers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Panthers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
vs Jackson State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| JSU Tigers | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| No. 23 TSU Tigers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
vs Florida A&M
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 22 Tigers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Rattlers | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
at UT Martin
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 20 Tigers | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| No. 24 Skyhawks | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 31 |
Eastern Illinois
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total | |
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| Panthers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| No. 24 Tigers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
at Eastern Kentucky
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Tigers | 3 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 45 |
| Colonels | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |
Austin Peay
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Governors | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Tigers | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
at Tennessee Tech
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Tigers | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 26 |
| Golden Eagles | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 30 |
Virginia–Lynchburg
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Dragons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tigers | 21 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 60 |
Southeast Missouri State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Redhawks | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Tigers | 6 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 23 |
at Jacksonville State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Tigers | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| No. 2 Gamecocks | 0 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 36 |
Ranking movements
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final | |||||||
| STATS FCS | RV | 23 | 22 | 20 | 24 | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | |||||||
| Coaches | RV | 24 | 24 | 20 | 24 | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | |||||||
References
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