2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
Conference Big South Conference
2017 record 6–5 (3–2 Big South)
Head coach Mark Tucker (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Mark Tucker (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Zane Vance (1st season)
Home stadium Buccaneer Field
(Capacity: 4,000)
2017 Big South 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 FCS Poll

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.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 4:00 p.m. at Mississippi State* No. 14 Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS SECN L 0–49   54,215
September 9[a] — South Carolina State*[1] No. 16 Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC — Cancelled[a] —
September 16 6:00 p.m. at Elon* No. 16 Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC CSL L 17–19   5,248
September 23 6:00 p.m. Point* Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC BSN W 66–0   1,945
September 30 6:00 p.m. Mississippi Valley State* Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC BSN W 58–7   1,456
October 7 3:30 p.m. at Indiana* Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, IN BTN L 0–27   35,995
October 14 Noon at Presbyterian Bailey Memorial Stadium • Clinton, SC STADIUM W 7–0   1,570
October 21 6:00 p.m. Savannah State* Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC BSN W 52–27   3,156
October 28 6:00 p.m. Monmouthdagger Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC ESPN3 L 20–23   1,825
November 4 1:30 p.m. at Gardner–Webb Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC 7C W 10–9   2,850
November 11 3:30 p.m. at No. 23 Kennesaw State Fifth Third Bank Stadium • Kennesaw, GA ESPN3 L 0–38   6,224
November 18 Noon Liberty Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC W 20–19   3,345
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.
^[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
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Elon

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Buccaneers 0 7 0 10 17
Phoenix 6 7 6 0 19
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2002 ELON, 21–13

Point

1 2 3 4 Total
Skyhawks 0 0 0 0 0
Buccaneers 14 17 14 21 66
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2016 CSU, 61–9

Mississippi Valley State

1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 0 7 0 0 7
Buccaneers 0 10 35 13 58
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 0 0 0
Hoosiers 10 14 3 0 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Presbyterian

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 0 7 7
Blue Hose 0 0 0 0 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–14 2016 CSU, 38–3

Savannah State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 10 7 3 7 27
Buccaneers 14 17 14 7 52
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–0 2009 CSU, 47–10

Monmouth

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 16 7 0 23
Buccaneers 0 0 7 13 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 2016 CSU, 35–7

at Gardner–Webb

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 7 0 0 3 10
Runnin' Bulldogs 3 3 0 3 9
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–10 2016 GWU, 17–10

at Kennesaw State

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 0 0 0
No. 23 Owls 7 14 3 14 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 2016 CSU, 28–7

Liberty

1 2 3 4 Total
Flames 0 7 9 3 19
Buccaneers 0 7 0 13 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–19 2016 CSU, 48–26

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = 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. 1 2 "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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