2017 Elon Phoenix football team

2017 Elon Phoenix football
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATS No. 20
FCS Coaches No. 21
2017 record 8–4 (6–2 CAA)
Head coach Curt Cignetti (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Drew Folmar (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Tony Trisciani (1st season)
Home stadium Rhodes Stadium
(Capacity: 11,250)
2017 CAA 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 FCS Poll

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.

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

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 7:00 p.m. at Toledo* Glass Bowl • Toledo, OH ESPN3 L 13–47   22,104
September 9 1:00 p.m. at Furman* Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC ESPN3 W 34–31   6,342
September 16 6:00 p.m. No. 16 Charleston Southern* Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC CSL[2] W 19–17   5,248
September 23 6:00 p.m. at No. 8 Richmond E. Claiborne Robins Stadium • Richmond, VA CSN+ W 36–33   8,217
September 30 2:00 p.m. No. 19 Albany No. 23 Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC CSL[2] W 6–0   5,024
October 7 2:00 p.m. William & Mary No. 18 Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC PAA W 25–17   10,137
October 21 Noon at Rhode Island No. 14 Meade Stadium • Kingston, RI CSL W 35–34   7,221
October 28 3:30 p.m. at No. 13 Villanova No. 10 Villanova Stadium • Villanova, PA NNAA W 19–14   5,451
November 4 2:00 p.m. Towsondagger No. 7 Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC PAA W 33–30 2OT  10,113
November 11 2:00 p.m. at No. 18 New Hampshire No. 7 Wildcat Stadium • Durham, NH FCS
FSGO		 L 6–16   7,294
November 18 Noon No. 1 James Madison No. 11 Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC PAA L 3–31   8,662
November 25 2:00 p.m. No. 22 Furman* No. 15 Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC (FCS Playoffs First Round) ESPN3 L 27–28   2,934
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

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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
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Furman

1 2 3 4 Total
Phoenix 21 0 3 10 34
Paladins 0 10 21 0 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–11[4] 2013 W, 28–25

Charleston Southern

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

at Richmond

1 2 3 4 Total
Phoenix 6 13 7 10 36
No. 8 Spiders 7 7 12 7 33
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–7[4] 2016 L, 7–35

Albany

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 19 Great Danes 0 0 0 0 0
No. 23 Phoenix 0 3 0 3 6
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1[4] 2016 L, 3–27

William & Mary

1 2 3 4 Total
Tribe 0 3 14 0 17
No. 18 Phoenix 6 17 0 2 25
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2[4] 2016 W, 27–10

at Rhode Island

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 14 Phoenix 14 7 7 7 35
Rams 7 20 7 0 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1[4] 2016 L, 14–44

at Villanova

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 10 Phoenix 0 7 3 9 19
No. 13 Wildcats 7 0 7 0 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1[4] 2016 L, 7–42

Towson

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
Tigers 10 0 0 1730 30
No. 7 Phoenix 7 7 10 333 33
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–5[4] 2016 L, 6–23

at New Hampshire

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Phoenix 0 0 0 6 6
No. 18 Wildcats 0 7 9 0 16
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–3[4] 2016 L, 10–13

James Madison

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 1 Dukes 3 14 7 7 31
No. 11 Phoenix 0 0 0 3 3
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–5[4] 2016 L, 14–63

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
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–11[4] 9/9/17 W, 34–31

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 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. 1 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.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "All–Time Football Results by Opponent". Elon University Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
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