2017 Furman Paladins football team

2017 Furman Paladins football
Conference Southern Conference
Ranking
STATS No. 22
FCS Coaches No. 25
2017 record 8–5 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coach Clay Hendrix[1] (1st season)
Offensive coordinator Drew Cronic[1] (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Chadd Staggs[1] (1st season)
Home stadium Paladin 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

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.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 6:00 p.m. at No. 11 Wofford Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC ESPN3 L 23–24   7,237
September 9 1:00 p.m. Elon* Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC ESPN3 L 31–34   6,342
September 16 12:20 p.m. at NC State* Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC ACCN L 16–49   56,166
September 23 1:00 p.m. at Colgate* Andy Kerr Stadium • Hamilton, NY STADIUM W 45–14   4,119
September 30 1:00 p.m. East Tennessee State Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC ESPN3 W 56–35   7,104
October 7 4:00 p.m. at Chattanooga Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN ESPN3 W 41–17   9,651
October 14 1:00 p.m. VMI Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC ESPN3 W 42–10   7,216
October 21 1:30 p.m. Mercerdagger Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC 7C
ESPN3		 W 28–21   8,108
October 28 3:30 p.m. at No. 18 Western Carolina E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC ESPN3 W 28–6   9,973
November 11 2:00 p.m. The Citadel No. 21 Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC (Rivalry) 7C
ESPN3		 W 56–20   10,105
November 18 3:00 p.m. at No. 17 Samford No. 20 Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL STADIUM L 20–26   4,673
November 25 2:00 p.m. at No. 15 Elon* No. 22 Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC (FCS Playoffs First Round) ESPN3 W 28–27   2,934
December 2 2:00 p.m. at No. 8 Wofford* No. 22 Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC (FCS Playoffs Second Round) ESPN3 L 10–28   5,153
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

at Wofford

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 3 7 7 6 23
No. 11 Terriers 7 3 0 14 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
53–30–7 2016 L 27–34

Elon

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

at NC State

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 3 10 0 3 16
Wolfpack 14 14 21 0 49
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–4–4 1985 W 42–20

at Colgate

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 21 17 7 0 45
Raiders 0 7 7 0 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 2010 W 45–15

East Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 7 10 0 18 35
Paladins 14 14 14 14 56
Overall record Last meeting Result
24–7 2016 W 52–7

at Chattanooga

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 7 20 7 7 41
Mocs 3 7 0 7 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–27 2016 L 21–41

VMI

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 0 10 0 0 10
Paladins 7 7 14 14 42
Overall record Last meeting Result
25–9 2016 W 24–10

Mercer

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 0 14 0 21
Paladins 0 14 7 7 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–6–2 2016 L 24–27

at Western Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 0 7 14 7 28
No. 18 Catamounts 0 0 0 6 6
Overall record Last meeting Result
30–12–2 2016 W 49–21

The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 0 0 14 6 20
No. 21 Paladins 14 21 14 7 56
Overall record Last meeting Result
58–35–3 2016 L 14–19

at Samford

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Paladins 7 10 0 3 20
No. 17 Bulldogs 7 10 6 3 26
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–9 2016 L 21–38

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
Overall record Last meeting Result
11–7 9/9/17 L 31–34

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
Overall record Last meeting Result
53–31–7 9/2/17 L 23–24

References

  1. 1 2 3 "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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