2017 Morgan State Bears football team
| 2017 Morgan State Bears football | |
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| Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
| 2017 record | 1–10 (1–7 MEAC) |
| Head coach | Fred Farrier (2nd season) |
| Offensive coordinator | Fred Farrier |
| Defensive coordinator | Mike Fanoga (2nd season) |
| Home stadium |
Hughes Stadium (Capacity: 10,001) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 North Carolina A&T $ | 8 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Howard | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bethune–Cookman | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina Central | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hampton | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Norfolk State | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Savannah State* | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| South Carolina State | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida A&M* | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delaware State | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Morgan State* | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 Morgan State Bears football team represented Morgan State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Frederick Farrier, who was promoted to full-time head coach after being the interim head coach in 2016.[1] The Bears played their home games at Hughes Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC).[2][3] They finished the season 1–10, 1–7 in MEAC play to finish in last place.
On December 18, 2017 Fred Farrier was dimissed and released from his contract. He finished at Morgan State with a record of 4–18.[4][5]
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | |||
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| September 2 | 6:00 p.m. | at Towson* | Johnny Unitas Stadium • Towson, MD (Battle For Greater Baltimore[6]) | SPORTSfever TV ESPN3 |
L 0–10 | 6,563 | |||
| September 9 | 1:00 p.m. | Albany* | Hughes Stadium • Baltimore, MD | L 0–26 | 3,789 | ||||
| September 16 | 3:30 p.m. | at Rutgers* | High Point Solutions Stadium • Piscataway, NJ | BTN | L 0–65 | 39,892 | |||
| September 23 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 21 North Carolina A&T | Hughes Stadium • Baltimore, MD | L 17–49 | 7,437 | ||||
| October 6 | 7:30 p.m. | at South Carolina State | Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC | ESPNU | L 14–35 | 9,038 | |||
| October 14 | 1:00 p.m. | Savannah State |
Hughes Stadium • Baltimore, MD | SPORTSfever TV ESPN3 |
W 48–28 | 11,865 | |||
| October 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Howard | William H. Greene Stadium • Washington, D.C. | SPORTSfever TV ESPN3 |
L 14–39 | 2,700 | |||
| October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | Florida A&M | Hughes Stadium • Baltimore, MD | SPORTSfever TV ESPN3 |
L 31–34 | 2,589 | |||
| November 4 | 4:00 p.m. | at Bethune–Cookman | Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL | L 28–41 | 5,261 | ||||
| November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | at Delaware State | Alumni Stadium • Dover, DE | L 30–33 | 1,334 | ||||
| November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | Norfolk State | Hughes Stadium • Baltimore, MD | L 32–45 | 1,276 | ||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
- Source: Schedule
References
- ↑ "MSU promotes Fred T. Farrier to full-time head coach". Morgan State Athletics. December 8, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- ↑ "2017 MSU Football Schedule Announced". Morgan State Athletics. March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Morgan State to host five, face Rutgers". STATS FCS Football. March 14, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Morgan State University Athletics Releases Bears Football Head Coach". Morgan State Athletics. December 18, 2017.
- ↑ "Morgan State fires football coach Fred Farrier, names defensive coordinator as interim replacement". The Baltimore Sun. December 18, 2017. Archived from the original on December 19, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
- ↑ "Battle For Greater Baltimore Set For Sept. 2". July 6, 2017. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
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