2017 North Carolina Central Eagles football team

2017 North Carolina Central Eagles football
Conference Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
2017 record 7–4 (5–3 MEAC)
Head coach Jerry Mack (4th season)
Offensive coordinator T.C. Taylor (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Granville Eastman (4th season)
Home stadium O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium
(Capacity: 10,600)
2017 MEAC football standings
Conf  Overall
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  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • *Florida A&M, Morgan State and Savannah State ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2017 North Carolina Central Eagles football team represented North Carolina Central University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Jerry Mack. The Eagles played their home games at O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

On December 8, head coach Jerry Mack resigned to become the offensive coordinator at Rice.[1] He finished at North Carolina Central with a four-year record of 31–15.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 6:00 p.m. at Duke* Wallace Wade Stadium • Durham, NC ACCN Extra L 7–60   30,477
September 9 6:00 p.m. Shaw* O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium • Durham, NC NSN W 41–0   9,141
September 21 7:30 p.m. South Carolina State O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium • Durham, NC ESPNU W 33–28   9,012
September 28 7:30 p.m. at Florida A&M Bragg Memorial Stadium • Tallahassee, FL ESPNU W 21–14   18,488
October 7 1:00 p.m. at Howard William H. Greene Stadium • Washington, D.C. WHBC W 13–7   1,532
October 14 2:00 p.m. Gardner–Webb* No. 25 O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium • Durham, NC NSN W 24–17   4,010
October 21 2:00 p.m. Norfolk State No. 25 O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium • Durham, NC NSN L 21–28   7,431
October 28 2:00 p.m. Delaware Statedagger O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium • Durham, NC NSN W 42–14   14,117
November 4 1:00 p.m. at Hampton Armstrong Stadium • Hampton, VA W 14–6   5,321
November 11 2:00 p.m. Bethune–Cookman O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium • Durham, NC NSN L 10–13   5,769
November 18 1:00 p.m. at No. 9 North Carolina A&T Aggie Stadium • Greensboro, NC (Rivalry) L 10–24   21,500
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Game summaries

at Duke

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 7 0 0 7
Blue Devils 21 26 6 7 60

Shaw

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 0 0 0 0 0
Eagles 3 17 0 21 41

South Carolina State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 14 7 0 28
Eagles 7 7 6 13 33

at Florida A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 14 0 0 7 21
Rattlers 0 14 0 0 14

at Howard

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 6 7 0 13
Bison 7 0 0 0 7

Gardner–Webb

1 2 3 4 Total
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 3 0 14 17
No. 25 Eagles 3 7 7 7 24

Norfolk State

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 7 14 0 7 28
No. 25 Eagles 0 0 7 14 21

Delaware State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 7 7 0 14
Eagles 14 14 7 7 42

at Hampton

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 14 0 0 14
Pirates 6 0 0 0 6

Bethune–Cookman

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 0 0 7 6 13
Eagles 0 0 0 10 10

at North Carolina A&T

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 3 7 0 10
Aggies 7 14 3 0 24

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 RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 25 RV RV RV RV RV RV 
Coaches 24 RV RV NR RV NR RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR

References

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