2017 Savannah State Tigers football team

2017 Savannah State Tigers football
Conference Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
2017 record 3–8 (3–5 MEAC)
Head coach Erik Raeburn (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Bill Rychel (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Chad Williams (2nd season)
Home stadium Ted A. Wright Stadium
(Capacity: 8,500)
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 Savannah State Tigers football team represented Savannah State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They were led by second-year head coach Erik Raeburn and played their home games at Ted Wright Stadium. They finished the season 3–8, 3–5 in MEAC play to finish in seventh place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 9 3:30 p.m. at Appalachian State* Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC ESPN3 L 7–54   20,109
September 16 3:00 p.m. at Montana* Washington–Grizzly Stadium • Missoula, MT GAA
Pluto TV		 L 3–56   22,228
September 23 6:00 p.m. Florida A&M Ted A. Wright Stadium • Savannah, GA SSAA L 14–20   4,670
September 30 4:00 p.m. at Bethune–Cookman Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL CEN L 12–24   6,945
October 7 2:00 p.m. Hamptondagger Ted A. Wright Stadium • Savannah, GA SSAA L 10–17   6,990
October 14 1:00 p.m. at Morgan State Hughes Stadium • Baltimore, MD SPORTSfever TV
ESPN3		 L 28–48   11,865
October 21 6:00 p.m. at Charleston Southern* Buccaneer Field • Charleston, SC BSN L 27–52   3,156
October 28 2:00 p.m. at Norfolk State William "Dick" Price Stadium • Norfolk, VA SSC W 27–9   17,218
November 4 5:00 p.m. Delaware State Ted A. Wright Stadium • Savannah, GA SSAA W 35–21   2,371
November 11 1:00 p.m. at No. 9 North Carolina A&T Aggie Stadium • Greensboro, NC LTV L 17–36   9,397
November 18 1:00 p.m. South Carolina State Ted A. Wright Stadium • Savannah, GA SSAA W 34–10   3,015
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll. All times are in Eastern Time Zone.

Game summaries

at Appalachian State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 0 0 7 7
Mountaineers 14 31 2 7 54

at Montana

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 3 0 0 3
Grizzlies 14 21 14 7 56

Florida A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
Rattlers 7 7 0 6 20
Tigers 7 0 0 7 14

at Bethune–Cookman

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 2 3 7 12
Wildcats 7 3 7 7 24

Hampton

1 2 3 4 Total
Pirates 7 0 3 7 17
Tigers 7 0 0 3 10

at Morgan State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 0 7 14 28
Bears 21 21 6 0 48

at Charleston Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 10 7 3 7 27
Buccaneers 14 17 14 7 52

at Norfolk State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 6 7 14 27
Spartans 6 0 0 3 9

Delaware State

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 7 7 7 21
Tigers 14 7 7 7 35

at North Carolina A&T

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 3 7 7 17
Aggies 7 6 13 10 36

South Carolina State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 0 3 0 10
Tigers 14 3 3 14 34

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