2017 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team

2017 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football
Conference Southland Conference
2017 record 6–5 (6–3 Southland)
Head coach Ron Roberts (6th season)
Offensive coordinator Matt Barrett (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Ron Roberts (6th season)
Home stadium Strawberry Stadium
(Capacity: 7,408)
2017 Southland Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 10 Central Arkansas $^  9 –0     10 –2  
No. 4 Sam Houston State ^  8 –1     12 –2  
No. 25 Nicholls State ^  7 –2     8 –4  
No. 22 McNeese State  7 –2     9 –2  
Southeastern Louisiana  6 –3     6 –5  
Northwestern State  4 –5     4 –7  
Stephen F. Austin  4 –5     4 –7  
Abilene Christian  2 –7     2 –9  
Incarnate Word  1 –7     1 –10  
Lamar  1 –8     2 –9  
Houston Baptist  0 –9     1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2017 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team represented Southeastern Louisiana University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lions were led by sixth-year head coach Ron Roberts and played their home games at Strawberry Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference.[1] They finished the season 6–5, 6–3 in Southland play to finish in fifth place.

On January 19th, head coach Ron Roberts resigned to be come the defensive coordinator at Louisiana.[2] He finished at Southeastern Louisiana with a six-year record of 42–29.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 6:00 p.m. at Louisiana–Lafayette* Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA (Rivalry) ESPN3 L 48–51   18,289
September 9 7:00 p.m. Bethune–Cookman* Strawberry Stadium • Hammond, LA ELVN L 23–28   6,321
September 16 7:15 p.m. at No. 14 Central Arkansas Estes Stadium • Conway, AR ELVN L 6–38   10,237
September 23 7:00 p.m. Lamar Strawberry Stadium • Hammond, LA LionVision W 49–21   4,728
September 30 6:00 p.m. at Northwestern State Harry Turpin Stadium • Natchitoches, LA (Rivalry) CST
ESPN3		 W 49–20   9,073
October 7 4:00 p.m. Incarnate Worddagger Strawberry Stadium • Hammond, LA W 49–30   4,156
October 14 6:00 p.m. at Houston Baptist Husky Stadium • Houston, TX ESPN3 W 56–10   1,827
October 21 2:30 p.m. at Abilene Christian Wildcat Stadium • Abilene, TX W 56–21   12,000
October 28 7:00 p.m. No. 5 Sam Houston State Strawberry Stadium • Hammond, LA ESPN3 L 23–33   6,027
November 4 6:00 p.m. at McNeese State Cowboy Stadium • Lake Charles, LA L 3–13   7,332
November 16 6:00 p.m. Nicholls State Strawberry Stadium • Hammond, LA (River Bell Classic) W 21–17   6,866
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Source: [3]

Game summaries

at Louisiana

Broadcasters: David Saltzman & Bobby Carpenter

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 21 14 0 13 48
Ragin' Cajuns 21 14 7 9 51
Overall record Last meeting Result
17–18–3 1981 SLU, 7–0

Bethune-Cookman

Broadcasters: Lyn Rollins, Butch Alsandor, & Meghan Kluth

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 14 0 0 14 28
Lions 3 6 7 7 23
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Central Arkansas

Broadcasters: Steve Sullivan & Fitz Hill

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0 3 0 3 6
#14 Bears 7 7 21 3 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–7 2016 UCA, 45–10

Lamar

Broadcasters: John Sartori, Wesley Boone, & Richie Solares

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 7 7 7 0 21
Lions 21 14 7 7 49
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–4 2016 LU, 38–24

References

  1. ↑ "SLU Announces 2017 Football Schedule". January 17, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  2. ↑ https://www.theadvocate.com/acadiana/sports/ul_lafayette/article_c001cab6-fd76-11e7-9fec-27348cdbcbf2.html
  3. ↑ "2017 Football Schedule". Southeastern Louisiana University Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
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