2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
Big Sky co-champion
Conference Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS No. 14
FCS Coaches No. 13
2017 record 9–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach Demario Warren (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator Justin Walterscheid (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Rod Chance (2nd season)
Home stadium Eccles Coliseum
(Capacity: 8,500)
2017 Big Sky football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 14 Southern Utah +^  7 –1     9 –3  
No. 5 Weber State +^  7 –1     11 –3  
Northern Arizona ^  6 –2     7 –5  
No. 21 Eastern Washington  6 –2     7 –4  
Sacramento State  6 –2     7 –4  
Montana  5 –3     7 –4  
Montana State  5 –3     5 –6  
UC Davis  3 –5     5 –6  
Idaho State  2 –6     4 –7  
Northern Colorado  2 –6     3 –7  
North Dakota  2 –6     3 –8  
Cal Poly  1 –7     1 –10  
Portland State  0 –8     0 –11  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Demario Warren and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, Utah as sixth-year as members of the Big Sky Conference.[1] They finished the season 9–3, 7–1 in Big Sky play to earn a share of the conference championship with Weber State.[2][3] They received the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Weber State in the second round.[4][5][6]

Previous season

The Thunderbirds finished the 2016 season 6–5, 5–3 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 2 6:15 p.m. at Oregon* Autzen Stadium • Eugene, OR P12N L 21–77   52,204
September 9 5:00 p.m. at Stephen F. Austin* Homer Bryce Stadium • Nacogdoches, TX ESPN3 W 51–14   12,324
September 16 6:00 p.m. No. 21 Northern Iowa* Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT Pluto TV W 24–21   8,841
September 23 7:00 p.m. at Sacramento State Hornet Stadium • Sacramento, CA Pluto TV L 27–54   7,272
October 7 6:00 p.m. Cal Polydagger Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT Pluto TV W 20–14   10,633
October 14 6:00 p.m. at No. 18 Weber State Stewart Stadium • Ogden, UT (Beehive Bowl) ELVN W 32–16   9,135
October 21 5:00 p.m. No. 8 Eastern Washington Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT ELVN W 46–28   7,463
October 28 12:30 p.m. at Northern Colorado No. 25 Nottingham Field • Greeley, CO CET W 27–14   3,869
November 4 6:00 p.m. North Dakota No. 17 Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT Pluto TV W 47–21   7,641
November 11 5:00 p.m. at UC Davis No. 15 Aggie Stadium • Davis, CA Pluto TV W 47–27   6,715
November 18 2:30 p.m. No. 23 Northern Arizona No. 14 Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT (HintonBurdick Grand Canyon Trophy Game) ELVN W 48–20   10,842
December 2 6:00 p.m. No. 11 Weber State* No. 12 Eccles Coliseum • Cedar City, UT (FCS Playoffs Second Round) ESPN3 L 13–30   11,811
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Mountain Time.

Game summaries

at Oregon

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 7 14 0 0 21
Ducks 21 21 21 14 77
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Stephen F. Austin

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 7 24 10 10 51
Lumberjacks 0 0 14 0 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–3 2005 SFA, 40–17

Northern Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 21 Panthers 0 7 3 11 21
Thunderbirds 7 7 7 3 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–5 2011 UNI, 34–21

at Sacramento State

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 7 7 0 13 27
Hornets 7 23 10 14 54
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–8 2015 SUU, 44–0

Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 7 0 0 7 14
Thunderbirds 10 7 0 3 20
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–16 2015 SUU, 54–37

at Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 7 13 9 3 32
No. 18 Wildcats 3 10 3 0 16
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–16 2016 WEB, 37–36

Eastern Washington

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Eagles 14 7 0 7 28
Thunderbirds 0 15 10 21 46
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–6 2014 EWU, 42–30

at Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 25 Thunderbirds 13 7 7 0 27
Bears 0 7 7 0 14
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–1 2015 SUU, 30–3

North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
Fighting Hawks 7 7 7 0 21
No. 17 Thunderbirds 13 14 13 7 47
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–4 2016 UND, 45–23

at UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 15 Thunderbirds 14 12 14 7 47
Aggies 0 7 7 13 27
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–11 2016 SUU, 24–3

Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 23 Lumberjacks 6 7 0 7 20
No. 14 Thunderbirds 3 24 14 7 48
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–12 2016 SUU, 48–21

FCS Playoffs

Weber State–Second Round

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 11 Wildcats 0 13 14 3 30
No. 12 Thunderbirds 10 3 0 0 13
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–16 10/14/17 SUU, 32–16

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 NR RV RV NR NR NR RV 25 17 15 14 12 14 
Coaches RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV 23 19 18 13 13

References

  1. ↑ "Southern Utah Unveils 2017 Schedule". Southern Utah Thunderbirds Athletics. December 1, 2016. Retrieved December 25, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Southern Utah, Weber State Share Big Sky Championship". Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  3. ↑ "Football Big Sky Conference Champions, Headed to Playoffs | 2017 News | News & Press | SUU". SUU. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  4. ↑ "Weber State vs. Southern Utah - Game Recap - December 2, 2017 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  5. ↑ Judd, Brandon (2017-12-02). "Weber State rallies past Southern Utah to reach FCS quarterfinals". DeseretNews.com. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
  6. ↑ Standard-Examiner. "RIVALRY REVENGE: Weber State shuts down Southern Utah in historic playoff win". Standard-Examiner. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
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