2017 Tennessee State Tigers football team

2017 Tennessee State Tigers football
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
2017 record 6–5 (2–5 OVC)
Head coach Rod Reed (8th season)
Offensive coordinator Jeff Parker
Defensive coordinator Garry Fisher
Home stadium Nissan Stadium
(Capacity: 69,143)
Hale Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
2017 OVC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 9 Jacksonville State $^  8 –0     10 –2  
Austin Peay  7 –1     8 –4  
Eastern Illinois  5 –3     6 –5  
UT Martin  4 –4     6 –5  
Eastern Kentucky  3 –5     3 –7  
Southeast Missouri State  3 –5     3 –8  
Tennessee State  2 –5     6 –5  
Murray State  2 –5     3 –8  
Tennessee Tech  1 –7     1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2017 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Rod Reed and played their home games at Nissan Stadium and Hale Stadium. They were members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 2–5 in OVC play to finish in a tie for seventh place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
August 31 6:00 p.m. at Georgia State* Georgia State Stadium • Atlanta, GA ESPN3 W 17–10   24,333
September 9 6:00 p.m. vs. Jackson State* No. 23 Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Southern Heritage Classic) FSS W 17–15   47,407
September 16 5:00 p.m. vs. Florida A&M* No. 22 Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL (Tampa Classic) RV W 24–13   17,102
September 23 4:00 p.m. at No. 24 UT Martin No. 20 Graham Stadium • Martin, TN (Sgt. York Trophy) ESPN3 L 16–31   6,484
September 30 6:00 p.m. Eastern Illinois No. 24 Nissan Stadium • Nashville, TN (John Merritt Classic) ESPN3 L 16–19 2OT  11,013
October 7 5:00 p.m. at Eastern Kentucky Roy Kidd Stadium • Richmond, KY OVCDN W 45–21   8,410
October 14 6:00 p.m. Austin Peaydagger Nissan Stadium • Nashville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy) OVCDN L 17–21   21,127
October 28 1:30 p.m. at Tennessee Tech Tucker Stadium • Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy) OVCDN L 26–30   5,235
November 4 2:00 p.m. Virginia–Lynchburg* Hale Stadium • Nashville, TN OVCDN W 60–0   7,487
November 11 2:00 p.m. Southeast Missouri State Nissan Stadium • Nashville, TN OVCDN W 23–20   8,693
November 16 6:00 p.m. at No. 2 Jacksonville State JSU Stadium • Jacksonville, AL OVCDN L 6–36   18,782
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Game summaries

at Georgia State

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

vs Jackson State

1 2 3 4 Total
JSU Tigers 3 6 0 6 15
No. 23 TSU Tigers 10 0 0 7 17

vs Florida A&M

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Tigers 3 7 7 7 24
Rattlers 0 6 0 7 13

at UT Martin

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 20 Tigers 0 9 7 0 16
No. 24 Skyhawks 17 7 7 0 31

Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4OT Total
Panthers 7 3 0 09 19
No. 24 Tigers 0 7 0 36 16

at Eastern Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 3 14 0 28 45
Colonels 0 0 14 7 21

Austin Peay

1 2 3 4 Total
Governors 7 0 7 7 21
Tigers 3 0 7 7 17

at Tennessee Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 10 7 2 26
Golden Eagles 13 7 7 3 30

Virginia–Lynchburg

1 2 3 4 Total
Dragons 0 0 0 0 0
Tigers 21 17 10 12 60

Southeast Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Redhawks 6 0 7 7 20
Tigers 6 7 0 10 23

at Jacksonville State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 0 0 6 0 6
No. 2 Gamecocks 0 10 14 12 36

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 23 22 20 24 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR 
Coaches RV 24 24 20 24 RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

References

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