2017 Valdosta State Blazers football team
| 2017 Valdosta State Blazers football | |
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| Conference | Gulf South Conference |
| 2017 record | 5–4 (5–3 GSC) |
| Head coach | Kerwin Bell (2nd season) |
| Defensive coordinator | Danny Verpaele (1st season) |
| Home stadium |
Bazemore–Hyder Stadium (Capacity: 11,249) |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #12 West Alabama $^ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #2 West Florida ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 11 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #21 Delta State ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| #19 West Georgia ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Valdosta State | 5 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Alabama | 5 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Tech | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi College | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shorter | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 Valdosta State Blazers football team represented Valdosta State University during the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by second-year head coach Kerwin Bell. The Blazers played their home games at Bazemore–Hyder Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference.
Schedule
Valdosta State announced its 2017 football schedule on March 17, 2017. The schedule consists of 4 home, 5 away, and 1 neutral site games in the regular season. The Blazers will host GSC foes Florida Tech, Mississippi College, North Alabama, and West Alabama, and will travel to Delta State, Shorter, West Florida, and West Georgia.[1]
The Blazers will travel to both non-conference games which are against Albany State of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and travel to a neutral site game against Fort Valley State from the same conference as Albany State.
| Date | Time | Opponent# | Rank# | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | ||
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| September 2 | 7:00 p.m | at Albany State* | No. 11 | Albany State University Coliseum • Albany, GA | L 12–29 | 4,011 | |||
| September 9 | 7:00 p.m. | vs. Fort Valley State* | Memorial Stadium • Waycross, GA | Canceled[a] | |||||
| September 16 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 10 North Alabama | Bazemore–Hyder Stadium • Valdosta, GA | ESPN3 | L 24–30 | 4,191 | |||
| September 23 | 7:00 p.m. | at West Florida | Blue Wahoos Stadium • Pensacola, FL | W 30–19 | 5,416 | ||||
| October 7 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 25 West Georgia | University Stadium • Carrollton, GA (Rivalry) | ESPN3 | L 13–42 | 4,927 | |||
| October 14 | 7:00 p.m. | Mississippi College | Bazemore–Hyder Stadium • Valdosta, GA | ESPN3 | W 55–3 | 4,455 | |||
| October 21 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 19 Delta State | McCool Stadium • Cleveland, MS | W 34–13 | 3,451 | ||||
| October 28 | 7:00 p.m. | Florida Tech | Bazemore–Hyder Stadium • Valdosta, GA | W 42–14 | 3,018 | ||||
| November 5 | 3:00 p.m. | No. 23 West Alabama |
Bazemore–Hyder Stadium • Valdosta, GA | L 14–38 | 5,921 | ||||
| November 12 | 1:30 p.m. | Shorter | Barron Stadium • Rome, GA | W 52–0 | 1,110 | ||||
| *Non-conference game. | |||||||||
- ^[a] The game between Fort Valley State and Valdosta State was cancelled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irma.[2]
Rankings
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Final | ||||||||
| AFCA | 11 | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | ||||||||
References
- ↑ "Football Announces 2017 Schedule; Prepares for Spring Practice" (Press release). Valdosta State University Department of Athletics. March 17, 2017. Retrieved July 28, 2017.
- ↑ "Fort Valley State Game Cancelled Due to Hurricane Irma" (Press release). Valdosta State University Department of Athletics. September 7, 2017. Retrieved September 12, 2017.