2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

The 2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Mark Tucker and played their home games at Buccaneer Field. They played as a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 3–2 in Big South play to finish in third place.

2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
ConferenceBig South Conference
2017 record6–5 (3–2 Big South)
Head coachMark Tucker (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorMark Tucker (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorZane Vance (1st season)
Home stadiumBuccaneer Field
(Capacity: 4,000)
2017 Big South Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 Kennesaw State $^  5 –0     12 –2  
Monmouth ^  4 –1     9 –3  
Charleston Southern  3 –2     6 –5  
Liberty *  2 –3     6 –5  
Presbyterian  1 –4     4 –7  
Gardner–Webb  0 –5     1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • * Liberty ineligible for postseason due to FBS transition
Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 24:00 p.m.at Mississippi State*No. 14
SECNL 0–4954,215
September 9CancelledSouth Carolina State*Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC
September 166:00 p.m.at Elon*No. 16
CSLL 17–195,248
September 236:00 p.m.Point*
BSNW 66–01,945
September 306:00 p.m.Mississippi Valley State*
  • Buccaneer Field
  • Charleston, SC
BSNW 58–71,456
October 73:30 p.m.at Indiana*
BTNL 0–2735,995
October 14Noonat Presbyterian
STADIUMW 7–01,570
October 216:00 p.m.Savannah State*
  • Buccaneer Field
  • Charleston, SC
BSNW 52–273,156
October 286:00 p.m.Monmouth
  • Buccaneer Field
  • Charleston, SC
ESPN3L 20–231,825
November 41:30 p.m.at Gardner–Webb
7CW 10–92,850
November 113:30 p.m.at No. 23 Kennesaw State
ESPN3L 0–386,224
November 18NoonLiberty
  • Buccaneer Field
  • Charleston, SC
W 20–193,345
^[a] The game between Charleston Southern and South Carolina State had been rescheduled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irma, but on September 7, both schools agreed to postpone the game later in the season and the game was ultimately cancelled.[1] The game was replaced with a match-up vs. Indiana on October 7.

Source[2]

Game summaries

at Mississippi State
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 14 Buccaneers 0 0 0 0 0
Bulldogs 23 12 7 7 49
See also: 2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Elon
1 2 3 4 Total
No. 16 Buccaneers 0 7 0 10 17
Phoenix 6 7 6 0 19
See also: 2017 Elon Phoenix football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2002 ELON, 21–13

Point
1 2 3 4 Total
Skyhawks 0 0 0 0 0
Buccaneers 14 17 14 21 66
See also: Point Skyhawks football
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–0 2016 CSU, 61–9

Mississippi Valley State
1 2 3 4 Total
Delta Devils 0 7 0 0 7
Buccaneers 0 10 35 13 58
See also: 2017 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Indiana
1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 0 0 0
Hoosiers 10 14 3 0 27
See also: 2017 Indiana Hoosiers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

at Presbyterian
1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 0 7 7
Blue Hose 0 0 0 0 0
See also: 2017 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–14 2016 CSU, 38–3

Savannah State
1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 10 7 3 7 27
Buccaneers 14 17 14 7 52
See also: 2017 Savannah State Tigers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–0 2009 CSU, 47–10

Monmouth
1 2 3 4 Total
Hawks 0 16 7 0 23
Buccaneers 0 0 7 13 20
See also: 2017 Monmouth Hawks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 2016 CSU, 35–7

at Gardner–Webb
1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 7 0 0 3 10
Runnin' Bulldogs 3 3 0 3 9
See also: 2017 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–10 2016 GWU, 17–10

at Kennesaw State
1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 0 0 0 0
No. 23 Owls 7 14 3 14 38
See also: 2017 Kennesaw State Owls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–0 2016 CSU, 28–7

Liberty
1 2 3 4 Total
Flames 0 7 9 3 19
Buccaneers 0 7 0 13 20
See also: 2017 Liberty Flames football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–19 2016 CSU, 48–26

Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 14 16 16 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR 
Coaches 14 18 19 RV RV RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

References
  1. "S.C. State, Charleston Southern cancel Saturday's game". Charleston Southern University Athletics. September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
  2. "2017 Charleston Southern Football Schedule". csusports.com. Retrieved August 2, 2017.
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