American college football season
The 2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season . Led by first-year head coach Mark Tucker , the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, placing third in the Big South. Charleston Southern played home games at Buccaneer Field in Charleston, South Carolina .
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 2 4:00 p.m. at Mississippi State * No. 14 SECN L 0–4954,215 September 9 South Carolina State *Cancelled September 16 6:00 p.m. at Elon * No. 16 CSL L 17–195,248 September 23 6:00 p.m. Point * BSN W 66–01,945 September 30 6:00 p.m. Mississippi Valley State * Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC BSN W 58–71,456 October 7 3:30 p.m. at Indiana * BTN L 0–2735,995 October 14 Noon at Presbyterian STADIUM W 7–01,570 October 21 6:00 p.m. Savannah State * Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC BSN W 52–273,156 October 28 6:00 p.m. Monmouth Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC ESPN3 L 20–231,825 November 4 1:30 p.m. at Gardner–Webb 7C W 10–92,850 November 11 3:30 p.m. at No. 23 Kennesaw State ESPN3 L 0–386,224 November 18 Noon Liberty Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC W 20–193,345 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
^[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 versus Indiana on October 7. [2] [3]
Game summaries [ edit ] At Mississippi State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 14 Buccaneers 0 0 0 0 0 Bulldogs 23 12 7 7 49
At Elon [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 16 Buccaneers 0 7 0 10 17 Phoenix 6 7 6 0 19
1 2 3 4 Total Skyhawks 0 0 0 0 0 Buccaneers 14 17 14 21 66
Mississippi Valley State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Delta Devils 0 7 0 0 7 Buccaneers 0 10 35 13 58
At Indiana [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Buccaneers 0 0 0 0 0 Hoosiers 10 14 3 0 27
At Presbyterian [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Buccaneers 0 0 0 7 7 Blue Hose 0 0 0 0 0
Savannah State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 10 7 3 7 27 Buccaneers 14 17 14 7 52
Monmouth [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Hawks 0 16 7 0 23 Buccaneers 0 0 7 13 20
At Gardner–Webb [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Buccaneers 7 0 0 3 10 Runnin' Bulldogs 3 3 0 3 9
At Kennesaw State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Buccaneers 0 0 0 0 0 No. 23 Owls 7 14 3 14 38
Liberty [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Flames 0 7 9 3 19 Buccaneers 0 7 0 13 20
Ranking movements [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received 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 — — — Coaches 14 18 19 RV RV RV — — — — — — — —
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