2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

American college football season

2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football

Conference| Big South Conference
Record| 6–5 (3–2 Big South)
Head coach|

* Mark Tucker (1st season)

Defensive coordinator| Zane Vance (1st season)
Home stadium| Buccaneer Field

Seasons

<- 2016

2018 ->

2017 Big South Conference football standings

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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

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

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September 2| 4:00 p.m.| at Mississippi State*| No. 14|

* Davis Wade Stadium
* Starkville, MS

| SECN| L 0–49| 54,215
September 9| | South Carolina State*| |

* Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
* Orangeburg, SC

| | Cancelled |
September 16| 6:00 p.m.| at Elon*| No. 16|

* Rhodes Stadium
* Elon, NC

| CSL| L 17–19| 5,248
September 23| 6:00 p.m.| Point*| |

* Buccaneer Field
* Charleston, SC

| BSN| W 66–0| 1,945
September 30| 6:00 p.m.| Mississippi Valley State*| |

* Buccaneer Field
* Charleston, SC

| BSN| W 58–7| 1,456
October 7| 3:30 p.m.| at Indiana*| |

* Memorial Stadium
* Bloomington, IN

| BTN| L 0–27| 35,995
October 14| Noon| at Presbyterian| |

* Bailey Memorial Stadium
* Clinton, SC

| STADIUM| W 7–0| 1,570
October 21| 6:00 p.m.| Savannah State*| |

* Buccaneer Field
* Charleston, SC

| BSN| W 52–27| 3,156
October 28| 6:00 p.m.| Monmouth| |

* Buccaneer Field
* Charleston, SC

| ESPN3| L 20–23| 1,825
November 4| 1:30 p.m.| at Gardner–Webb| |

* Spangler Stadium
* Boiling Springs, NC

| 7C| W 10–9| 2,850
November 11| 3:30 p.m.| at No. 23 Kennesaw State| |

* Fifth Third Bank Stadium
* Kennesaw, GA

| ESPN3| L 0–38| 6,224
November 18| Noon| Liberty| |

* Buccaneer Field
* Charleston, SC

| | W 20–19| 3,345

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings 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.

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## Game summaries

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### At Mississippi State

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No. 14 Buccaneers  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0 | 0
Bulldogs | 23  | 12  | 7  | 7 | 49

See also: 2017 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

### At Elon

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No. 16 Buccaneers  | 0  | 7  | 0  | 10 | 17
Phoenix | 6  | 7  | 6  | 0 | 19

See also: 2017 Elon Phoenix football team

### Point

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Skyhawks  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0 | 0
Buccaneers | 14  | 17  | 14  | 21 | 66

See also: Point Skyhawks football

### Mississippi Valley State

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Delta Devils  | 0  | 7  | 0  | 0 | 7
Buccaneers | 0  | 10  | 35  | 13 | 58

See also: 2017 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team

### At Indiana

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Buccaneers  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0 | 0
Hoosiers | 10  | 14  | 3  | 0 | 27

See also: 2017 Indiana Hoosiers football team

### At Presbyterian

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Buccaneers | 0  | 0  | 0  | 7 | 7
Blue Hose  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0 | 0

See also: 2017 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team

### Savannah State

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Tigers  | 10  | 7  | 3  | 7 | 27
Buccaneers | 14  | 17  | 14  | 7 | 52

See also: 2017 Savannah State Tigers football team

### Monmouth

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Hawks | 0  | 16  | 7  | 0 | 23
Buccaneers  | 0  | 0  | 7  | 13 | 20

See also: 2017 Monmouth Hawks football team

### At Gardner–Webb

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Buccaneers | 7  | 0  | 0  | 3 | 10
Runnin' Bulldogs  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 3 | 9

See also: 2017 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team

### At Kennesaw State

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Buccaneers  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0 | 0
No. 23 Owls | 7  | 14  | 3  | 14 | 38

See also: 2017 Kennesaw State Owls football team

### Liberty

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Flames  | 0  | 7  | 9  | 3 | 19
Buccaneers | 0  | 7  | 0  | 13 | 20

See also: 2017 Liberty Flames football team

## Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes| Week

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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| —| —| —| —| —| —| —| —

## References

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1. ^ "S.C. State, Charleston Southern cancel Saturday's game". Charleston Southern University Athletics. September 6, 2017. Archived from the original on September 8, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
2. ^ "Charleston Southern Buccaneers Schedule 2017". ESPN. Retrieved December 18, 2022.
3. ^ "2017 Football". Charleston Southern University Athletics. Retrieved December 18, 2022.

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