2017 Tennessee State Tigers football team

The 2017 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) 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. Tennessee State finished the season 6–5 overall and 2–5 in OVC play to tie for seventh place.

2017 Tennessee State Tigers football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Record6–5 (2–5 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Parker (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorGarry Fisher (1st season)
Home stadiumNissan Stadium
Hale Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Ohio Valley Conference 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     4 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 Poll

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 316:00 p.m.at Georgia State*ESPN3W 17–1024,333
September 96:00 p.m.vs. Jackson State*No. 23FSSW 17–1547,407
September 165:00 p.m.vs. Florida A&M*No. 22RVW 24–1317,102
September 234:00 p.m.at No. 24 UT MartinNo. 20ESPN3L 16–316,484
September 306:00 p.m.Eastern IllinoisNo. 24ESPN3L 16–19 2OT11,013
October 75:00 p.m.at Eastern KentuckyOVCDNW 45–218,410
October 146:00 p.m.Austin Peay 
  • Nissan Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
OVCDNL 17–2121,127
October 281:30 p.m.at Tennessee TechOVCDNL 26–305,235
November 42:00 p.m.Virginia–Lynchburg*
OVCDNW 60–07,487
November 112:00 p.m.Southeast Missouri State
  • Nissan Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
OVCDNW 23–208,693
November 166:00 p.m.at No. 2 Jacksonville StateOVCDNL 6–3618,782
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

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At Georgia State

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

vs Jackson State

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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

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

At UT Martin

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

Eastern Illinois

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

At Eastern Kentucky

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

Austin Peay

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

At Tennessee Tech

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

Virginia–Lynchburg

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

Southeast Missouri State

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

At Jacksonville State

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

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCSRV23222024RVRV
CoachesRV24242024RVRV

References

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