2017 Delta State Statesmen football team

2017 Delta State Statesmen football
2017 Delta State Statesmen football
Conference	Gulf South Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 21
Record	9–4 (5–3 GSC)
Head coach	Todd Cooley (5th season);
Offensive coordinator	Joel Williams (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Jerry Partridge (1st season)
Home stadium	Parker Field at Horace McCool Stadium

2017 Gulf South Conference football standings

Team	W		L	W		L
No. 12 West Alabama $^	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 2 West Florida ^	5	–	3	11	–	4
No. 21 Delta State ^	5	–	3	9	–	4
No. 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

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2017 Delta State Statesmen football team represented Delta State University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Todd Cooley. The Statesmen played their home games at McCool Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference.

Schedule

Delta State announced its 2017 football schedule on December 27, 2016 which consists of six home and five away games in the regular season. The Statesmen will host GSC foes Florida Tech, Valdosta State, West Alabama and West Georgia, and will travel to Mississippi College, North Alabama, Shorter, and West Florida.

The Statesmen will host two of the three non-conference games against Chowan of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Tarleton State of the Lone Star Conference and will travel to North Greenville whom is independent from a conference.

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	2:00 p.m	Tarleton State*		Mickey Sellers Field Cleveland, MS		W 34–16	5,155
September 9	2:00 p.m.	Chowan*		McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS		W 42-13	5,255
September 16	2:00 p.m.	No. 17 West Georgia	No. 24	McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS		W 17-7	5,255
September 23	12:00 p.m.	at Shorter	No. 17	Barron Stadium Rome, GA	ESPN3	W 54-20	1,100
September 30	7:00 p.m.	at Mississippi College	No. 13	Robinson-Hale Stadium Clinton, MS (Rivalry)	ESPN3	W 30-17	6,348
October 7	6:00 p.m.	West Alabama	No. 9	McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS		L 26-29	7,856
October 14	4:00 p.m.	at West Florida	No. 21	Blue Wahoos Stadium Pensacola, FL		W 28-25	5,458
October 21	2:00 p.m.	Valdosta State	No. 19	McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS		L 13-34	3,451
October 28	6:00 p.m.	at North Alabama		Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL		L 7-20	6,033
November 4	1:30 p.m.	at North Greenville*		Younts Stadium Tigerville, SC		W 33-30 ^OT	3,033
November 11	2:00 p.m.	Florida Tech		McCool Stadium Cleveland, MS	ESPN3	W 42-20	6,555
November 18	10:00 a.m.	at No. 14 Bowie State*		Bulldogs Stadium Bowie, MD (Division II Playoffs First Round)		W 45-35	2,214
November 25	12:00 p.m.	at No. 17 West Alabama*		Tiger Stadium Livingston, AL (Division II Playoffs Second Round)		L 20-27	4,893
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ 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	Final
AFCA	RV	RV	24	17	13	9	21	19	RV	—	RV	RV	21

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Delta State Statesmen football
Venues	Delta Field McCool Stadium (1970–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Mississippi College
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
National championship seasons in bold