2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Record4–7 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike O'Cain (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorBilly Taylor (3rd season)
Home stadiumWilliam B. Greene Jr. Stadium
2017 Southern Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 6 Wofford $^  7 –1   10 –3  
No. 18 Samford ^  6 –2   8 –4  
No. 19 Furman ^  6 –2   8 –5  
Western Carolina  5 –3   7 –5  
Mercer  4 –4   5 –6  
The Citadel  3 –5   5 –6  
Chattanooga  3 –5   3 –8  
East Tennessee State  2 –6   4 –7  
VMI  0 –8   0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season and are in the second year of their second stint as football members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They are led by third-year head coach Carl Torbush and, for the first time, play all their home games at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium.[1] They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in SoCon play to finish in eighth place.

On December 8, head coach Carl Torbush announced his retirement.[2] He finished at ETSU with a three-year record of 11–22.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 p.m.Limestone*
ESPN3W 31–109,530
September 96:00 p.m.at No. 1 James Madison*
CSN MA+L 10–5217,118
September 161:00 p.m.No. 13 The Citadel
  • William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
  • Johnson City, TN
ESPN3L 25–317,544
September 233:30 p.m.Mercer
  • William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
  • Johnson City, TN
ESPN3W 26–23 OT8,022
September 301:00 p.m.at Furman
ESPN3L 35–567,104
October 73:30 p.m.Robert Morris*dagger
  • William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
  • Johnson City, TN
ESPN3W 16–38,540
October 143:30 p.m.at No. 21 Western Carolina
ESPN3L 10–498,300
October 281:00 p.m.No. 8 Wofford
  • William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
  • Johnson City, TN
ESPN3L 24–317,087
November 412:00 p.m.VMI
  • William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
  • Johnson City, TN
ESPN3W 24–67,327
November 113:00 p.m.at No. 16 Samford
7C, ESPN3L 7–425,178
November 182:00 p.m.at Chattanooga
ESPN3L 3–108,434
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[3][4]

Game summaries

Limestone

1 2 3 4 Total
Saints 0 3 7 0 10
Buccaneers 7 14 7 3 31

At James Madison

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 7 3 0 10
No. 1 Dukes 21 7 17 7 52

The Citadel

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 13 Bulldogs 7 0 7 17 31
Buccaneers 7 7 3 8 25

Mercer

1 2 3 4OT Total
Bears 0 6 14 03 23
Buccaneers 7 3 0 106 26

At Furman

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 7 10 0 18 35
Paladins 14 14 14 14 56

Robert Morris

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonials 0 0 0 3 3
Buccaneers 3 7 6 0 16

Western Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 3 0 0 7 10
No. 21 Catamounts 0 7 21 21 49

Wofford

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 8 Terriers 3 14 7 7 31
Buccaneers 0 10 7 7 24

VMI

1 2 3 4 Total
Keydets 0 3 3 0 6
Buccaneers 10 0 7 7 24

At Samford

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 7 0 0 7
No. 16 Bulldogs 14 21 0 7 42

At Chattanooga

1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 3 0 0 0 3
Mocs 0 0 10 0 10

References

  1. ↑ "ETSU football announces 2017 schedule". ETSUBucs.com. December 19, 2016. Retrieved December 19, 2016.
  2. ↑ "Torbush announces retirement as ETSU head football coach".
  3. ↑ "East Tennessee State Buccaneers Schedule 2017". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  4. ↑ "2017 Football". East Tennessee State University. Retrieved December 23, 2023.
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