2017 Georgia Southern Eagles football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record2–10 (2–6 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBryan Cook (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorLorenzo Costantini (2nd season)
Home stadiumPaulson Stadium
2017 Sun Belt Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Troy +  7 –1   11 –2  
Appalachian State +  7 –1   9 –4  
Arkansas State  6 –2   7 –5  
Georgia State  5 –3   7 –5  
New Mexico State  4 –4   7 –6  
Louisiana  4 –4   5 –7  
Louisiana–Monroe  4 –4   4 –8  
Idaho  3 –5   4 –8  
South Alabama  3 –5   4 –8  
Coastal Carolina *  2 –6   3 –9  
Georgia Southern  2 –6   2 –10  
Texas State  1 –7   2 –10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules

The 2017 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by coach Chad Lunsford following the mid-season firing of second-year head coach Tyson Summers.[1][2] They finished the season 2–10, 2–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for tenth place.

Following the season, interim head coach Chad Lunsford was promoted to head coach.[3][4]

Schedule

Georgia Southern announced its 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017. The 2016 schedule consisted of five home and seven away games in the regular season. The Eagles hosted Sun Belt opponents Arkansas State, New Mexico State, Georgia State, and South Alabama, and traveled to Troy, Appalachian State, Louisiana-Lafayette, and Coastal Carolina.[5]

The team played four non–conference games, one home game against New Hampshire from the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA), and traveled to three road games against Auburn from the Southeastern Conference (SEC), Indiana from the Big Ten Conference (B1G) and UMass (Independent). Due to the then-impending impact of Hurricane Irma on southern Georgia, the home game against New Hampshire was relocated to Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama.[6]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:30 p.m.at No. 12 Auburn*
SECNL 7–4187,451
September 94:00 p.m.No. 12 (FCS) New Hampshire*
ESPN3L 12–223,387
September 233:30 p.m.at Indiana*
BTNL 17–5242,886
October 48:00 p.m.Arkansas State
ESPN2L 25–4313,781
October 146:00 p.m.New Mexico Statedagger
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
ESPN3L 27–3516,278
October 213:30 p.m.at UMass*
ELVNL 20–5510,690
October 283:30 p.m.at Troy
ESPN3L 16–3823,846
November 43:00 p.m.Georgia State
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA (rivalry)
ESPN3L 17–2118,722
November 97:30 p.m.at Appalachian State
ESPNUL 6–2723,110
November 183:00 p.m.South Alabama
  • Paulson Stadium
  • Statesboro, GA
ESPN3W 52–012,250
November 255:00 p.m.at Louisiana–Lafayette
ESPN3W 34–2412,993
December 21:00 p.m.at Coastal Carolina
ESPN3L 17–2815,951

[7]

Game summaries

At Auburn

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 0 0 0 7
No. 12 Tigers 10 14 10 7 41

New Hampshire

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 12 (FCS) Wildcats 15 7 0 0 22
Eagles 0 0 5 7 12

At Indiana

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 0 7 10 0 17
Hoosiers 21 10 14 7 52

Arkansas State

1 2 3 4 Total
Red Wolves 3 19 14 7 43
Eagles 0 17 0 8 25

New Mexico State

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 14 7 0 14 35
Eagles 14 10 3 0 27

At UMass

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 10 3 0 20
Minutemen 28 20 0 7 55

Tyson Summers was fired as head coach the day after the game. Assistant Head Coach Chad Lunsford was named Interim Coach for the remainder of the season.

At Troy

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 7 3 0 6 16
Trojans 14 14 3 7 38

Georgia State

1 2 3 4 Total
Panthers 7 0 7 7 21
Eagles 7 3 7 0 17

At Appalachian State

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 0 3 0 6
Mountaineers 0 10 3 14 27

South Alabama

1 2 3 4 Total
Jaguars 0 0 0 0 0
Eagles 21 10 14 7 52

At Louisiana–Lafayette

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 14 3 10 7 34
Ragin' Cajuns 0 7 3 14 24

At Coastal Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Eagles 3 7 7 0 17
Chanticleers 7 7 14 0 28

References

  1. ↑ "Georgia Southern fires head coach Tyson Summers". Savannah Morning News. October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Summers Relieved Of Georgia Southern Coaching Duties". Georgia Southern. October 22, 2017. Retrieved October 22, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Georgia Southern taking interim tag off Lunsford". SBNation.com. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  4. ↑ "Chad Lunsford promoted to full-time head coach at Georgia Southern". Underdog Dynasty. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  5. ↑ "2017 Georgia Southern football schedule released" (Press release). Georgia Southern University Department of Athletics. March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 3, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Game Alert: Georgia Southern/New Hampshire Football Game Moved to Birmingham". Georgia Southern Athletics. September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 8, 2017.
  7. ↑ "2017 Georgia Southern Eagles Football Schedule". Georgia Southern Athletics. Retrieved March 3, 2017.


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