2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

The 2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Mark Tucker and played their home games at Buccaneer Field. They played as a member of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 3–2 in Big South play to finish in third place.

2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football
Conference	Big South Conference
2017 record	6–5 (3–2 Big South)
Head coach	Mark Tucker (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Mark Tucker (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Zane Vance (1st season)
Home stadium	Buccaneer Field (Capacity: 4,000)

2017 Big South Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	4:00 p.m.	at Mississippi State*	No. 14	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	SECN	L 0–49	54,215
September 9	Cancelled	South Carolina State*		Oliver C. Dawson Stadium • Orangeburg, SC
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 FCS Poll released prior to game 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 vs. Indiana on October 7.

Source[2]

Game summaries

at Mississippi State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Buccaneers	0	0	0	0	0
Bulldogs	23	12	7	7	49

at Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Buccaneers	0	7	0	10	17
Phoenix	6	7	6	0	19

Point

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	0	0	0	0	0
Buccaneers	14	17	14	21	66

Mississippi Valley State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Delta Devils	0	7	0	0	7
Buccaneers	0	10	35	13	58

at Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	0	0	0	0
Hoosiers	10	14	3	0	27

at Presbyterian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	0	0	7	7
Blue Hose	0	0	0	0	0

Savannah State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	10	7	3	7	27
Buccaneers	14	17	14	7	52

Monmouth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawks	0	16	7	0	23
Buccaneers	0	0	7	13	20

at Gardner–Webb

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	7	0	0	3	10
Runnin' Bulldogs	3	3	0	3	9

at Kennesaw State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	0	0	0	0
No. 23 Owls	7	14	3	14	38

Liberty

	1	2	3	4	Total
Flames	0	7	9	3	19
Buccaneers	0	7	0	13	20

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
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	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	14	18	19	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

References

1. "S.C. State, Charleston Southern cancel Saturday's game". Charleston Southern University Athletics. September 6, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
2. "2017 Charleston Southern Football Schedule". csusports.com. Retrieved August 2, 2017.