2017 Jackson State Tigers football team

The 2017 Jackson State Tigers football team represented Jackson State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Tigers were led by second-year head coach Tony Hughes and played their home games at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium in Jackson, Mississippi as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They finished the season 3–8, 3–4 in SWAC play to finish in fourth place in the East Division.

2017 Jackson State Tigers football
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
	East Division
2017 record	3–8 (3–4 SWAC)
Head coach	Tony Hughes (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Chad Germany (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	John Hendrick (2nd season)
Home stadium	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 60,492)

2017 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
East
Alcorn State xy		5	–	2					7	–	5
Alabama State		4	–	3					5	–	6
Alabama A&M		3	–	4					4	–	7
Jackson State		3	–	4					3	–	8
Mississippi Valley State		1	–	6					2	–	9
West
No. 16 Grambling State xy$		7	–	0					11	–	2
Southern*		5	–	2					7	–	4
Prairie View A&M		4	–	3					6	–	5
Texas Southern		2	–	5					2	–	9
Arkansas–Pine Bluff		1	–	6					2	–	9
Championship: Grambling State 40, Alcorn State 32 December 2, 2017
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant *Southern ineligible for postseason due to APR violations Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	at TCU*	Amon G. Carter Stadium Fort Worth, TX	FSN	L 0–63	42,709
September 9	6:00 p.m.	vs. No. 23 Tennessee State*	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Southern Heritage Classic)	FSS	L 15–17	47,407
September 16	6:00 p.m.	at No. 22 Grambling State*	Eddie Robinson Stadium Grambling, LA	ESPN3	L 21–36	16,513
September 23	6:00 p.m.	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS		L 27–34 ^OT	14,855
September 30	4:00 p.m.	at Prairie View A&M	Panther Stadium Prairie View, TX		L 9–38	6,601
October 14	6:00 p.m.	vs. Tuskeegee*	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL		L 7–33
October 21	6:00 p.m.	Southern	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (BoomBox Classic)		L 17–35	14,000
October 28	2:00 p.m.	at Mississippi Valley State	Rice–Totten Field Itta Bena, MS		W 24–5	7,925
November 4	2:00 p.m.	Alabama State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS		L 3–13	18,585
November 11	1:00 p.m.	at Alabama A&M	Louis Crews Stadium Huntsville, AL		W 10–7	5,755
November 18	2:00 p.m.	Alcorn State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS		W 7–3	12,903
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at TCU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	0	0	0	0
Horned Frogs	21	14	21	7	63

vs Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 TSU Tigers	10	0	0	7	17
JSU Tigers	3	6	0	6	15

at Grambling State

	1	2	3	4	Total
JSU Tigers	7	7	7	0	21
No. 22 GSU Tigers	9	10	3	14	36

Arkansas–Pine Bluff

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Golden Lions	7	9	0	11	7	34
Tigers	7	10	10	0	0	27

at Prairie View A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	3	0	0	6	9
Panthers	17	0	14	7	38

vs Tuskegee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Tigers	6	7	14	6	33
Tigers	0	7	0	0	7

Southern

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	7	14	14	0	35
Tigers	10	0	7	0	17

at Mississippi Valley State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	10	7	7	24
Delta Devils	3	0	0	2	5

Alabama State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hornets	3	3	7	0	13
Tigers	0	3	0	0	3

at Alabama A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	0	0	10	10
Bulldogs	0	0	7	0	7

Alcorn State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Braves	3	0	0	0	3
Tigers	0	7	0	0	7

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