American college football season
2017 Elon Phoenix football |
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Conference | Colonial Athletic Association |
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Ranking |
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STATS | No. 20 |
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FCS Coaches | No. 21 |
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Record | 8–4 (6–2 CAA) |
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Head coach | - Curt Cignetti (1st season)
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Offensive coordinator | Drew Folmar (1st season) |
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Defensive coordinator | Tony Trisciani (1st season) |
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Home stadium | Rhodes Stadium |
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The 2017 Elon Phoenix football team represented Elon University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Curt Cignetti and played their home games at Rhodes Stadium. They were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 8–4, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they were lost to Furman in the first round.
Preseason poll
First place votes in parentheses
Place | School |
1 | James Madison (21) |
2 | Richmond (3) |
3 | Villanova |
4 | New Hampshire |
5 | Delaware |
6 | Albany |
7 | William & Mary |
8 | Stony Brook |
9 | Maine |
10 | Towson |
11 | Elon |
12 | Rhode Island |
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Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 31 | 7:00 p.m. | at Toledo* | | | ESPN3 | L 13–47 | 22,104 |
September 9 | 1:00 p.m. | at Furman* | | | ESPN3 | W 34–31 | 6,342 |
September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 16 Charleston Southern* | | | CSL[2] | W 19–17 | 5,248 |
September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 8 Richmond | | | CSN+ | W 36–33 | 8,217 |
September 30 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 19 Albany | No. 23 | | CSL[2] | W 6–0 | 5,024 |
October 7 | 2:00 p.m. | William & Mary | No. 18 | | PAA | W 25–17 | 10,137 |
October 21 | Noon | at Rhode Island | No. 14 | | CSL | W 35–34 | 7,221 |
October 28 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 13 Villanova | No. 10 | | NNAA | W 19–14 | 5,451 |
November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | Towson | No. 7 | | PAA | W 33–30 2OT | 10,113 |
November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 18 New Hampshire | No. 7 | | FCS FSGO | L 6–16 | 7,294 |
November 18 | Noon | No. 1 James Madison | No. 11 | | PAA | L 3–31 | 8,662 |
November 25 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 22 Furman* | No. 15 | | ESPN3 | L 27–28 | 2,934 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries
At Toledo
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Phoenix | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 13 |
Rockets | 13 | 6 | 21 | 7 | 47 |
At Furman
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Phoenix | 21 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 34 |
Paladins | 0 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 31 |
Charleston Southern
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 16 Buccaneers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
Phoenix | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
At Richmond
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Phoenix | 6 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 36 |
No. 8 Spiders | 7 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 33 |
Albany
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 19 Great Danes | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
No. 23 Phoenix | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
William & Mary
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Tribe | 0 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 17 |
No. 18 Phoenix | 6 | 17 | 0 | 2 | 25 |
At Rhode Island
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 14 Phoenix | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Rams | 7 | 20 | 7 | 0 | 34 |
At Villanova
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 10 Phoenix | 0 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 19 |
No. 13 Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Towson
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
Tigers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 30 |
No. 7 Phoenix | 7 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 33 |
At New Hampshire
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 7 Phoenix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
No. 18 Wildcats | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
James Madison
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 1 Dukes | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
No. 11 Phoenix | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
FCS Playoffs
Furman–First Round
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 22 Paladins | 0 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
No. 15 Phoenix | 7 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 27 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | — | — | — | RV | 23 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 20 |
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Coaches | — | — | — | — | RV | 23 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 21 |
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References
- ^ "JMU picked to capture 2017 CAA Football title". Retrieved July 25, 2017.
- ^ a b Washburn, Rob (August 18, 2017). "CAA PARTNERS WITH CBS SPORTS DIGITAL". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
- ^ "2017 Schedule". Elon University Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 5, 2017.
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2017 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants |
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Champion – North Dakota State |