American college football season
The 2017 South Carolina State Bulldogs football team represented South Carolina State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 16th-year head coach Oliver Pough and played their home games at Oliver C. Dawson Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 3–7, 2–6 in MEAC play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 2:30 p.m. | at Southern* | | ESPN2 | L 8–14 | 10,006 |
September 9 [a] | 2:30 p.m. | No. 16 Charleston Southern* | | | Cancelled | |
September 16 | 2:00 p.m. | Johnson C. Smith* | - Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
- Orangeburg, SC
| | W 41–0 | 12,000 |
September 21 | 7:30 p.m. | at North Carolina Central | | ESPNU | L 28–33 | 9,012 |
September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 17 North Carolina A&T | - Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
- Orangeburg, SC (rivalry)
| FloFootball | L 7–21 | 14,789 |
October 6 | 7:30 p.m. | Morgan State | - Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
- Orangeburg, SC
| ESPNU | W 35–14 | 9,038 |
October 14 | 4:00 p.m. | at Bethune–Cookman | | CENCatEye Network | L 9–12 | 6,191 |
October 21 | 2:00 p.m. | at Delaware State | | WDSU-TV | L 14–17 | 1,270 |
October 28 | 1:30 p.m. | Howard | - Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
- Orangeburg, SC
| FloFootball | L 20–28 | 15,089 |
November 11 | 1:30 p.m. | Hampton | - Oliver C. Dawson Stadium
- Orangeburg, SC
| FloFootball | W 33–15 | 8,491 |
November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | at Savannah State | | | L 10–34 | 3,015 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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^[a] The game between Charleston Southern and South Carolina, recently 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, but was ultimately cancelled.[1]
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Game summaries
At Southern (MEAC/SWAC Challenge)
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulldogs | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
Jaguars | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Johnson C. Smith
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Golden Bulls | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Bulldogs | 16 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 41 |
At North Carolina Central
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulldogs | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
Eagles | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 33 |
North Carolina A&T
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
No. 17 Aggies | 0 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 21 |
Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Morgan State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bears | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 14 |
Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 | 35 |
At Bethune–Cookman
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Wildcats | 3 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
Bulldogs | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
At Delaware State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
Hornets | 14 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 |
Howard
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bison | | | | | 0 |
Bulldogs | | | | | 0 |
Hampton
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Pirates | | | | | 0 |
Bulldogs | | | | | 0 |
At Savannah State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulldogs | | | | | 0 |
Tigers | | | | | 0 |
References
- ^ "S.C. State, Charleston Southern cancel Saturday's game". Charleston Southern University Athletics. September 6, 2017. Archived from the original on September 8, 2017. Retrieved September 7, 2017.
- ^ Schedule
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