2017 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

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2017 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers wordmark.svg
Conference Sun Belt Conference
Record3–9 (2–6 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJamey Chadwell (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Mickey Matthews (2nd season)
Home stadium Brooks Stadium
Seasons
  2016
2018  
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 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Chanticleers played their home games at the Brooks Stadium in Conway, South Carolina, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by interim head coach Jamey Chadwell, who also served as offense coordinator, while permanent head coach Joe Moglia was on leave due to medical issues. [1] The season marked the Chanticleers' first year in the Sun Belt and the FBS, and their second of a two year transition period. They would not become bowl-eligible until the 2018 season. [1] They finished the season 3–9, 2–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for 10th place.

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Schedule

Coastal Carolina announced its 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017. [2] The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Chanticleers hosted Sun Belt foes Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Texas State, and Troy, and traveled to Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Idaho, and Louisiana–Monroe [3]

The Chanticleers hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Massachusetts, who was independent from a conference and Western Illinois from the FCS Missouri Valley Football Conference, and traveled to Arkansas from the Southeastern Conference and UAB from Conference USA.

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 27:00 p.m. UMass * ESPN3 W 38–2813,274
September 16Noonat UAB * WMBF-TV L 23–3024,789
September 236:30 p.m.No. 19 (FCS) Western Illinois *
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
ESPN3L 10–5214,996
September 306:00 p.m.at Louisiana–Monroe ESPN3L 43–5110,359
October 76:30 p.m. Georgia State
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
ESPN3L 21–2715,991
October 147:00 p.m.at Arkansas State ESPN3L 17–5125,916
October 213:30 p.m.at Appalachian State ESPN3L 29–3730,179
October 286:00 p.m. Texas State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
ESPN3L 7–2713,997
November 44:00 p.m.at Arkansas * SECN L 38–3961,476
November 114:30 p.m. Troy
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
ESPN3L 17–4215,545
November 185:00 p.m.at Idaho ESPN3W 13–77,444
December 21:00 p.m. Georgia Southern
  • Brooks Stadium
  • Conway, SC
ESPN3W 28–1715,951
Schedule Source: [4]

Game summaries

UMass

1234Total
Minutemen777728
Chanticleers14710738

At UAB

1234Total
Chanticleers2381023
Blazers1337730

Western Illinois

1234Total
No. 19 (FCS) Leathernecks714211052
Chanticleers1000010

At Louisiana–Monroe

1234Total
Chanticleers15781343
Warhawks102114651

Georgia State

1234Total
Panthers1470627
Chanticleers0701421

At Arkansas State

1234Total
Chanticleers0701017
Red Wolves710171751

At Appalachian State

1234Total
Chanticleers3163729
Mountaineers14361437

Texas State

1234Total
Bobcats7103727
Chanticleers70007

At Arkansas

1234Total
Chanticleers7717738
Razorbacks71081439

Troy

1234Total
Trojans14147742
Chanticleers1007017

At Idaho

1234Total
Chanticleers0100313
Vandals70007

Georgia Southern

1234Total
Eagles377017
Chanticleers7714028

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