2017 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team

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2017 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football
SLU Lions.png
Conference Southland Conference
Record6–5 (6–3 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Barrett (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorRon Roberts (6th season)
Home stadium Strawberry Stadium
Seasons
  2016
2018  
2017 Southland Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 Central Arkansas $^  9 0   10 2  
No. 4 Sam Houston State ^  8 1   12 2  
No. 25 Nicholls State ^  7 2   8 4  
No. 22 McNeese State  7 2   9 2  
Southeastern Louisiana  6 3   6 5  
Northwestern State  4 5   4 7  
Stephen F. Austin  4 5   4 7  
Abilene Christian  2 7   2 9  
Incarnate Word  1 7   1 10  
Lamar  1 8   2 9  
Houston Baptist  0 9   1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS poll

The 2017 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team represented Southeastern Louisiana University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lions were led by sixth-year head coach Ron Roberts and played their home games at Strawberry Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. [1] They finished the season 6–5, 6–3 in Southland play to finish in fifth place.

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On January 19, head coach Ron Roberts resigned to become the defensive coordinator at Louisiana. [2] He finished at Southeastern Louisiana with a six-year record of 42–29.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m.at Louisiana–Lafayette * ESPN3 L 48–5118,289
September 97:00 p.m. Bethune–Cookman * ELVN L 23–286,321
September 167:15 p.m.at No. 14 Central Arkansas ELVNL 6–3810,237
September 237:00 p.m. Lamar
  • Strawberry Stadium
  • Hammond, LA
LionVisionW 49–214,728
September 306:30 p.m.at Northwestern State CST
ESPN3
W 49–209,073
October 710:00 a.m. [lower-alpha 1] Incarnate Word Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Strawberry Stadium
  • Hammond, LA
LionVision W 49–304,156
October 146:00 p.m.at Houston Baptist ESPN3W 56–101,827
October 212:30 p.m.at Abilene Christian
W 56–2112,000
October 287:00 p.m.No. 5 Sam Houston State
  • Strawberry Stadium
  • Hammond, LA
ESPN3L 23–336,027
November 46:00 p.m.at McNeese State L 3–137,332
November 166:00 p.m. Nicholls State
CST
ESPN3
W 21–176,866
  1. Game was originally scheduled for 4:00 p.m. CST, but was moved up due to the threat of inclement weather.

Source: [3]

Game summaries

At Louisiana

Broadcasters: David Saltzman & Bobby Carpenter

1234Total
Lions211401348
Ragin' Cajuns21147951

Bethune-Cookman

Broadcasters: Lyn Rollins, Butch Alsandor, & Meghan Kluth

1234Total
Wildcats14001428
Lions367723

At No. 14 Central Arkansas

Broadcasters: Steve Sullivan & Fitz Hill

1234Total
Lions03036
#14 Bears7721338

Lamar

Broadcasters: John Sartori, Wesley Boone, & Richie Solares

1234Total
Cardinals777021
Lions21147749

At Northwestern State

Broadcasters:

1234Total
Lions14287049
Demons670720

Incarnate Word

Broadcasters:

1234Total
Cardinals3173730
Lions72102149

At Houston Baptist

Broadcasters:

1234Total
Lions714211456
Huskies300710

At Abilene Christian

Broadcasters:

1234Total
Lions714142156
Wildcats3100821

No. 5 Sam Houston State

Broadcasters:

1234Total
#5 Bearkats9710733
Lions3137023

At McNeese State

Broadcasters:

1234Total
Lions03003
Cowboys006713

Nicholls State

Broadcasters:

1234Total
Colonels773017
Lions7014021

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References

  1. "SLU Announces 2017 Football Schedule". January 17, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  2. "Ron Roberts leaves Southeastern Louisiana to become UL-Lafayette defensive coordinator".
  3. "2017 Football Schedule". Southeastern Louisiana University Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2017.