American college football season
The 2017 Alcorn State Braves football team represented Alcorn State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Braves were led by second-year head coach Fred McNair and played their home games at Casem-Spinks Stadium in Lorman, Mississippi as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They finished the season 7–5, 5–2 in SWAC play to win the East Division. They lost the SWAC Championship Game to Grambling State.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 6:00 p.m. | Miles* | | BAA | W 50–21 | 10,751 |
[a] | 6:00 p.m. | vs. FIU* | | | L 10–17 | 5,017 |
September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | McNeese State* | - Casem-Spinks Stadium
- Lorman, MS
| BAA | L 27–34 | 12,608 |
September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | Southern | - Casem-Spinks Stadium
- Lorman, MS
| SWACDN | W 48–31 | 23,738 |
September 29 | 8:00 p.m. | at Texas Southern* | | AT&T SW | W 24–17 | 2,785 |
October 5 | 6:30 p.m. | at Alabama State | | ESPNU | W 24–10 | 15,553 |
October 14 | 2:00 p.m. | Prairie View A&M | - Casem-Spinks Stadium
- Lorman, MS
| | W 34–21 | 21,509 |
October 21 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 17 Grambling State | | SWACDN | L 14–41 | 12,147 |
November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | Alabama A&M | - Casem-Spinks Stadium
- Lorman, MS
| | W 47–22 | 7,515 |
November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | Mississippi Valley State | - Casem-Spinks Stadium
- Lorman, MS
| | W 59–0 | 6,957 |
November 18 | 2:00 p.m. | at Jackson State | | SWACDN | L 3–7 | 12,903 |
December 2 | 3:30 p.m. | vs. Grambling State | | ESPNU | L 32–40 | 24,610 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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- ^[a] The game between Alcorn State and FIU was relocated to Legion Field at Birmingham, Alabama due to Hurricane Irma.[1]
Game summaries[]
Miles[]
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Bears
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
21 |
Braves
|
14
|
10
|
16
|
10 |
50 |
See also: Miles Golden Bears football
at FIU[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Braves
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
3 |
10 |
Panthers
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
7 |
17 |
McNeese State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Cowboys
|
7
|
7
|
6
|
14 |
34 |
Braves
|
7
|
6
|
7
|
7 |
27 |
Southern[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Jaguars
|
3
|
21
|
7
|
0 |
31 |
Braves
|
3
|
17
|
21
|
7 |
48 |
at Texas Southern[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Braves
|
14
|
0
|
7
|
3 |
24 |
Tigers
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
3 |
17 |
at Alabama State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Braves
|
10
|
14
|
0
|
0 |
24 |
Hornets
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
3 |
10 |
Prairie View A&M[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Panthers
|
14
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
21 |
Braves
|
0
|
24
|
3
|
7 |
34 |
at Grambling State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Braves
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
14 |
Tigers
|
7
|
17
|
10
|
7 |
41 |
Alabama A&M[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bulldogs
|
0
|
10
|
3
|
9 |
22 |
Braves
|
13
|
6
|
21
|
7 |
47 |
Mississippi Valley State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Delta Devils
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
Braves
|
14
|
14
|
28
|
3 |
59 |
at Jackson State[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Braves
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
3 |
Tigers
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
vs. Grambling State (SWAC Championship)[]
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Braves
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
22 |
32 |
Tigers
|
10
|
28
|
0
|
2 |
40 |
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