American college football season
The 2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season and are in the second year of their second stint as football members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They are led by third-year head coach Carl Torbush and, for the first time, play all their home games at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium.[1] They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in SoCon play to finish in eighth place.
On December 8, head coach Carl Torbush announced his retirement.[2] He finished at ETSU with a three-year record of 11–22.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 7:00 p.m. | Limestone* | | ESPN3 | W 31–10 | 9,530 |
September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 1 James Madison* | | CSN MA+ | L 10–52 | 17,118 |
September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 13 The Citadel | - William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
- Johnson City, TN
| ESPN3 | L 25–31 | 7,544 |
September 23 | 3:30 p.m. | Mercer | - William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
- Johnson City, TN
| ESPN3 | W 26–23 OT | 8,022 |
September 30 | 1:00 p.m. | at Furman | | ESPN3 | L 35–56 | 7,104 |
October 7 | 3:30 p.m. | Robert Morris*![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
- Johnson City, TN
| ESPN3 | W 16–3 | 8,540 |
October 14 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 21 Western Carolina | | ESPN3 | L 10–49 | 8,300 |
October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 8 Wofford | - William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
- Johnson City, TN
| ESPN3 | L 24–31 | 7,087 |
November 4 | 12:00 p.m. | VMI | - William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
- Johnson City, TN
| ESPN3 | W 24–6 | 7,327 |
November 11 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Samford | | 7C ESPN3 | L 7–42 | 5,178 |
November 18 | 2:00 p.m. | at Chattanooga | | ESPN3 | L 3–10 | 8,434 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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Game summaries[]
Limestone[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Saints
|
0
|
3
|
7
|
0 |
10 |
Buccaneers
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
3 |
31 |
at James Madison[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Buccaneers
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
0 |
10 |
No. 1 Dukes
|
21
|
7
|
17
|
7 |
52 |
The Citadel[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 13 Bulldogs
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
17 |
31 |
Buccaneers
|
7
|
7
|
3
|
8 |
25 |
Mercer[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT |
Total |
Bears
|
0
|
6
|
14
|
0 | 3 |
23 |
Buccaneers
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
10 | 6 |
26 |
at Furman[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Buccaneers
|
7
|
10
|
0
|
18 |
35 |
Paladins
|
14
|
14
|
14
|
14 |
56 |
Robert Morris[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Colonials
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3 |
3 |
Buccaneers
|
3
|
7
|
6
|
0 |
16 |
Western Carolina[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Buccaneers
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
10 |
No. 21 Catamounts
|
0
|
7
|
21
|
21 |
49 |
Wofford[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 8 Terriers
|
3
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
31 |
Buccaneers
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
7 |
24 |
VMI[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Keydets
|
0
|
3
|
3
|
0 |
6 |
Buccaneers
|
10
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
24 |
at Samford[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Buccaneers
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
No. 16 Bulldogs
|
14
|
21
|
0
|
7 |
42 |
at Chattanooga[]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Buccaneers
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
3 |
Mocs
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
0 |
10 |
References[]