American college football season
The 2017 Elon Phoenix football team represented Elon University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by first-year head coach Curt Cignetti and played their home games at Rhodes Stadium . They were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 8–4, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they were lost to Furman in the first round.
Preseason poll [ ]
First place votes in parentheses
Place
School
1
James Madison (21)
2
Richmond (3)
3
Villanova
4
New Hampshire
5
Delaware
6
Albany
7
William & Mary
8
Stony Brook
9
Maine
10
Towson
11
Elon
12
Rhode Island
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Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 p.m. at Toledo * ESPN3 L 13–4722,104
September 9 1:00 p.m. at Furman * ESPN3 W 34–316,342
September 16 6:00 p.m. No. 16 Charleston Southern * CSL [2] W 19–175,248
September 23 6:00 p.m. at No. 8 Richmond CSN+ W 36–338,217
September 30 2:00 p.m. No. 19 Albany No. 23 CSL[2] W 6–05,024
October 7 2:00 p.m. William & Mary No. 18 PAA W 25–1710,137
October 21 Noon at Rhode Island No. 14 CSL W 35–347,221
October 28 3:30 p.m. at No. 13 Villanova No. 10 NNAA W 19–145,451
November 4 2:00 p.m. Towson No. 7 PAA W 33–30 2OT 10,113
November 11 2:00 p.m. at No. 18 New Hampshire No. 7 FCS FSGO L 6–167,294
November 18 Noon No. 1 James Madison No. 11 PAA L 3–318,662
November 25 2:00 p.m. No. 22 Furman* No. 15 Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC (FCS Playoffs First Round ) ESPN3 L 27–282,934
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings 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 [ ]
at Toledo [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Phoenix
0
7
0
6
13
Rockets
13
6
21
7
47
at Furman [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Phoenix
21
0
3
10
34
Paladins
0
10
21
0
31
Charleston Southern [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 16 Buccaneers
0
7
0
10
17
Phoenix
6
7
6
0
19
at Richmond [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Phoenix
6
13
7
10
36
No. 8 Spiders
7
7
12
7
33
Albany [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 19 Great Danes
0
0
0
0
0
No. 23 Phoenix
0
3
0
3
6
William & Mary [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tribe
0
3
14
0
17
No. 18 Phoenix
6
17
0
2
25
at Rhode Island [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 14 Phoenix
14
7
7
7
35
Rams
7
20
7
0
34
at Villanova [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 10 Phoenix
0
7
3
9
19
No. 13 Wildcats
7
0
7
0
14
Towson [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
Tigers
10
0
0
17 3 0
30
No. 7 Phoenix
7
7
10
3 3 3
33
at New Hampshire [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 7 Phoenix
0
0
0
6
6
No. 18 Wildcats
0
7
9
0
16
James Madison [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 1 Dukes
3
14
7
7
31
No. 11 Phoenix
0
0
0
3
3
FCS Playoffs [ ]
Furman–First Round [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 22 Paladins
0
14
7
7
28
No. 15 Phoenix
7
0
14
6
27
Ranking movements [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
Final
STATS FCS
NR
NR
NR
RV
23
18
16
14
10
7
7
11
15
20
Coaches
NR
NR
NR
NR
RV
23
20
15
11
10
9
15
17
21
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries People National championship seasons in bold