2017 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team

The 2017 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team represented Mississippi Valley State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Delta Devils were led by fourth-year head coach, Rick Comegy and played their home games at Rice–Totten Stadium as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). The Delta Devils finished the season 2–9, 1–6 in SWAC play to finish in last place in the East Division.

On November 20, it was announced that head coach Rick Comegy's contract would not be renewed.^[1] He finished at Mississippi Valley State with a four-year record of 6–38.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	2:30 p.m.	at No. 2 North Dakota State*	Fargodome Fargo, ND	ESPN3	L 7–72	18,502
September 9	6:00 p.m.	at Southern Illinois*	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL	ESPN3	L 3–55	8,194
September 23	6:00 p.m.	No. 22 Grambling State	Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS		L 6–38	2,374
September 30	6:00 p.m.	at Charleston Southern*	Buccaneer Field Charleston, SC		L 7–58	1,456
October 7	6:00 p.m.	at Arkansas–Pine Bluff	Golden Lion Stadium Pine Bluff, AR		W 38–31	4,030
October 14	3:00 p.m.	at Alabama A&M	Louis Crews Stadium Normal, AL		L 14–49	2,269
October 21	2:00 p.m.	Virginia–Lynchburg*	Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS		W 53–5	9,875
October 28	2:00 p.m.	Jackson State	Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS		L 5–24	7,925
November 4	1:00 p.m.	Texas Southern	Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS		L 21–38	2,987
November 11	2:00 p.m.	at Alcorn State	Casem-Spinks Stadium Lorman, MS		L 0–59	6,957
November 18	1:00 p.m.	Alabama State	Rice–Totten Stadium Itta Bena, MS		L 10–16	936
*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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