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American college football season
The 2017 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by eighth-year head coach Rod Reed and played their home games at Nissan Stadium and Hale Stadium . Tennessee State finished the season 6–5 overall and 2–5 in OVC play to tie for seventh place.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance 6:00 p.m. at Georgia State * ESPN3 W 17–1024,333
September 9 6:00 p.m. vs. Jackson State * No. 23 FSS W 17–1547,407
September 16 5:00 p.m. vs. Florida A&M * No. 22 RV W 24–1317,102
September 23 4:00 p.m. at No. 24 UT Martin No. 20 ESPN3 L 16–316,484
September 30 6:00 p.m. Eastern Illinois No. 24 ESPN3 L 16–19 2OT 11,013
October 7 5:00 p.m. at Eastern Kentucky OVCDN W 45–218,410
October 14 6:00 p.m. Austin Peay Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN OVCDN L 17–2121,127
October 28 1:30 p.m. at Tennessee Tech OVCDN L 26–305,235
November 4 2:00 p.m. Virginia–Lynchburg * OVCDN W 60–07,487
November 11 2:00 p.m. Southeast Missouri State Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN OVCDN W 23–208,693
6:00 p.m. at No. 2 Jacksonville State OVCDN L 6–3618,782
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Game summaries [ ]
at Georgia State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
3
7
7
0
17
Panthers
0
3
0
7
10
vs Jackson State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
JSU Tigers
3
6
0
6
15
No. 23 TSU Tigers
10
0
0
7
17
vs Florida A&M [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 22 Tigers
3
7
7
7
24
Rattlers
0
6
0
7
13
at UT Martin [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 20 Tigers
0
9
7
0
16
No. 24 Skyhawks
17
7
7
0
31
Eastern Illinois [ ]
1
2
3
4 OT
Total
Panthers
7
3
0
0 9
19
No. 24 Tigers
0
7
0
3 6
16
at Eastern Kentucky [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
3
14
0
28
45
Colonels
0
0
14
7
21
Austin Peay [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Governors
7
0
7
7
21
Tigers
3
0
7
7
17
at Tennessee Tech [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
7
10
7
2
26
Golden Eagles
13
7
7
3
30
Virginia–Lynchburg [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Dragons
0
0
0
0
0
Tigers
21
17
10
12
60
Southeast Missouri State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Redhawks
6
0
7
7
20
Tigers
6
7
0
10
23
at Jacksonville State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Tigers
0
0
6
0
6
No. 2 Gamecocks
0
10
14
12
36
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
RV
23
22
20
24
RV
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
Coaches
RV
24
24
20
24
RV
RV
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
References [ ]
Venues Bowls & rivalries Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
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