2017 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

The 2017 Stony Brook Seawolves football team represented Stony Brook University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Seawolves competed as fifth-year members of the Colonial Athletic Association with Chuck Priore as the head coach for his twelfth season. They played their home games at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, New York. They finished the season 10–3, 7–1 in CAA play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Lehigh in the first round before losing to James Madison in the second round.

2017 Stony Brook Seawolves football
FCS Playoffs Second Round, L 7–26 vs. James Madison
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Ranking
STATS	No. 10
FCS Coaches	No. 11
2017 record	10–3 (7–1 CAA)
Head coach	Chuck Priore (12th season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Carmen Felus (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Chris Bache (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Bobby McIntyre (1st season)
Home stadium	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium (Capacity: 12,300)

2017 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 2 James Madison $^		8	–	0					14	–	1
No. 11 Stony Brook ^		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 20 Elon ^		6	–	2					8	–	4
No. 12 New Hampshire ^		5	–	3					9	–	5
Delaware		5	–	3					7	–	4
Richmond		4	–	4					6	–	5
Towson		3	–	5					5	–	6
Villanova		3	–	5					5	–	6
Maine		3	–	5					4	–	6
Albany		2	–	6					4	–	7
Rhode Island		2	–	6					3	–	8
William & Mary		0	–	8					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	4:00 p.m.	at No. 19 (FBS) South Florida*		Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL	ESPN3	L 17–31	26,460
September 9	1:00 p.m.	at Rhode Island		Meade Stadium Kingston, RI	CSL[1]	W 35–18	5,102
September 16	6:00 p.m.	Sacred Heart*		Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	Wolfievision	W 45–7	8,102
September 23	6:00 p.m.	Towson		Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	CSL[1]	W 25–17	6,672
September 30	6:00 p.m.	at William & Mary		Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	TATV	W 21–18	8,082
October 7	6:00 p.m.	Delaware	No. 23	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	Wolfievision	L 20–24	7,694
October 14	6:00 p.m.	No. 12 New Hampshire		Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	Wolfievision	W 38–24	12,311
October 28	3:00 p.m.	at No. 19 Richmond	No. 22	Robins Stadium Richmond, VA	CSL[1]	W 27–24	8,217
November 4	1:00 p.m.	Albany	No. 14	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY (Rivalry)	Wolfievision	W 28–21 ^OT	7,106
November 11	1:00 p.m.	Wagner*	No. 12	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	Wolfievision	W 38–10	5,471
November 18	12:00 p.m.	at Maine	No. 10	Alfond Stadium Orono, ME	MAA	W 20–19	4,983
November 25	2:00 p.m.	Lehigh*	No. 10	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 59–29	4,131
December 2	2:00 p.m.	at No. 1 James Madison*	No. 10	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 7–26	16,449
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at South Florida

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seawolves	7	3	0	7	17
No. 19 (FBS) Bulls	7	0	10	14	31

See also: 2017 South Florida Bulls football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2010	L, 14–59

at Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seawolves	14	0	7	14	35
Rams	0	0	10	8	18

See also: 2017 Rhode Island Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–0	2016	W, 14–3

Sacred Heart

	1	2	3	4	Total
Pioneers	7	0	0	0	7
Seawolves	14	21	7	3	45

See also: 2017 Sacred Heart Pioneers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–5	2016	L, 10–38

Towson

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	10	0	7	0	17
Seawolves	7	9	3	6	25

See also: 2017 Towson Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2016	W, 27–20

at William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seawolves	7	7	7	0	21
Tribe	0	0	3	15	18

See also: 2017 William & Mary Tribe football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2016	L, 9–14

Delaware

	1	2	3	4	Total
Fightin' Blue Hens	0	7	10	7	24
No. 23 Seawolves	7	13	0	0	20

See also: 2017 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2016	W, 28–3

No. 12 New Hampshire

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 12 Wildcats	6	18	0	0	24
Seawolves	9	7	6	16	38

See also: 2017 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	2016	L, 14–43

at No. 19 Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 22 Seawolves	7	10	3	7	27
No. 19 Spiders	7	3	7	7	24

See also: 2017 Richmond Spiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2016	W, 42–14

Albany

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Great Danes	7	7	0	7	0	21
No. 14 Seawolves	14	7	0	0	7	28

See also: 2017 Albany Great Danes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–11	2016	L, 6–13

Wagner

	1	2	3	4	Total
Seahawks	10	0	0	0	10
No. 12 Seawolves	7	7	14	10	38

See also: 2017 Wagner Seahawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–9	2006	W, 45–9

at Maine

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 10 Seawolves	0	7	0	13	20
Black Bears	12	7	0	0	19

See also: 2017 Maine Black Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–4	2016	W, 27–21

FCS Playoffs

Lehigh–First Round

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mountain Hawks	0	14	7	8	29
No. 10 Seawolves	0	24	14	21	59

See also: 2017 Lehigh Mountain Hawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2004	L, 2–24

at No. 1 James Madison–Second Round

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 10 Seawolves	0	0	0	7	7
No. 1 Dukes	6	13	0	7	26

See also: 2017 James Madison Dukes football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2	2015	L, 20–38

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ 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	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	RV	22	22	14	12	10	10
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	21	15	12	11

References

1. Washburn, Rob (August 18, 2017). "CAA PARTNERS WITH CBS SPORTS DIGITAL". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved August 22, 2017.