2017 Delta State Statesmen football team

The 2017 Delta State Statesmen football team represented Delta State University in the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Todd Cooley. The Statesmen will played their home games at McCool Stadium and were members of the Gulf South Conference.

2017 Delta State Statesmen football
ConferenceGulf South Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 21
2017 record9–4 (5–3 GSC)
Head coachTodd Cooley (5th season)
Offensive coordinatorJoel Williams (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorJerry Partridge (1st season)
Home stadiumParker Field at Horace McCool Stadium
(Capacity: 8,125)
2017 Gulf South Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 12 West Alabama $^  7 –1     10 –3  
No. 2 West Florida ^  5 –3     11 –4  
No. 21 Delta State ^  5 –3     9 –4  
No. 19 West Georgia ^  5 –3     9 –4  
Valdosta State  5 –3     5 –4  
North Alabama  5 –3     5 –5  
Florida Tech  3 –5     5 –6  
Mississippi College  1 –7     1 –9  
Shorter  0 –8     0 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
As of August 14, 2020; Rankings from AFCA Poll

Schedule

Delta State announced its 2017 football schedule on December 27, 2016 which consists of six home and five away games in the regular season. The Statesmen will host GSC foes Florida Tech, Valdosta State, West Alabama and West Georgia, and will travel to Mississippi College, North Alabama, Shorter, and West Florida.

The Statesmen will host two of the three non-conference games against Chowan of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association and Tarleton State of the Lone Star Conference and will travel to North Greenville whom is independent from a conference.

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 22:00 p.mTarleton State*
W 34–165,155
September 92:00 p.m.Chowan*
W 42-135,255
September 162:00 p.m.No. 17 West GeorgiaNo. 24
  • McCool Stadium
  • Cleveland, MS
W 17-75,255
September 2312:00 p.m.at ShorterNo. 17
ESPN3W 54-201,100
September 307:00 p.m.at Mississippi CollegeNo. 13
ESPN3W 30-176,348
October 76:00 p.m.West AlabamaNo. 9
  • McCool Stadium
  • Cleveland, MS
L 26-297,856
October 144:00 p.m.at West FloridaNo. 21
W 28-255,458
October 212:00 p.m.Valdosta StateNo. 19
  • McCool Stadium
  • Cleveland, MS
L 13-343,451
October 286:00 p.m.at North Alabama
L 7-206,033
November 41:30 p.m.at North Greenville*
W 33-30 OT3,033
November 112:00 p.m.Florida Tech
  • McCool Stadium
  • Cleveland, MS
ESPN3W 42-206,555
November 1810:00 a.m.at No. 14 Bowie State*
W 45-352,214
November 2512:00 p.m.at No. 17 West Alabama*
L 20-274,893

Rankings
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 Final 
AFCA RV RV 24 17 13 9 21 19 RV NR RV RV 21
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