2017 North Carolina Central Eagles football team
The 2017 North Carolina Central Eagles football team represented North Carolina Central University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Jerry Mack. The Eagles played their home games at O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium. They were a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC). They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in MEAC play to finish in a tie for fourth place.
2017 North Carolina Central Eagles football | |
---|---|
![]() | |
Conference | Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference |
2017 record | 7–4 (5–3 MEAC) |
Head coach | Jerry Mack (4th season) |
Offensive coordinator | T. C. Taylor (3rd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Granville Eastman (4th season) |
Home stadium | O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium (Capacity: 10,600) |
2017 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conf | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 7 North Carolina A&T $ | 8 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 0 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Howard | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bethune–Cookman | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Carolina Central | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hampton | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norfolk State | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Savannah State * | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Carolina State | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Florida A&M * | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Delaware State | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Morgan State * | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
On December 8, head coach Jerry Mack resigned to become the offensive coordinator at Rice.[1] He finished at North Carolina Central with a four-year record of 31–15.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 2 | 6:00 p.m. | at Duke* | ACCN Extra | L 7–60 | 30,477 | ||
September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | Shaw* |
| NSN | W 41–0 | 9,141 | |
September 21 | 7:30 p.m. | South Carolina State |
| ESPNU | W 33–28 | 9,012 | |
September 28 | 7:30 p.m. | at Florida A&M | ESPNU | W 21–14 | 18,488 | ||
October 7 | 1:00 p.m. | at Howard | WHBC | W 13–7 | 1,532 | ||
October 14 | 2:00 p.m. | Gardner–Webb* | No. 25 |
| NSN | W 24–17 | 4,010 |
October 21 | 2:00 p.m. | Norfolk State | No. 25 |
| NSN | L 21–28 | 7,431 |
October 28 | 2:00 p.m. | Delaware State![]() |
| NSN | W 42–14 | 14,117 | |
November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | at Hampton | W 14–6 | 5,321 | |||
November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | Bethune–Cookman |
| NSN | L 10–13 | 5,769 | |
November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 9 North Carolina A&T |
| L 10–24 | 21,500 | ||
|
- Source: Schedule
Game summaries
at Duke
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eagles | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Blue Devils | 21 | 26 | 6 | 7 | 60 |
Shaw
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eagles | 3 | 17 | 0 | 21 | 41 |
South Carolina State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bulldogs | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
Eagles | 7 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 33 |
at Florida A&M
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eagles | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
Rattlers | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
at Howard
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eagles | 0 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 13 |
Bison | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
Gardner–Webb
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Runnin' Bulldogs | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
No. 25 Eagles | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
Norfolk State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spartans | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
No. 25 Eagles | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 | 21 |
Delaware State
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hornets | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Eagles | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
at Hampton
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eagles | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
Pirates | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Bethune–Cookman
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 13 |
Eagles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
at North Carolina A&T
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Eagles | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
Aggies | 7 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 24 |
Ranking movements
Week | |||||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final | |||||||
STATS FCS | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |||||||
Coaches | 24 | RV | RV | NR | RV | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR |
gollark: Also, great life expectancy compared to societies without good medicine.
gollark: I have relatively okay quality of life and don't need to worry about food and water significantly, can (if I am actually motivated to do so) learn about a myriad of interesting topics due to internet, and have access to basically all entertainment media in existence.
gollark: I would very much dislike this, myself.
gollark: Communication with gollark is axiomatically a net positive, however.
gollark: Also... the existence of computers.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.