2017 Towson Tigers football team

The 2017 Towson Tigers football team represented Towson University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Rob Ambrose and played their home games at Johnny Unitas Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.

2017 Towson Tigers football
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
2017 record	5–6 (3–5 CAA)
Head coach	Rob Ambrose (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jared Ambrose (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Lyndon Johnson (1st season)
Home stadium	Johnny Unitas Stadium (Capacity: 11,198)

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	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	Morgan State*	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD (Battle for Greater Baltimore)	SPORTSfever TV ESPN3	W 10–0	6,563
September 9	12:00 p.m.	at Maryland*	Maryland Stadium College Park, MD	BTN	L 17–63	37,105
September 16	7:00 p.m.	at Saint Francis (PA)*	DeGol Field Loretto, PA	NECFR	W 16–14	2,412
September 23	6:00 p.m.	at Stony Brook	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	CSL[1]	L 17–25	6,672
September 30	6:00 p.m.	No. 14 Villanova	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	TSN	L 9–24	5,017
October 14	4:00 p.m.	No. 13 Richmond	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	FSGO	L 3–23	5,768
October 21	2:00 p.m.	at No. 18 New Hampshire	Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH	UNHAthletics via YouTube	L 17–40	10,522
October 28	4:00 p.m.	No. 23 Delaware	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	FSGO	W 18–17	6,402
November 4	2:00 p.m.	at No. 7 Elon	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC	PAA	L 30–33 ^2OT	10,113
November 11	2:00 p.m.	at William & Mary	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	CSL[1]	W 26–14	6,234
November 18	2:00 p.m.	Rhode Island	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	TSN	W 29–10	3,134
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

Morgan State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	0	0
Tigers	0	10	0	0	10

See also: 2017 Morgan State Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–6	2011	W, 42–3

at Maryland

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	7	0	10	17
Terrapins	21	7	21	14	63

See also: 2017 Maryland Terrapins football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–1	2011	L, 3–28

at Saint Francis (PA)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	0	3	13	16
Red Flash	0	7	0	7	14

See also: 2017 Saint Francis Red Flash football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–0	2016	W, 35–28

at Stony Brook

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

See also: 2017 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

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

No. 14 Villanova

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Wildcats	7	0	3	14	24
Tigers	0	6	3	0	9

See also: 2017 Villanova Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–8	2015	W, 28–21

No. 13 Richmond

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Spiders	7	10	0	6	23
Tigers	0	0	0	3	3

See also: 2017 Richmond Spiders football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–6	2016	L, 28–31

at No. 18 New Hampshire

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	3	0	0	14	17
No. 18 Wildcats	7	26	7	0	40

See also: 2017 New Hampshire Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–8	2016	L, 7–21

No. 23 Delaware

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Fightin' Blue Hens	0	7	7	3	17
Tigers	3	0	8	7	18

See also: 2017 Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–11	2016	L, 6–20

at No. 7 Elon

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Tigers	10	0	0	17	3	30
No. 7 Phoenix	7	7	10	3	6	33

See also: 2017 Elon Phoenix football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–1	2016	W, 23–6

at William & Mary

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	12	0	0	14	26
Tribe	7	7	0	0	14

See also: 2017 William & Mary Tribe football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–9	2016	W, 34–24

Rhode Island

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	3	0	0	10
Tigers	2	13	7	7	29

See also: 2017 Rhode Island Rams football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
9–7	2016	W, 32–31

References

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