American college football season
The 2017 South Alabama Jaguars football team represented the University of South Alabama in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Jaguars played their home games at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama , and competed in the Sun Belt Conference . They were led by ninth-year head coach Joey Jones . They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for eighth place.
On November 20 following a 52–0 loss to previously winless Georgia Southern , head coach Joey Jones, the only head coach in South Alabama football history, announced his resignation.[ 1] [ 2] He stayed on to coach the final game of the season and finished at South Alabama with a nine-year record of 52–50. On December 7, the school hired Steve Campbell as head coach.[ 3]
South Alabama announced its 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Jaguars hosted Sun Belt foes Arkansas State , Idaho , Louisiana–Lafayette , and Louisiana–Monroe , and will travel to Georgia Southern , Georgia State , New Mexico State , and Troy .[ 4]
The Jaguars hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Alabama A&M from the Southwestern Athletic Conference and Oklahoma State from the Big 12 Conference , and traveled to Louisiana Tech from Conference USA and Ole Miss from the Southeastern Conference .
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 2 6:30 p.m. at Ole Miss * ESPNU L 27–4762,532 September 8 7:00 p.m. No. 11 Oklahoma State * ESPN2 L 7–4426,487 September 16 6:00 p.m. Alabama A&M * Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL ESPN3 W 45–018,103 September 23 1:00 p.m. Idaho Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL ESPN3 L 23–29 2OT 12,603 September 30 6:00 p.m. at Louisiana Tech * ESPN3 L 16–3422,013 7:00 p.m. at Troy ESPN2 W 19–825,211 October 21 4:00 p.m. Louisiana–Monroe Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL ESPN3 W 33–2316,495 6:30 p.m. at Georgia State ESPNU L 13–2112,125 November 4 3:00 p.m. Louisiana–Lafayette Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL ESPN3 L 14–1912,742 November 11 4:00 p.m. Arkansas State Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL ESPN3 W 24–1917,640 November 18 2:00 p.m. at Georgia Southern ESPN3 L 0–5212,250 December 2 3:00 p.m. at New Mexico State ESPN3 L 17–2226,268 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
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1 2 3 4 Total Jaguars 0 10 3 14 27 Rebels 10 3 27 7 47
No. 11 Oklahoma State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 17 3 21 3 44 Jaguars 0 0 0 7 7
1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 0 0 0 0 0 Jaguars 24 7 14 0 45
1 2 3 4 OT 2OT Total Vandals 3 7 0 10 3 6 29 Jaguars 10 3 0 7 3 0 23
1 2 3 4 Total Jaguars 7 6 3 0 16 Bulldogs 14 3 0 17 34
1 2 3 4 Total Jaguars 7 2 7 3 19 Trojans 0 0 0 8 8
1 2 3 4 Total Warhawks 7 13 3 0 23 Jaguars 14 10 6 3 33
1 2 3 4 Total Jaguars 0 3 3 7 13 Panthers 7 7 0 7 21
Louisiana–Lafayette[ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Ragin' Cajuns 3 16 0 0 19 Jaguars 0 7 0 7 14
1 2 3 4 Total Red Wolves 0 6 6 7 19 Jaguars 10 0 7 7 24
At Georgia Southern [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Jaguars 0 0 0 0 0 Eagles 21 10 14 7 52
At New Mexico State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Jaguars 0 7 0 10 17 Aggies 0 13 0 9 22
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