2017 Furman Paladins football team

The 2017 Furman Paladins football team represented Furman University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Clay Hendrix and played their home games at Paladin Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference.[2] They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Elon in the first round before losing to Wofford in the second round.

2017 Furman Paladins football
FCS Playoffs Second Round, L 10–28 vs. Wofford
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 22
FCS Coaches	No. 25
2017 record	8–5 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Clay Hendrix[1] (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Drew Cronic[1] (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Chadd Staggs[1] (1st season)
Home stadium	Paladin Stadium (Capacity: 16,000)

2017 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 6 Wofford $^		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 18 Samford ^		6	–	2					8	–	4
No. 19 Furman ^		6	–	2					8	–	5
Western Carolina		5	–	3					7	–	5
Mercer		4	–	4					5	–	6
The Citadel		3	–	5					5	–	6
Chattanooga		3	–	5					3	–	8
East Tennessee State		2	–	6					4	–	7
VMI		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	at No. 11 Wofford		Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	ESPN3	L 23–24	7,237
September 9	1:00 p.m.	Elon*		Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	ESPN3	L 31–34	6,342
September 16	12:20 p.m.	at NC State*		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ACCN	L 16–49	56,166
September 23	1:00 p.m.	at Colgate*		Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	STADIUM	W 45–14	4,119
September 30	1:00 p.m.	East Tennessee State		Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	ESPN3	W 56–35	7,104
October 7	4:00 p.m.	at Chattanooga		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN3	W 41–17	9,651
October 14	1:00 p.m.	VMI		Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	ESPN3	W 42–10	7,216
October 21	1:30 p.m.	Mercer		Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	7C ESPN3	W 28–21	8,108
October 28	3:30 p.m.	at No. 18 Western Carolina		E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	ESPN3	W 28–6	9,973
November 11	2:00 p.m.	The Citadel	No. 21	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC (Rivalry)	7C ESPN3	W 56–20	10,105
November 18	3:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Samford	No. 20	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	STADIUM	L 20–26	4,673
November 25	2:00 p.m.	at No. 15 Elon*	No. 22	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 28–27	2,934
December 2	2:00 p.m.	at No. 8 Wofford*	No. 22	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 10–28	5,153
*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

at Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	3	7	7	6	23
No. 11 Terriers	7	3	0	14	24

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Phoenix	21	0	3	10	34
Paladins	0	10	21	0	31

at NC State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	3	10	0	3	16
Wolfpack	14	14	21	0	49

at Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	21	17	7	0	45
Raiders	0	7	7	0	14

East Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	7	10	0	18	35
Paladins	14	14	14	14	56

at Chattanooga

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	7	20	7	7	41
Mocs	3	7	0	7	17

VMI

	1	2	3	4	Total
Keydets	0	10	0	0	10
Paladins	7	7	14	14	42

Mercer

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	0	14	0	21
Paladins	0	14	7	7	28

at Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	0	7	14	7	28
No. 18 Catamounts	0	0	0	6	6

The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	14	6	20
No. 21 Paladins	14	21	14	7	56

at Samford

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Paladins	7	10	0	3	20
No. 17 Bulldogs	7	10	6	3	26

FCS Playoffs

at Elon–First Round

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 22 Paladins	0	14	7	7	28
No. 15 Phoenix	7	0	14	6	27

at Wofford–Second Round

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 22 Paladins	0	10	0	0	10
No. 8 Terriers	7	7	7	7	28

References

1. "Football". Furman University Athletics. Retrieved February 9, 2017.
2. "Furman Releases 2017 Football Schedule". Furman University Athletics. January 17, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2017.