2017 Tennessee State Tigers football team

The 2017 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Rod Reed and played their home games at Nissan Stadium and Hale Stadium. They were members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 6–5, 2–5 in OVC play to finish in a tie for seventh place.

2017 Tennessee State Tigers football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
2017 record	6–5 (2–5 OVC)
Head coach	Rod Reed (8th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Parker
Defensive coordinator	Garry Fisher
Home stadium	Nissan Stadium (Capacity: 69,143) Hale Stadium (Capacity: 10,000)

2017 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 9 Jacksonville State $^		8	–	0					10	–	2
Austin Peay		7	–	1					8	–	4
Eastern Illinois		5	–	3					6	–	5
UT Martin		4	–	4					6	–	5
Eastern Kentucky		3	–	5					3	–	7
Southeast Missouri State		3	–	5					3	–	8
Tennessee State		2	–	5					6	–	5
Murray State		2	–	5					3	–	8
Tennessee Tech		1	–	7					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 p.m.	at Georgia State*		Georgia State Stadium Atlanta, GA	ESPN3	W 17–10	24,333
September 9	6:00 p.m.	vs. Jackson State*	No. 23	Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium Memphis, TN (Southern Heritage Classic)	FSS	W 17–15	47,407
September 16	5:00 p.m.	vs. Florida A&M*	No. 22	Raymond James Stadium Tampa, FL (Tampa Classic)	RV	W 24–13	17,102
September 23	4:00 p.m.	at No. 24 UT Martin	No. 20	Graham Stadium Martin, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	ESPN3	L 16–31	6,484
September 30	6:00 p.m.	Eastern Illinois	No. 24	Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN (John Merritt Classic)	ESPN3	L 16–19 ^2OT	11,013
October 7	5:00 p.m.	at Eastern Kentucky		Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	OVCDN	W 45–21	8,410
October 14	6:00 p.m.	Austin Peay		Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	OVCDN	L 17–21	21,127
October 28	1:30 p.m.	at Tennessee Tech		Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	OVCDN	L 26–30	5,235
November 4	2:00 p.m.	Virginia–Lynchburg*		Hale Stadium Nashville, TN	OVCDN	W 60–0	7,487
November 11	2:00 p.m.	Southeast Missouri State		Nissan Stadium Nashville, TN	OVCDN	W 23–20	8,693
November 16	6:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Jacksonville State		JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL	OVCDN	L 6–36	18,782
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Georgia State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	3	7	7	0	17
Panthers	0	3	0	7	10

vs Jackson State

	1	2	3	4	Total
JSU Tigers	3	6	0	6	15
No. 23 TSU Tigers	10	0	0	7	17

vs Florida A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 22 Tigers	3	7	7	7	24
Rattlers	0	6	0	7	13

at UT Martin

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Tigers	0	9	7	0	16
No. 24 Skyhawks	17	7	7	0	31

Eastern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Panthers	7	3	0	0	9	19
No. 24 Tigers	0	7	0	3	6	16

at Eastern Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	3	14	0	28	45
Colonels	0	0	14	7	21

Austin Peay

	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors	7	0	7	7	21
Tigers	3	0	7	7	17

at Tennessee Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	7	10	7	2	26
Golden Eagles	13	7	7	3	30

Virginia–Lynchburg

	1	2	3	4	Total
Dragons	0	0	0	0	0
Tigers	21	17	10	12	60

Southeast Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redhawks	6	0	7	7	20
Tigers	6	7	0	10	23

at Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	0	6	0	6
No. 2 Gamecocks	0	10	14	12	36

Ranking movements

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	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	23	22	20	24	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	RV	24	24	20	24	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

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