2017 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

The 2017 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Marcus Satterfield and played their home games at Tucker Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 1–10, 1–7 in OVC play to finish in last place.

2017 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
2017 record	1–10 (1–7 OVC)
Head coach	Marcus Satterfield (2nd season)
Offensive coordinator	Tyree Foreman (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Shawn Quinn (2nd season)
Home stadium	Tucker Stadium (Capacity: 16,500)

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

On November 19, 2017, head coach Marcus Satterfield was fired.[1] He finished at Tennessee Tech with a two-year record of 6–16.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	6:00 p.m.	No. 25 Western Illinois*	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	OVCDN	L 14–41	7,886
September 9	6:00 p.m.	at Kennesaw State*	Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	BSN	L 14–27	8,418
September 16	2:00 p.m.	at Ball State*	Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN	ESPN3	L 13–28	14,265
September 23	5:00 p.m.	at Eastern Kentucky	Roy Kidd Stadium Richmond, KY	OVCDN	L 21–24	9,520
September 30	6:00 p.m.	No. 5 Jacksonville State	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	OVCDN	L 7–34	8,327
October 7	6:00 p.m.	at Eastern Illinois	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	OVCDN	L 23–24	3,016
October 14	1:00 p.m.	at Southeast Missouri State	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO	OVCDN	L 3–31	4,615
October 28	1:30 p.m.	Tennessee State	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	OVCDN	W 30–26	5,235
November 4	1:30 p.m.	Austin Peay	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	ESPN3	L 28–35	9,416
November 11	1:00 p.m.	at Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY	OVCDN	L 21–31	2,427
November 18	1:30 p.m.	UT Martin	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	OVCDN	L 0–24	2,159
*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

Western Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 25 Leathernecks	3	7	24	7	41
Golden Eagles	0	0	0	14	14

at Kennesaw State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	0	0	14	14
Owls	10	14	3	0	27

at Ball State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	7	6	0	13
Cardinals	7	14	7	0	28

at Eastern Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	0	7	14	21
Colonels	10	0	7	7	24

Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 5 Gamecocks	7	7	6	14	34
Golden Eagles	0	0	7	0	7

at Eastern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	14	0	6	3	23
Panthers	0	3	14	7	24

at Southeast Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	3	0	0	3
Redhawks	17	0	0	14	31

Tennessee State

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

Austin Peay

	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors	7	7	14	7	35
Golden Eagles	7	0	7	14	28

at Murray State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	7	0	7	7	21
Racers	3	14	14	0	31

UT Martin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	7	3	0	14	24
Golden Eagles	0	0	0	0	0

References

1. "Head football coach Marcus Satterfield relieved of duties, national search to begin immediately". Tennessee Tech Athletics. November 19, 2017. Retrieved November 23, 2017.