2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team
American college football season
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The 2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Mark Tucker, the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, placing third in the Big South. Charleston Southern played home games at Buccaneer Field in Charleston, South Carolina.
ConferenceBig South Conference
Record6–5 (3–2 Big South)
Headcoach
- Mark Tucker (1st season)
DefensivecoordinatorZane Vance (1st season)
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| Conference | Big South Conference |
| Record | 6–5 (3–2 Big South) |
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| Defensive coordinator | Zane Vance (1st season) |
| Home stadium | Buccaneer Field |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 8 Kennesaw State $^ | 5 | – | 0 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monmouth ^ | 4 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston Southern | 3 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Liberty * | 2 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Presbyterian | 1 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gardner–Webb | 0 | – | 5 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 2 | 4:00 p.m. | at Mississippi State* | No. 14 | SECN | L 0–49 | 54,215 | |
| September 9 | South Carolina State* | Cancelled | |||||
| September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | at Elon* | No. 16 | CSL | L 17–19 | 5,248 | |
| September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | Point* | BSN | W 66–0 | 1,945 | ||
| September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Mississippi Valley State* |
| BSN | W 58–7 | 1,456 | |
| October 7 | 3:30 p.m. | at Indiana* | BTN | L 0–27 | 35,995 | ||
| October 14 | Noon | at Presbyterian | STADIUM | W 7–0 | 1,570 | ||
| October 21 | 6:00 p.m. | Savannah State* |
| BSN | W 52–27 | 3,156 | |
| October 28 | 6:00 p.m. | Monmouth |
| ESPN3 | L 20–23 | 1,825 | |
| November 4 | 1:30 p.m. | at Gardner–Webb | 7C | W 10–9 | 2,850 | ||
| November 11 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 23 Kennesaw State | ESPN3 | L 0–38 | 6,224 | ||
| November 18 | Noon | Liberty |
| W 20–19 | 3,345 | ||
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- ^[a]The game between Charleston Southern and South Carolina State had been rescheduled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irma, but on September 7, both schools agreed to postpone the game later in the season and the game was ultimately cancelled.[1] The game was replaced with a match-up versus Indiana on October 7.
Game summaries
At Mississippi State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 14 Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulldogs | 23 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 49 |
At Elon
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| No. 16 Buccaneers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| Phoenix | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
Point
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Skyhawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buccaneers | 14 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 66 |
Mississippi Valley State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Delta Devils | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 10 | 35 | 13 | 58 |
At Indiana
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hoosiers | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
At Presbyterian
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Blue Hose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Savannah State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Tigers | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Buccaneers | 14 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 52 |
Monmouth
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Hawks | 0 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
At Gardner–Webb
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Buccaneers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Runnin' Bulldogs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
At Kennesaw State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 23 Owls | 7 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 38 |
Liberty
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Flames | 0 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 20 |