2017 Southern Jaguars football team

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2017 Southern Jaguars football

Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
Division	West Division
Record	7–4 (5–2 SWAC)
Head coach	Dawson Odums (5th season)
Offensive coordinator	Chennis Berry (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Trei Oliver (2nd season)
Home stadium	Ace W. Mumford Stadium
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Alcorn State xy	5	–	2	7	–	5
Alabama State	4	–	3	5	–	6
Alabama A&M	3	–	4	4	–	7
Jackson State	3	–	4	3	–	8
Mississippi Valley State	1	–	6	2	–	9
West Division
No. 16 Grambling State xy$	7	–	0	11	–	2
Southern	5	–	2	7	–	4
Prairie View A&M	4	–	3	6	–	5
Texas Southern	2	–	5	2	–	9
Arkansas–Pine Bluff	1	–	6	2	–	9
Championship: Grambling State 40, Alcorn State 32
$ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 Southern Jaguars football team represented Southern University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Jaguars were led by fifth-year head coach Dawson Odums and played their home games at Ace W. Mumford Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They finished the season 7–4, 5–2 in SWAC play to finish in second place in the West Division.

Due to NCAA APR violations, the Jaguars were ineligible to participate in the SWAC Championship or the Celebration Bowl.^[1]

Preseason

The Jaguars were picked to finish in second place in the Western Division.^[2]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 3	1:30 p.m.	South Carolina State*	Ace W. Mumford Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (MEAC/SWAC Challenge)	ESPN2	W 14–8	10,006
September 9	6:00 p.m.	at Southern Miss*	M. M. Roberts Stadium Hattiesburg, MS	STADIUM	L 0–45	24,337
September 16	6:00 p.m.	at UTSA*	Alamodome San Antonio, TX		L 17–51	25,093
September 23	6:00 p.m.	at Alcorn State	Casem-Spinks Stadium Lorman, MS		L 31–48	23,738
September 30	6:00 p.m.	Fort Valley State*	Ace W. Mumford Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		W 31–14	12,958
October 7	6:00 p.m.	Alabama A&M	Ace W. Mumford Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		W 35–14	15,279
October 21	6:00 p.m.	at Jackson State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS (rivalry)		W 35–17	14,000
October 28	4:00 p.m.	vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff	War Memorial Stadium Little Rock, AR		W 47–40	16,760	^[3]
November 4	4:00 p.m.	Prairie View A&M	Ace W. Mumford Stadium Baton Rouge, LA		W 37–31	13,085
November 11	5:00 p.m.	at Texas Southern	BBVA Compass Stadium Houston, TX	AT&T SW	W 33–7	12,427
November 25	4:00 p.m.	vs. Grambling State	Mercedes-Benz Superdome New Orleans, LA (Bayou Classic)	NBCSN	L 21–30	66,650
*Non-conference game Homecoming All times are in Central time

v t e Southern Jaguars football
Venues	A. W. Mumford Stadium (1928–present) BREC Memorial Stadium
Bowls & rivalries	Grambling State: Bayou Classic Jackson State
Culture & lore	Lacumba The Human Jukebox Marching bands brawl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National championship seasons in bold

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