# 2017 South Alabama Jaguars football team

The 2017 South Alabama Jaguars football team represented the University of South Alabama in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Jaguars played their home games at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by ninth-year head coach Joey Jones. They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for eighth place.
On November 20 following a 52–0 loss to previously winless Georgia Southern, head coach Joey Jones, the only head coach in South Alabama football history, announced his resignation. He stayed on to coach the final game of the season and finished at South Alabama with a nine-year record of 52–50. On December 7, the school hired Steve Campbell as head coach.

## Schedule

South Alabama announced its 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Jaguars hosted Sun Belt foes Arkansas State, Idaho, Louisiana–Lafayette, and Louisiana–Monroe, and will travel to Georgia Southern, Georgia State, New Mexico State, and Troy.
The Jaguars hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Alabama A&M from the Southwestern Athletic Conference and Oklahoma State from the Big 12 Conference, and traveled to Louisiana Tech from Conference USA and Ole Miss from the Southeastern Conference.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 6:30 p.m. | at Ole Miss* | Vaught–Hemingway StadiumOxford, MS | ESPNU | L 27–47 | 62,532 |
| September 8 | 7:00 p.m. | No. 11 Oklahoma State* | Ladd–Peebles StadiumMobile, AL | ESPN2 | L 7–44 | 26,487 |
| September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | Alabama A&M* | Ladd–Peebles StadiumMobile, AL | ESPN3 | W 45–0 | 18,103 |
| September 23 | 1:00 p.m. | Idaho | Ladd–Peebles StadiumMobile, AL | ESPN3 | L 23–29 $^{2OT}$ | 12,603 |
| September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | at Louisiana Tech* | Joe Aillet StadiumRuston, LA | ESPN3 | L 16–34 | 22,013 |
| October 11 | 7:00 p.m. | at Troy | Veterans Memorial StadiumTroy, AL (Battle for the Belt) | ESPN2 | W 19–8 | 25,211 |
| October 21 | 4:00 p.m. | Louisiana–Monroe | Ladd–Peebles StadiumMobile, AL | ESPN3 | W 33–23 | 16,495 |
| October 26 | 6:30 p.m. | at Georgia State | Georgia State StadiumAtlanta, GA | ESPNU | L 13–21 | 12,125 |
| November 4 | 3:00 p.m. | Louisiana–Lafayette | Ladd–Peebles StadiumMobile, AL | ESPN3 | L 14–19 | 12,742 |
| November 11 | 4:00 p.m. | Arkansas State | Ladd–Peebles StadiumMobile, AL | ESPN3 | W 24–19 | 17,640 |
| November 18 | 2:00 p.m. | at Georgia Southern | Paulson StadiumStatesboro, GA | ESPN3 | L 0–52 | 12,250 |
| December 2 | 3:00 p.m. | at New Mexico State | Aggie Memorial StadiumLas Cruces, NM | ESPN3 | L 17–22 | 26,268 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### At Ole Miss

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Jaguars | 0 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| Rebels | 10 | 3 | 27 | 7 | 47 |

### No. 11 Oklahoma State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 17 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 44 |
| Jaguars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |

### Alabama A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jaguars | 24 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 45 |

### Idaho

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| Vandals | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 29 |
| Jaguars | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 23 |

### At Louisiana Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Jaguars | 7 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| Bulldogs | 14 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 34 |

### At Troy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Jaguars | 7 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 19 |
| Trojans | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |

### Louisiana–Monroe

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Warhawks | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 23 |
| Jaguars | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 33 |

### At Georgia State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Jaguars | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 |
| Panthers | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |

### Louisiana–Lafayette

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Ragin' Cajuns | 3 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 19 |
| Jaguars | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |

### Arkansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Red Wolves | 0 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 19 |
| Jaguars | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### At Georgia Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Jaguars | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Eagles | 21 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 52 |

### At New Mexico State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Jaguars | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| Aggies | 0 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 22 |