# 2017 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team

The 2017 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers football team represented Coastal Carolina University as a member of the Sun Belt Conference the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. . The Chanticleers were led by interim head coach Jamey Chadwell, who also served as offensive coordinator, while permanent head coach Joe Moglia was on leave due to medical issues. The season marked the Chanticleers' first year in the Sun Belt and the FBS, and their second of a two-year transition period. They did not become bowl-eligible until the 2018 season. Coastal Carolina compiled an overall record of 3–9 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, tying for tenth place in the Sun Belt. The team played home games at Brooks Stadium in Conway, South Carolina.

## Schedule

Coastal Carolina announced its 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Chanticleers hosted Sun Belt foes Georgia Southern, Georgia State, Texas State, and Troy, and traveled to Appalachian State, Arkansas State, Idaho, and Louisiana–Monroe
The Chanticleers hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Massachusetts, who was independent from a conference and Western Illinois from the FCS Missouri Valley Football Conference, and traveled to Arkansas from the Southeastern Conference and UAB from Conference USA.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 7:00 p.m. | UMass* | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | ESPN3 | W 38–28 | 13,274 |
| September 16 | 12:00 p.m. | at UAB* | Legion FieldBirmingham, AL | WMBF-TV | L 23–30 | 24,789 |
| September 23 | 6:30 p.m. | No. 19 Western Illinois* | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | ESPN3 | L 10–52 | 14,996 |
| September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | at Louisiana–Monroe | Malone StadiumMonroe, LA | ESPN3 | L 43–51 | 10,359 |
| October 7 | 6:30 p.m. | Georgia State | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | ESPN3 | L 21–27 | 15,991 |
| October 14 | 7:00 p.m. | at Arkansas State | Centennial Bank StadiumJonesboro, AR | ESPN3 | L 17–51 | 25,916 |
| October 21 | 3:30 p.m. | at Appalachian State | Kidd Brewer StadiumBoone, NC | ESPN3 | L 29–37 | 30,179 |
| October 28 | 6:00 p.m. | Texas State | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | ESPN3 | L 7–27 | 13,997 |
| November 4 | 4:00 p.m. | at Arkansas* | Donald W. Reynolds Razorback StadiumFayetteville, AR | SECN | L 38–39 | 61,476 |
| November 11 | 4:30 p.m. | Troy | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | ESPN3 | L 17–42 | 15,545 |
| November 18 | 5:00 p.m. | at Idaho | Kibbie DomeMoscow, ID | ESPN3 | W 13–7 | 7,444 |
| December 2 | 1:00 p.m. | Georgia Southern | Brooks StadiumConway, SC | ESPN3 | W 28–17 | 15,951 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### UMass

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Minutemen | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
| Chanticleers | 14 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 38 |

### At UAB

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chanticleers | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 23 |
| Blazers | 13 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 30 |

### Western Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 19 (FCS) Leathernecks | 7 | 14 | 21 | 10 | 52 |
| Chanticleers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### At Louisiana–Monroe

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chanticleers | 15 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 43 |
| Warhawks | 10 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 51 |

### Georgia State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Panthers | 14 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| Chanticleers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 | 21 |

### At Arkansas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chanticleers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| Red Wolves | 7 | 10 | 17 | 17 | 51 |

### At Appalachian State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chanticleers | 3 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 29 |
| Mountaineers | 14 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 37 |

### Texas State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bobcats | 7 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Chanticleers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### At Arkansas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chanticleers | 7 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 38 |
| Razorbacks | 7 | 10 | 8 | 14 | 39 |

### Troy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Trojans | 14 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 42 |
| Chanticleers | 10 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 17 |

### At Idaho

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chanticleers | 0 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 13 |
| Vandals | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Georgia Southern

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Chanticleers | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 28 |