# 2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

The 2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season and are in the second year of their second stint as football members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They are led by third-year head coach Carl Torbush and, for the first time, play all their home games at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium. They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in SoCon play to finish in eighth place.
On December 8, head coach Carl Torbush announced his retirement. He finished at ETSU with a three-year record of 11–22.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 7:00 p.m. | Limestone* | William B. Greene Jr. StadiumJohnson City, TN | ESPN3 | W 31–10 | 9,530 |
| September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 1 James Madison* | Bridgeforth StadiumHarrisonburg, VA | CSN MA+ | L 10–52 | 17,118 |
| September 16 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 13 The Citadel | William B. Greene Jr. StadiumJohnson City, TN | ESPN3 | L 25–31 | 7,544 |
| September 23 | 3:30 p.m. | Mercer | William B. Greene Jr. StadiumJohnson City, TN | ESPN3 | W 26–23 $^{OT}$ | 8,022 |
| September 30 | 1:00 p.m. | at Furman | Paladin StadiumGreenville, SC | ESPN3 | L 35–56 | 7,104 |
| October 7 | 3:30 p.m. | Robert Morris* | William B. Greene Jr. StadiumJohnson City, TN | ESPN3 | W 16–3 | 8,540 |
| October 14 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 21 Western Carolina | Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire StadiumCullowhee, NC | ESPN3 | L 10–49 | 8,300 |
| October 28 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 8 Wofford | William B. Greene Jr. StadiumJohnson City, TN | ESPN3 | L 24–31 | 7,087 |
| November 4 | 12:00 p.m. | VMI | William B. Greene Jr. StadiumJohnson City, TN | ESPN3 | W 24–6 | 7,327 |
| November 11 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 16 Samford | Seibert StadiumHomewood, AL | 7C, ESPN3 | L 7–42 | 5,178 |
| November 18 | 2:00 p.m. | at Chattanooga | Finley StadiumChattanooga, TN | ESPN3 | L 3–10 | 8,434 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Limestone

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Saints | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Buccaneers | 7 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 31 |

### At James Madison

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| No. 1 Dukes | 21 | 7 | 17 | 7 | 52 |

### The Citadel

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 13 Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| Buccaneers | 7 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 |

### Mercer

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| Buccaneers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 26 |

### At Furman

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 7 | 10 | 0 | 18 | 35 |
| Paladins | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 56 |

### Robert Morris

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Colonials | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Buccaneers | 3 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 16 |

### Western Carolina

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| No. 21 Catamounts | 0 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 49 |

### Wofford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 8 Terriers | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### VMI

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Keydets | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| Buccaneers | 10 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### At Samford

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| No. 16 Bulldogs | 14 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 42 |

### At Chattanooga

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mocs | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |