# 2017 Tennessee State Tigers football team

The 2017 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by eighth-year head coach Rod Reed and played their home games at Nissan Stadium and Hale Stadium. Tennessee State finished the season 6–5 overall and 2–5 in OVC play to tie for seventh place.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 31 | 6:00 p.m. | at Georgia State* | | Georgia State StadiumAtlanta, GA | ESPN3 | W 17–10 | 24,333 |
| September 9 | 6:00 p.m. | vs. Jackson State* | No. 23 | Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN (Southern Heritage Classic) | FSS | W 17–15 | 47,407 |
| September 16 | 5:00 p.m. | vs. Florida A&M* | No. 22 | Raymond James StadiumTampa, FL (Tampa Classic) | RV | W 24–13 | 17,102 |
| September 23 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 24 UT Martin | No. 20 | Graham StadiumMartin, TN (Sgt. York Trophy) | ESPN3 | L 16–31 | 6,484 |
| September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Eastern Illinois | No. 24 | Nissan StadiumNashville, TN (John Merritt Classic) | ESPN3 | L 16–19 $^{2OT}$ | 11,013 |
| October 7 | 5:00 p.m. | at Eastern Kentucky | | Roy Kidd StadiumRichmond, KY | OVCDN | W 45–21 | 8,410 |
| October 14 | 6:00 p.m. | Austin Peay | | Nissan StadiumNashville, TN | OVCDN | L 17–21 | 21,127 |
| October 28 | 1:30 p.m. | at Tennessee Tech | | Tucker StadiumCookeville, TN | OVCDN | L 26–30 | 5,235 |
| November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | Virginia–Lynchburg* | | Hale StadiumNashville, TN | OVCDN | W 60–0 | 7,487 |
| November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | Southeast Missouri State | | Nissan StadiumNashville, TN | OVCDN | W 23–20 | 8,693 |
| November 16 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 2 Jacksonville State | | JSU StadiumJacksonville, AL | OVCDN | L 6–36 | 18,782 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### At Georgia State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Panthers | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |

### vs Jackson State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| JSU Tigers | 3 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 15 |
| No. 23 TSU Tigers | 10 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 17 |

### vs Florida A&M

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 22 Tigers | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| Rattlers | 0 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 13 |

### At UT Martin

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 20 Tigers | 0 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 16 |
| No. 24 Skyhawks | 17 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 31 |

### Eastern Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| Panthers | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 19 |
| No. 24 Tigers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 |

### At Eastern Kentucky

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 3 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 45 |
| Colonels | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 21 |

### Austin Peay

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Governors | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Tigers | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 17 |

### At Tennessee Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 26 |
| Golden Eagles | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 30 |

### Virginia–Lynchburg

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Dragons | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tigers | 21 | 17 | 10 | 12 | 60 |

### Southeast Missouri State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Redhawks | 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 20 |
| Tigers | 6 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 23 |

### At Jacksonville State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| No. 2 Gamecocks | 0 | 10 | 14 | 12 | 36 |

## Ranking movements

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| STATS FCS | RV | 23 | 22 | 20 | 24 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Coaches | RV | 24 | 24 | 20 | 24 | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |