# 2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team

The 2017 Charleston Southern Buccaneers football team represented Charleston Southern University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Mark Tucker, the Buccaneers compiled an overall record of 6–5 with a mark of 3–2 in conference play, placing third in the Big South. Charleston Southern played home games at Buccaneer Field in Charleston, South Carolina.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 2 | 4:00 p.m. | at Mississippi State* | No. 14 | Davis Wade StadiumStarkville, MS | SECN | L 0–49 | 54,215 |
| September 9 | | South Carolina State* | | Oliver C. Dawson StadiumOrangeburg, SC | | Cancelled | |
| September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | at Elon* | No. 16 | Rhodes StadiumElon, NC | CSL | L 17–19 | 5,248 |
| September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | Point* | | Buccaneer FieldCharleston, SC | BSN | W 66–0 | 1,945 |
| September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | Mississippi Valley State* | | Buccaneer FieldCharleston, SC | BSN | W 58–7 | 1,456 |
| October 7 | 3:30 p.m. | at Indiana* | | Memorial StadiumBloomington, IN | BTN | L 0–27 | 35,995 |
| October 14 | Noon | at Presbyterian | | Bailey Memorial StadiumClinton, SC | STADIUM | W 7–0 | 1,570 |
| October 21 | 6:00 p.m. | Savannah State* | | Buccaneer FieldCharleston, SC | BSN | W 52–27 | 3,156 |
| October 28 | 6:00 p.m. | Monmouth | | Buccaneer FieldCharleston, SC | ESPN3 | L 20–23 | 1,825 |
| November 4 | 1:30 p.m. | at Gardner–Webb | | Spangler StadiumBoiling Springs, NC | 7C | W 10–9 | 2,850 |
| November 11 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 23 Kennesaw State | | Fifth Third Bank StadiumKennesaw, GA | ESPN3 | L 0–38 | 6,224 |
| November 18 | Noon | Liberty | | Buccaneer FieldCharleston, SC | | W 20–19 | 3,345 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time ||||||||
    The game between Charleston Southern and South Carolina State had been rescheduled in advance of the arrival of Hurricane Irma, but on September 7, both schools agreed to postpone the game later in the season and the game was ultimately cancelled. The game was replaced with a match-up versus Indiana on October 7.

## Game summaries
### At Mississippi State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 14 Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulldogs | 23 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 49 |

### At Elon

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 16 Buccaneers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |
| Phoenix | 6 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 19 |

### Point

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Skyhawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Buccaneers | 14 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 66 |

### Mississippi Valley State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Delta Devils | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 10 | 35 | 13 | 58 |

### At Indiana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hoosiers | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 27 |

### At Presbyterian

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Blue Hose | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### Savannah State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Buccaneers | 14 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 52 |

### Monmouth

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hawks | 0 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 20 |

### At Gardner–Webb

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 7 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Runnin' Bulldogs | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |

### At Kennesaw State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| No. 23 Owls | 7 | 14 | 3 | 14 | 38 |

### Liberty

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Flames | 0 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 19 |
| Buccaneers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 20 |

## 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 | 14 | 16 | 16 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — |
| Coaches | 14 | 18 | 19 | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |