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American college football season
The 2017 Elon Phoenix football team represented
Elon University in the
2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach
Curt Cignetti and played their home games at
Rhodes Stadium. They were members of the
Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 8–4, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the
FCS Playoffs where they were lost to
Furman in the first round.
Preseason poll
First place votes in parentheses
Place
|
School
|
1
|
James Madison (21)
|
2
|
Richmond (3)
|
3
|
Villanova
|
4
|
New Hampshire
|
5
|
Delaware
|
6
|
Albany
|
7
|
William & Mary
|
8
|
Stony Brook
|
9
|
Maine
|
10
|
Towson
|
11
|
Elon
|
12
|
Rhode Island
|
[1]
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
---|
| 7:00 p.m. | at
Toledo* | | |
ESPN3 | L 13–47 | 22,104 |
September 9 | 1:00 p.m. | at
Furman* | | | ESPN3 | W 34–31 | 6,342 |
September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 16
Charleston Southern* | | |
CSL
[2] | W 19–17 | 5,248 |
September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 8
Richmond | | |
CSN+ | W 36–33 | 8,217 |
September 30 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 19
Albany | No. 23 | | CSL
[2] | W 6–0 | 5,024 |
October 7 | 2:00 p.m. |
William & Mary | No. 18 | |
PAA | W 25–17 | 10,137 |
October 21 | Noon | at
Rhode Island | No. 14 | | CSL | W 35–34 | 7,221 |
October 28 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 13
Villanova | No. 10 | |
NNAA | W 19–14 | 5,451 |
November 4 | 2:00 p.m. |
Towson | No. 7 | | PAA | W 33–30 2OT | 10,113 |
November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 18
New Hampshire | No. 7 | |
FCS
FSGO | L 6–16 | 7,294 |
November 18 | Noon | No. 1
James Madison | No. 11 | | PAA | L 3–31 | 8,662 |
November 25 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 22 Furman* | No. 15 | | ESPN3 | L 27–28 | 2,934 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from
STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in
Eastern time
|
[3]
Game summaries
At Toledo
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Phoenix
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
6 |
13 |
Rockets
|
13
|
6
|
21
|
7 |
47 |
At Furman
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Phoenix
|
21
|
0
|
3
|
10 |
34 |
Paladins
|
0
|
10
|
21
|
0 |
31 |
Charleston Southern
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 16 Buccaneers
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
10 |
17 |
Phoenix
|
6
|
7
|
6
|
0 |
19 |
At Richmond
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Phoenix
|
6
|
13
|
7
|
10 |
36 |
No. 8 Spiders
|
7
|
7
|
12
|
7 |
33 |
Albany
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 19 Great Danes
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
No. 23 Phoenix
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
3 |
6 |
William & Mary
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tribe
|
0
|
3
|
14
|
0 |
17 |
No. 18 Phoenix
|
6
|
17
|
0
|
2 |
25 |
At Rhode Island
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 14 Phoenix
|
14
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
35 |
Rams
|
7
|
20
|
7
|
0 |
34 |
At Villanova
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 10 Phoenix
|
0
|
7
|
3
|
9 |
19 |
No. 13 Wildcats
|
7
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
14 |
Towson
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT | 2OT |
Total |
Tigers
|
10
|
0
|
0
|
17 | 3 | 0 |
30 |
No. 7 Phoenix
|
7
|
7
|
10
|
3 | 3 | 3 |
33 |
At New Hampshire
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 7 Phoenix
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
6 |
6 |
No. 18 Wildcats
|
0
|
7
|
9
|
0 |
16 |
James Madison
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 1 Dukes
|
3
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
31 |
No. 11 Phoenix
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3 |
3 |
FCS Playoffs
Furman–First Round
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 22 Paladins
|
0
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
28 |
No. 15 Phoenix
|
7
|
0
|
14
|
6 |
27 |
Ranking movements
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | — | — | — | RV | 23 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 20 |
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Coaches | — | — | — | — | RV | 23 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 21 |
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