2017 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team

The 2017 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team represented Southeastern Louisiana University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Lions were led by sixth-year head coach Ron Roberts and played their home games at Strawberry Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference.[1] They finished the season 6–5, 6–3 in Southland play to finish in fifth place.

2017 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
2017 record6–5 (6–3 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Barrett (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorRon Roberts (6th season)
Home stadiumStrawberry Stadium
(Capacity: 7,408)
2017 Southland Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 10 Central Arkansas $^  9 –0   10 –2  
No. 4 Sam Houston State ^  8 –1   12 –2  
No. 25 Nicholls State ^  7 –2   8 –4  
No. 22 McNeese State  7 –2   9 –2  
Southeastern Louisiana  6 –3   6 –5  
Northwestern State  4 –5   4 –7  
Stephen F. Austin  4 –5   4 –7  
Abilene Christian  2 –7   2 –9  
Incarnate Word  1 –7   1 –10  
Lamar  1 –8   2 –9  
Houston Baptist  0 –9   1 –10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS poll

On January 19, head coach Ron Roberts resigned to become the defensive coordinator at Louisiana.[2] He finished at Southeastern Louisiana with a six-year record of 42–29.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m.at Louisiana–Lafayette*
ESPN3L 48–5118,289
September 97:00 p.m.Bethune–Cookman*
ELVNL 23–286,321
September 167:15 p.m.at No. 14 Central Arkansas
ELVNL 6–3810,237
September 237:00 p.m.Lamar
  • Strawberry Stadium
  • Hammond, LA
LionVisionW 49–214,728
September 306:00 p.m.at Northwestern State
CST
ESPN3		W 49–209,073
October 74:00 p.m.Incarnate Word
  • Strawberry Stadium
  • Hammond, LA
W 49–304,156
October 146:00 p.m.at Houston Baptist
ESPN3W 56–101,827
October 212:30 p.m.at Abilene Christian
W 56–2112,000
October 287:00 p.m.No. 5 Sam Houston State
  • Strawberry Stadium
  • Hammond, LA
ESPN3L 23–336,027
November 46:00 p.m.at McNeese State
L 3–137,332
November 166:00 p.m.Nicholls State
W 21–176,866

Source: [3]

Game summaries

at Louisiana

Broadcasters: David Saltzman & Bobby Carpenter

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 21 14 0 13 48
Ragin' Cajuns 21 14 7 9 51
See also: 2017 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

Bethune-Cookman

Broadcasters: Lyn Rollins, Butch Alsandor, & Meghan Kluth

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 14 0 0 14 28
Lions 3 6 7 7 23
See also: 2017 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats football team

at Central Arkansas

Broadcasters: Steve Sullivan & Fitz Hill

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0 3 0 3 6
#14 Bears 7 7 21 3 38
See also: 2017 Central Arkansas Bears football team

Lamar

Broadcasters: John Sartori, Wesley Boone, & Richie Solares

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 7 7 7 0 21
Lions 21 14 7 7 49
See also: 2017 Lamar Cardinals football team

References
  1. "SLU Announces 2017 Football Schedule". January 17, 2017. Retrieved August 27, 2017.
  2. "Ron Roberts leaves Southeastern Louisiana to become UL-Lafayette defensive coordinator".
  3. "2017 Football Schedule". Southeastern Louisiana University Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 21, 2017.
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