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2017 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team

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2017 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record6–5 (6–3 Southland)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Barrett (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorRon Roberts (6th season)
Home stadiumStrawberry Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Southland Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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

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.

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

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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 ArkansasELVNL 6–3810,237
September 237:00 p.m.Lamar
  • Strawberry Stadium
  • Hammond, LA
LionVisionW 49–214,728
September 306:30 p.m.at Northwestern StateCST
ESPN3
W 49–209,073
October 710:00 a.m. [a]Incarnate Worddagger
  • Strawberry Stadium
  • Hammond, LA
LionVisionW 49–304,156
October 146:00 p.m.at Houston BaptistESPN3W 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 StateL 3–137,332
November 166:00 p.m.Nicholls State
CST
ESPN3
W 21–176,866
  1. ^ Game was originally scheduled for 4:00 p.m. CST, but was moved up due to the threat of inclement weather.

Source: [3]

Game summaries

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At Louisiana

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Broadcasters: David Saltzman & Bobby Carpenter

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 21 14 0 13 48
Ragin' Cajuns 21 14 7 9 51

Bethune-Cookman

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Broadcasters: Lyn Rollins, Butch Alsandor, & Meghan Kluth

1 2 3 4 Total
Wildcats 14 0 0 14 28
Lions 3 6 7 7 23

At No. 14 Central Arkansas

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Broadcasters: Steve Sullivan & Fitz Hill

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0 3 0 3 6
#14 Bears 7 7 21 3 38

Lamar

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Broadcasters: John Sartori, Wesley Boone, & Richie Solares

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 7 7 7 0 21
Lions 21 14 7 7 49

At Northwestern State

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Broadcasters:

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 14 28 7 0 49
Demons 6 7 0 7 20

Incarnate Word

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Broadcasters:

1 2 3 4 Total
Cardinals 3 17 3 7 30
Lions 7 21 0 21 49

At Houston Baptist

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Broadcasters:

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 7 14 21 14 56
Huskies 3 0 0 7 10

At Abilene Christian

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Broadcasters:

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 7 14 14 21 56
Wildcats 3 10 0 8 21

No. 5 Sam Houston State

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Broadcasters:

1 2 3 4 Total
#5 Bearkats 9 7 10 7 33
Lions 3 13 7 0 23

At McNeese State

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Broadcasters:

1 2 3 4 Total
Lions 0 3 0 0 3
Cowboys 0 0 6 7 13

Nicholls State

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Broadcasters:

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 7 7 3 0 17
Lions 7 0 14 0 21

References

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  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.