2017_Kennesaw_State_Owls_football_team

2017 Kennesaw State Owls football
2017 Kennesaw State Owls football
Big South champion
FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals, L 27–34 vs. Sam Houston State
Conference	Big South Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 8
FCS Coaches	No. 9
Record	12–2 (5–0 Big South)
Head coach	Brian Bohannon (3rd season);
Offensive coordinator	Grant Chesnut (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Pistol option
Defensive coordinator	Brian Newberry (3rd season)
Base defense	4–2–5
Home stadium	Fifth Third Bank Stadium
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Kennesaw State Owls football team

American college football season

The 2017 Kennesaw State Owls football team represented Kennesaw State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Brian Bohannon and played their home games at Fifth Third Bank Stadium in Kennesaw, Georgia as third-year members of the Big South Conference.^[1] They finished the season 12–2, 5–0 in Big South play to win the Big South conference championship.^[2] The Owls received the Big South's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs, their first trip to the playoffs in school history.^[3]^[4] In the first round of the playoffs, the Owls defeated Samford in a rematch of their only regular season loss and marked the school's first ever playoff win.^[5] In the second round, the Owls upset No. 3 seed Jacksonville State to advance to the quarterfinals.^[6] In the quarterfinals, despite a furious second half comeback, they lost to Sam Houston State.^[7]

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On January 9, 2018, head coach Brian Bohannon was named the American Football Coaches Association's Coach of the Year.^[8]^[9]

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 31	7:00 p.m.	at No. 19 Samford*		Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	ESPN3 WPCH	L 23–28	4,908
September 9	7:00 p.m.	Tennessee Tech*		Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	BSN WPCH	W 27–14	8,418
September 16	8:00 p.m.	at Alabama State*		New ASU Stadium Montgomery, AL	ASAA	W 20–14	11,000
September 30	3:30 p.m.	North Greenville*		Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	WPCH	W 38–34	6,161
October 7	7:00 p.m.	Texas Southern*		Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	WPCH	W 48–3	6,743
October 14	6:00 p.m.	at Liberty		Williams Stadium Lynchburg, VA	ESPN3	W 42–28	17,726
October 21	7:00 p.m.	Gardner–Webb		Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	ESPN3	W 17–3	6,954
October 28	2:00 p.m.	at Presbyterian		Bailey Memorial Stadium Clinton, SC	WPCH	W 28–0	2,804
November 4	2:00 p.m.	at Montana State*	No. 25	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	WPCH	W 16–14	16,337
November 11	3:30 p.m.	Charleston Southern	No. 23	Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	ESPN3	W 38–0	6,224
November 18	2:00 p.m.	Monmouth	No. 22	Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	ESPN3	W 52–21	6,808
November 25	2:00 p.m.	No. 14 Samford*	No. 18	Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 28–17	5,516
December 2	2:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Jacksonville State*	No. 18	JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 17–7	17,412
December 9	8:30 p.m.	at No. 5 Sam Houston State*	No. 18	Bowers Stadium Huntsville, TX (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN3	L 27–34	5,725
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Final
STATS FCS	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	23	22	18	8
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	23	21	16	9

2017_Kennesaw_State_Owls_football_team

2017 Kennesaw State Owls football team

Schedule

Game summaries

@ Samford

Tennessee Tech

@ Alabama State

North Greenville

Texas Southern

@ Liberty

Gardner–Webb

@ Presbyterian

@ Montana State

Charleston Southern

Monmouth

FCS Playoffs

Samford–First Round

@ Jacksonville State–Second Round

@ Sam Houston State–Quarterfinals

Ranking movements

References

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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 8 Kennesaw State $^	5	–	0	12	–	2
Monmouth ^	4	–	1	9	–	3
Charleston Southern	3	–	2	6	–	5
Liberty *	2	–	3	6	–	5
Presbyterian	1	–	4	4	–	7
Gardner–Webb	0	–	5	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant * Liberty ineligible for postseason due to FBS transition Rankings from STATS Poll