2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football

Conference	Southern Conference
Record	4–7 (2–6 SoCon)
Head coach	Carl Torbush (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike O'Cain (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator	Billy Taylor (3rd season)
Home stadium	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium
Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 6 Wofford $^	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 18 Samford ^	6	–	2	8	–	4
No. 19 Furman ^	6	–	2	8	–	5
Western Carolina	5	–	3	7	–	5
Mercer	4	–	4	5	–	6
The Citadel	3	–	5	5	–	6
Chattanooga	3	–	5	3	–	8
East Tennessee State	2	–	6	4	–	7
VMI	0	–	8	0	–	11

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University (ETSU) in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season and are in the second year of their second stint as football members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They are led by third-year head coach Carl Torbush and, for the first time, play all their home games at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium.^[1] They finished the season 4–7, 2–6 in SoCon play to finish in eighth place.

On December 8, head coach Carl Torbush announced his retirement.^[2] He finished at ETSU with a three-year record of 11–22.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	7:00 p.m.	Limestone*	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN	ESPN3	W 31–10	9,530
September 9	6:00 p.m.	at No. 1 James Madison*	Bridgeforth Stadium Harrisonburg, VA	CSN MA+	L 10–52	17,118
September 16	1:00 p.m.	No. 13 The Citadel	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN	ESPN3	L 25–31	7,544
September 23	3:30 p.m.	Mercer	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN	ESPN3	W 26–23 ^OT	8,022
September 30	1:00 p.m.	at Furman	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	ESPN3	L 35–56	7,104
October 7	3:30 p.m.	Robert Morris*	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN	ESPN3	W 16–3	8,540
October 14	3:30 p.m.	at No. 21 Western Carolina	Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	ESPN3	L 10–49	8,300
October 28	1:00 p.m.	No. 8 Wofford	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN	ESPN3	L 24–31	7,087
November 4	12:00 p.m.	VMI	William B. Greene Jr. Stadium Johnson City, TN	ESPN3	W 24–6	7,327
November 11	3:00 p.m.	at No. 16 Samford	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	7C, ESPN3	L 7–42	5,178
November 18	2:00 p.m.	at Chattanooga	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN3	L 3–10	8,434
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

	1	2	3	4	Total
Saints	0	3	7	0	10
Buccaneers	7	14	7	3	31

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	7	3	0	10
No. 1 Dukes	21	7	17	7	52

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Bulldogs	7	0	7	17	31
Buccaneers	7	7	3	8	25

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Bears	0	6	14	0	3	23
Buccaneers	7	3	0	10	6	26

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	7	10	0	18	35
Paladins	14	14	14	14	56

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonials	0	0	0	3	3
Buccaneers	3	7	6	0	16

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	3	0	0	7	10
No. 21 Catamounts	0	7	21	21	49

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 8 Terriers	3	14	7	7	31
Buccaneers	0	10	7	7	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Keydets	0	3	3	0	6
Buccaneers	10	0	7	7	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	0	7	0	0	7
No. 16 Bulldogs	14	21	0	7	42

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	3	0	0	0	3
Mocs	0	0	10	0	10

v t e East Tennessee State Buccaneers football
Venues	Memorial Center (1977–2003) Kermit Tipton Stadium (2015–2016) William B. Greene Jr. Stadium (2017–present)
Bowls & rivalries	1969 Grantland Rice Bowl
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942–1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004–2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024