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
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 $^ 90  102 
No. 4 Sam Houston State ^ 81  122 
No. 25 Nicholls State ^ 72  84 
No. 22 McNeese State 72  92 
Southeastern Louisiana 63  65 
Northwestern State 45  47 
Stephen F. Austin 45  47 
Abilene Christian 27  29 
Incarnate Word 17  110 
Lamar 18  29 
Houston Baptist 09  110 
  • $ 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

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m.at Louisiana*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, ESPN3W 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, ESPN3W 21–176,866
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time
  1. Game was originally scheduled for 4:00 p.m. CST, but was moved up due to the threat of inclement weather.

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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.