2017 — Season 2017

Record 4-8
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -2.7 last-week
Era The Independent Wandering
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
L vs Hawai'i 35-38 L @ Coas Car 28-38 L vs Old Dom 7-17 L @ Temple 21-29 L @ Tennes 13-17 L vs Ohio 50-58 W vs Geor Sou 55-20 W vs App Sta 30-27 L @ Miss St 23-34 W vs Maine 44-31 W @ BYU 16-10 L @ Flor Int 45-63

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

What It Meant

2017 is a losing-side chapter. The record (4-8) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.