2017 — Season 2017

Record 5-7
Final Result Losing season
AP Final — post-bowls
SP+ -5.7 last-week
Era —
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
W vs UAlbany 31-17 W @ Massac 17-7 L vs UNC 23-53 L @ Virg Tec 0-38 L vs Flor Atl 28-58 L @ Marshall 3-35 L vs West Ken 31-35 L @ Nort Tex 38-45 W vs Charlo 6-0 W @ Flor Int 37-30 W vs Rice 24-21 L @ Midd Ten 10-41

Who carried it

Season leaders, 2017.

What It Meant

2017 is a losing-side chapter. The record (5-7) does not soften into legacy; the program metabolizes it and moves on.