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American college football season
The 2017 Troy Trojans football team represented Troy University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Trojans played their home games at Veterans Memorial Stadium in Troy, Alabama, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by third-year head coach Neal Brown. They finished the season 11–2, 7–1 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for the Sun Belt championship. They received an invitation to the New Orleans Bowl where they defeated North Texas.
Troy announced its 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Trojans hosted Sun Belt foes Georgia Southern, Idaho, South Alabama, and Texas State, and traveled to Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina, Georgia State, and New Mexico State.[1]
The Trojans hosted two of their four non-conference opponents, Akron from the Mid-American Conference and Alabama State from the Southwestern Athletic Conference, and will travel to Boise State from the Mountain West Conference and LSU from the Southeastern Conference.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 2:45 p.m. | at Boise State* | | ESPNU | L 13–24 | 31,581 |
September 9 | 5:00 p.m. | Alabama State* | | ESPN3 | W 34–7 | 29,278 |
September 16 | 7:00 p.m. | at New Mexico State | | ESPN3 | W 27–24 | 15,446 |
September 23 | 5:00 p.m. | Akron* | - Veterans Memorial Stadium
- Troy, AL
| ESPN3 | W 22–17 | 27,324 |
September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 25 LSU* | | ESPNU | W 24–21 | 99,879 |
| 7:00 p.m. | South Alabama | - Veterans Memorial Stadium
- Troy, AL (rivalry)
| ESPN2 | L 8–19 | 25,211 |
October 21 | 1:00 p.m. | at Georgia State | | ESPN3 | W 34–10 | 15,388 |
October 28 | 2:30 p.m. | Georgia Southern![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | - Veterans Memorial Stadium
- Troy, AL
| ESPN3 | W 38–16 | 23,846 |
| 8:15 p.m. | Idaho | - Veterans Memorial Stadium
- Troy, AL
| ESPNU | W 24–21 | 20,341 |
November 11 | 3:30 p.m. | at Coastal Carolina | | ESPN3 | W 42–17 | 15,545 |
| 3:00 p.m. | Texas State | - Veterans Memorial Stadium
- Troy, AL
| ESPN3 | W 62–9 | 20,737 |
December 2 | 6:30 p.m. | at Arkansas State | | ESPN2 | W 32–25 | 27,462 |
December 16 | 12:00 p.m. | vs. North Texas* | | ESPN | W 50–30 | 24,904 |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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[2][3][4]
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Trojans
|
3
|
7
|
0
|
3 |
13 |
Broncos
|
7
|
10
|
0
|
7 |
24 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Hornets
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
Trojans
|
7
|
13
|
7
|
7 |
34 |
At New Mexico State
[edit]
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Trojans
|
13
|
0
|
14
|
0 |
27 |
Aggies
|
3
|
0
|
13
|
8 |
24 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Zips
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
7 |
17 |
Trojans
|
7
|
9
|
0
|
6 |
22 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Trojans
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
7 |
24 |
No. 25 Tigers
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
14 |
21 |
Troy beat LSU securing their first win against an AP TOP 25 team.
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Jaguars
|
7
|
2
|
7
|
3 |
19 |
Trojans
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
8 |
8 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Trojans
|
7
|
14
|
10
|
3 |
34 |
Panthers
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
10 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Eagles
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
6 |
16 |
Trojans
|
14
|
14
|
3
|
7 |
38 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Vandals
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7
|
0
|
0
|
14 |
21 |
Trojans
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
7 |
24 |
At Coastal Carolina
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Trojans
|
14
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
42 |
Chanticleers
|
10
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
17 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bobcats
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
3 |
9 |
Trojans
|
17
|
24
|
14
|
7 |
62 |
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Trojans
|
0
|
7
|
10
|
15 |
32 |
Red Wolves
|
0
|
10
|
3
|
12 |
25 |
vs North Texas–New Orleans Bowl
[edit]
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Trojans
|
15
|
7
|
21
|
7 |
50 |
Mean Green
|
7
|
13
|
3
|
7 |
30 |
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