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The 2017 South Alabama Jaguars football team represented the University of South Alabama in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season . The Jaguars played their home games at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama , and competed in the Sun Belt Conference . They were led by ninth-year head coach Joey Jones . They finished the season 4–8, 3–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for eighth place.
On November 20 following a 52–0 loss to previously winless Georgia Southern , head coach Joey Jones, the only head coach in South Alabama football history, announced his resignation.[ 1] [ 2] Steve Campbell as head coach.[ 3]
Previous season
The Jaguars finished the 2016 season 6–7, 2–6 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. They were invited to the Arizona Bowl where they lost to Air Force .
Schedule
South Alabama announced its 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017. The 2017 schedule consisted of six home and away games in the regular season. The Jaguars hosted Sun Belt foes Arkansas State , Idaho , Louisiana–Lafayette , and Louisiana–Monroe , and will travel to Georgia Southern , Georgia State , New Mexico State , and Troy .[ 4]
The Jaguars hosted two of the four non-conference opponents, Alabama A&M from the Southwestern Athletic Conference and Oklahoma State from the Big 12 Conference , and traveled to Louisiana Tech from Conference USA and Ole Miss from the Southeastern Conference .
September 26:30 p.m.at Ole Miss *
ESPNU L 27–4762,532
September 87:00 p.m.No. 11 Oklahoma State *
ESPN2 L 7–4426,487
September 166:00 p.m.Alabama A&M *
Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL ESPN3 W 45–018,103
September 231:00 p.m.Idaho
Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL ESPN3L 23–29 2OT 12,603
September 306:00 p.m.at Louisiana Tech *
ESPN3L 16–3422,013
7:00 p.m.at Troy
ESPN2 W 19–825,211
October 214:00 p.m.Louisiana–Monroe
Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL ESPN3W 33–2316,495
Georgia State
ESPNUL 13–2112,125
November 43:00 p.m.Louisiana–Lafayette
Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL ESPN3L 14–1912,742
November 114:00 p.m.Arkansas State
Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL ESPN3W 24–1917,640
November 182:00 p.m.at Georgia Southern
ESPN3L 0–5212,250
December 23:00 p.m.at New Mexico State
ESPN3L 17–2226,268
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Schedule Source: [ 5]
Game summaries
at Ole Miss
1
2
3
4
Total
Jaguars
0
10
3
14
27
Rebels
10
3
27
7
47
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
Oklahoma State
1
2
3
4
Total
Cowboys
17
3
21
3
44
Jaguars
0
0
0
7
7
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
0
0
0
0
0
Jaguars
24
7
14
0
45
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
Idaho
1
2
3
4 OT 2OT
Total
Vandals
3
7
0
10 3 6
29
Jaguars
10
3
0
7 3 0
23
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–1
2016
IDA, 38–31
at Louisiana Tech
1
2
3
4
Total
Jaguars
7
6
3
0
16
Bulldogs
14
3
0
17
34
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
First meeting
at Troy
1
2
3
4
Total
Jaguars
7
2
7
3
19
Trojans
0
0
0
8
8
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–3
2016
TROY, 28–21
1
2
3
4
Total
Warhawks
7
13
3
0
23
Jaguars
14
10
6
3
33
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–2
2016
ULM, 42–35OT
at Georgia State
1
2
3
4
Total
Jaguars
0
3
3
7
13
Panthers
7
7
0
7
21
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
4–2
2016
USA, 13–10
1
2
3
4
Total
Ragin' Cajuns
3
16
0
0
19
Jaguars
0
7
0
7
14
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
2–3
2016
ULL, 28–23
Arkansas State
1
2
3
4
Total
Red Wolves
0
6
6
7
19
Jaguars
10
0
7
7
24
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–5
2016
ASU, 17–7
at Georgia Southern
1
2
3
4
Total
Jaguars
0
0
0
0
0
Eagles
21
10
14
7
52
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
0–3
2016
GASO, 24–9
at New Mexico State
1
2
3
4
Total
Jaguars
0
7
0
10
17
Aggies
0
13
0
9
22
Overall record
Last meeting
Result
1–0
2016
USA, 35–28
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