2017 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football team

2017 Southeastern Louisiana Lions football
Conference	Southland Conference
Record	6–5 (6–3 Southland)
Head coach	Ron Roberts (6th season)
Offensive coordinator	Matt Barrett (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Ron Roberts (6th season)
Home stadium	Strawberry Stadium (Capacity: 7,408)

2017 Southland Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 10 Central Arkansas $^		9	–	0					10	–	2
No. 4 Sam Houston State ^		8	–	1					12	–	2
No. 25 Nicholls State ^		7	–	2					8	–	4
No. 22 McNeese State		7	–	2					9	–	2
Southeastern Louisiana		6	–	3					6	–	5
Northwestern State		4	–	5					4	–	7
Stephen F. Austin		4	–	5					4	–	7
Abilene Christian		2	–	7					2	–	9
Incarnate Word		1	–	7					1	–	10
Lamar		1	–	8					2	–	9
Houston Baptist		0	–	9					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS poll

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. They finished the season 6–5, 6–3 in Southland play to finish in fifth place.

On January 19, head coach Ron Roberts resigned to become the defensive coordinator at Louisiana. He finished at Southeastern Louisiana with a six-year record of 42–29.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	at Louisiana–Lafayette*	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA (Rivalry)	ESPN3	L 48–51	18,289
September 9	7:00 p.m.	Bethune–Cookman*	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	ELVN	L 23–28	6,321
September 16	7:15 p.m.	at No. 14 Central Arkansas	Estes Stadium Conway, AR	ELVN	L 6–38	10,237
September 23	7:00 p.m.	Lamar	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	LionVision	W 49–21	4,728
September 30	6:00 p.m.	at Northwestern State	Harry Turpin Stadium Natchitoches, LA (Rivalry)	CST ESPN3	W 49–20	9,073
October 7	4:00 p.m.	Incarnate Word	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA		W 49–30	4,156
October 14	6:00 p.m.	at Houston Baptist	Husky Stadium Houston, TX	ESPN3	W 56–10	1,827
October 21	2:30 p.m.	at Abilene Christian	Wildcat Stadium Abilene, TX		W 56–21	12,000
October 28	7:00 p.m.	No. 5 Sam Houston State	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA	ESPN3	L 23–33	6,027
November 4	6:00 p.m.	at McNeese State	Cowboy Stadium Lake Charles, LA		L 3–13	7,332
November 16	6:00 p.m.	Nicholls State	Strawberry Stadium Hammond, LA (River Bell Classic)		W 21–17	6,866
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Source:

Game summaries

at Louisiana

Broadcasters: David Saltzman & Bobby Carpenter

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	21	14	0	13	48
Ragin' Cajuns	21	14	7	9	51

See also: 2017 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–18–3	1981	SLU, 7–0

Bethune-Cookman

Broadcasters: Lyn Rollins, Butch Alsandor, & Meghan Kluth

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	14	0	0	14	28
Lions	3	6	7	7	23

See also: 2017 Bethune-Cookman Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Central Arkansas

Broadcasters: Steve Sullivan & Fitz Hill

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lions	0	3	0	3	6
#14 Bears	7	7	21	3	38

See also: 2017 Central Arkansas Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–7	2016	UCA, 45–10

Lamar

Broadcasters: John Sartori, Wesley Boone, & Richie Solares

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinals	7	7	7	0	21
Lions	21	14	7	7	49

See also: 2017 Lamar Cardinals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–4	2016	LU, 38–24