2017 Furman Paladins football team

2017 Furman Paladins football
FCS Playoffs Second Round, L 10–28 vs. Wofford
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 22
FCS Coaches	No. 25
Record	8–5 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Clay Hendrix (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Drew Cronic (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Chadd Staggs (1st season)
Home stadium	Paladin Stadium (Capacity: 16,000)

2017 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 6 Wofford $^		7	–	1					10	–	3
No. 18 Samford ^		6	–	2					8	–	4
No. 19 Furman ^		6	–	2					8	–	5
Western Carolina		5	–	3					7	–	5
Mercer		4	–	4					5	–	6
The Citadel		3	–	5					5	–	6
Chattanooga		3	–	5					3	–	8
East Tennessee State		2	–	6					4	–	7
VMI		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 Furman Paladins football team represented Furman University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Clay Hendrix and played their home games at Paladin Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 8–5, 6–2 in SoCon play to finish in a tie for second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Elon in the first round before losing to Wofford in the second round.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	at No. 11 Wofford		Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	ESPN3	L 23–24	7,237
September 9	1:00 p.m.	Elon*		Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	ESPN3	L 31–34	6,342
September 16	12:20 p.m.	at NC State*		Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ACCN	L 16–49	56,166
September 23	1:00 p.m.	at Colgate*		Andy Kerr Stadium Hamilton, NY	STADIUM	W 45–14	4,119
September 30	1:00 p.m.	East Tennessee State		Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	ESPN3	W 56–35	7,104
October 7	4:00 p.m.	at Chattanooga		Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN	ESPN3	W 41–17	9,651
October 14	1:00 p.m.	VMI		Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	ESPN3	W 42–10	7,216
October 21	1:30 p.m.	Mercer		Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC	7C ESPN3	W 28–21	8,108
October 28	3:30 p.m.	at No. 18 Western Carolina		E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC	ESPN3	W 28–6	9,973
November 11	2:00 p.m.	The Citadel	No. 21	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC (Rivalry)	7C ESPN3	W 56–20	10,105
November 18	3:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Samford	No. 20	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL	STADIUM	L 20–26	4,673
November 25	2:00 p.m.	at No. 15 Elon*	No. 22	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC (FCS Playoffs First Round)	ESPN3	W 28–27	2,934
December 2	2:00 p.m.	at No. 8 Wofford*	No. 22	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 10–28	5,153
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	3	7	7	6	23
No. 11 Terriers	7	3	0	14	24

See also: 2017 Wofford Terriers football team

Elon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Phoenix	21	0	3	10	34
Paladins	0	10	21	0	31

See also: 2017 Elon Phoenix football team

at NC State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	3	10	0	3	16
Wolfpack	14	14	21	0	49

See also: 2017 NC State Wolfpack football team

at Colgate

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	21	17	7	0	45
Raiders	0	7	7	0	14

See also: 2017 Colgate Raiders football team

East Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buccaneers	7	10	0	18	35
Paladins	14	14	14	14	56

See also: 2017 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

at Chattanooga

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	7	20	7	7	41
Mocs	3	7	0	7	17

See also: 2017 Chattanooga Mocs football team

VMI

	1	2	3	4	Total
Keydets	0	10	0	0	10
Paladins	7	7	14	14	42

See also: 2017 VMI Keydets football team

Mercer

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	7	0	14	0	21
Paladins	0	14	7	7	28

See also: 2017 Mercer Bears football team

at Western Carolina

	1	2	3	4	Total
Paladins	0	7	14	7	28
No. 18 Catamounts	0	0	0	6	6

See also: 2017 Western Carolina Catamounts football team

The Citadel

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	0	14	6	20
No. 21 Paladins	14	21	14	7	56

See also: 2017 The Citadel Bulldogs football team and The Citadel–Furman football rivalry

at Samford

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 20 Paladins	7	10	0	3	20
No. 17 Bulldogs	7	10	6	3	26

See also: 2017 Samford Bulldogs football team

FCS Playoffs

at Elon–First Round

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 22 Paladins	0	14	7	7	28
No. 15 Phoenix	7	0	14	6	27

at Wofford–Second Round

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 22 Paladins	0	10	0	0	10
No. 8 Terriers	7	7	7	7	28