The 2017 Elon Phoenix football team represented Elon University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Curt Cignetti and played their home games at Rhodes Stadium. They were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 8–4, 6–2 in CAA play to finish in third place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they were lost to Furman in the first round.
Quick Facts Elon Phoenix football, FCS Playoffs First Round, L 27–28 vs. Furman ...
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First place votes in parentheses
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Place |
School |
1 |
James Madison (21) |
2 |
Richmond (3) |
3 |
Villanova |
4 |
New Hampshire |
5 |
Delaware |
6 |
Albany |
7 |
William & Mary |
8 |
Stony Brook |
9 |
Maine |
10 |
Towson |
11 |
Elon |
12 |
Rhode Island |
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Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| 7:00 p.m. | at Toledo* | | | ESPN3 | L 13–47 | 22,104 |
September 9 | 1:00 p.m. | at Furman* | | | ESPN3 | W 34–31 | 6,342 |
September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 16 Charleston Southern* | | | CSL[2] | W 19–17 | 5,248 |
September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 8 Richmond | | | CSN+ | W 36–33 | 8,217 |
September 30 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 19 Albany | No. 23 | | CSL[2] | W 6–0 | 5,024 |
October 7 | 2:00 p.m. | William & Mary | No. 18 | | PAA | W 25–17 | 10,137 |
October 21 | Noon | at Rhode Island | No. 14 | | CSL | W 35–34 | 7,221 |
October 28 | 3:30 p.m. | at No. 13 Villanova | No. 10 | | NNAA | W 19–14 | 5,451 |
November 4 | 2:00 p.m. | Towson | No. 7 | | PAA | W 33–30 2OT | 10,113 |
November 11 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 18 New Hampshire | No. 7 | | FCS FSGO | L 6–16 | 7,294 |
November 18 | Noon | No. 1 James Madison | No. 11 | | PAA | L 3–31 | 8,662 |
November 25 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 22 Furman* | No. 15 | | ESPN3 | L 27–28 | 2,934 |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Eastern time
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At Toledo
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Phoenix |
0 |
7 |
0 |
6 |
13 |
Rockets |
13 |
6 |
21 |
7 |
47 |
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At Furman
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Phoenix |
21 |
0 |
3 |
10 |
34 |
Paladins |
0 |
10 |
21 |
0 |
31 |
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Charleston Southern
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
No. 16 Buccaneers |
0 |
7 |
0 |
10 |
17 |
Phoenix |
6 |
7 |
6 |
0 |
19 |
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At Richmond
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Phoenix |
6 |
13 |
7 |
10 |
36 |
No. 8 Spiders |
7 |
7 |
12 |
7 |
33 |
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Albany
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
No. 19 Great Danes |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
No. 23 Phoenix |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
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William & Mary
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
Tribe |
0 |
3 |
14 |
0 |
17 |
No. 18 Phoenix |
6 |
17 |
0 |
2 |
25 |
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At Rhode Island
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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No. 14 Phoenix |
14 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
35 |
Rams |
7 |
20 |
7 |
0 |
34 |
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At Villanova
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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No. 10 Phoenix |
0 |
7 |
3 |
9 |
19 |
No. 13 Wildcats |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
14 |
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Towson
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2 |
3 |
4 | OT | 2OT |
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Tigers |
10 |
0 |
0 |
17 | 3 | 0 |
30 |
No. 7 Phoenix |
7 |
7 |
10 |
3 | 3 | 3 |
33 |
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At New Hampshire
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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No. 7 Phoenix |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
6 |
No. 18 Wildcats |
0 |
7 |
9 |
0 |
16 |
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James Madison
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Total |
No. 1 Dukes |
3 |
14 |
7 |
7 |
31 |
No. 11 Phoenix |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
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Furman–First Round
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2 |
3 |
4 |
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No. 22 Paladins |
0 |
14 |
7 |
7 |
28 |
No. 15 Phoenix |
7 |
0 |
14 |
6 |
27 |
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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | — | — | — | RV | 23 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 11 | 15 | 20 |
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Coaches | — | — | — | — | RV | 23 | 20 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 17 | 21 |
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"2017 Schedule". Elon University Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 5, 2017.