2017 Southern Jaguars football team

2017 Southern Jaguars football
ConferenceSouthwestern Athletic Conference
DivisionWest Division
Record7–4 (5–2 SWAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorChennis Berry (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorTrei Oliver (2nd season)
Home stadiumAce W. Mumford Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Alcorn State xy   5 2     7 5  
Alabama State   4 3     5 6  
Alabama A&M   3 4     4 7  
Jackson State   3 4     3 8  
Mississippi Valley State   1 6     2 9  
West Division
No. 16 Grambling State xy$   7 0     11 2  
Southern   5 2     7 4  
Prairie View A&M   4 3     6 5  
Texas Southern   2 5     2 9  
Arkansas–Pine Bluff   1 6     2 9  
Championship: Grambling State 40, Alcorn State 32
  • $ – Conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 Southern Jaguars football team represented Southern University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Jaguars were led by fifth-year head coach Dawson Odums and played their home games at Ace W. Mumford Stadium in Baton Rouge, Louisiana as members of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They finished the season 7–4, 5–2 in SWAC play to finish in second place in the West Division.

Due to NCAA APR violations, the Jaguars were ineligible to participate in the SWAC Championship or the Celebration Bowl.[1]

  1. ^ "NCAA slams Southern with sanctions; no postseason for football, baseball, 9 others in 2016-17". The Advocate. Retrieved April 22, 2016.