2017 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team


The 2017 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team represented Jacksonville State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach John Grass and played their home games at Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium in Jacksonville, Alabama as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 10–2, 8–0 in OVC play to win the conference championship for the fourth consecutive year. The Gamecocks received the OVC's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs as the No. 3 overall seed, marking their fifth straight trip to the FCS playoffs. After a bye, they were upset by Kennesaw State in the second round.
On October 14, the Gamecocks won their 27th straight OVC conference game, setting the conference record for consecutive games won.

Previous season

The Gamecocks finished the 2016 season 10–2, 7–0 in OVC play to win the conference championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the second round to Youngstown State.

Schedule

Game summaries

vs Chattanooga

at Georgia Tech

Liberty

at Tennessee Tech

at Austin Peay

Eastern Kentucky

at Eastern Illinois

Southeast Missouri State

Murray State

at UT Martin

Tennessee State

FCS Playoffs

Kennesaw State–Second Round