2017 Alcorn State Braves football team

2017 Alcorn State Braves football
2017 Alcorn State Braves football
SWAC East Division champion
SWAC Championship Game, L 32–40 vs. Grambling State
Conference	Southwestern Athletic Conference
	East Division
Record	7–5 (5–2 SWAC)
Head coach	Fred McNair (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Fred Kaiss (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Cedric Thomas (2nd as DC; 4th overall season)
Home stadium	Casem-Spinks Stadium
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Alcorn State Braves football team represented Alcorn State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Braves were led by second-year head coach Fred McNair and played their home games at Casem-Spinks Stadium in Lorman, Mississippi as members of the East Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC). They finished the season 7–5, 5–2 in SWAC play to win the East Division. They lost the SWAC Championship Game to Grambling State.

2017 Southwestern Athletic Conference football standings
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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

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	Miles*	Casem-Spinks Stadium Lorman, MS	BAA	W 50–21	10,751
September 8^[a]	6:00 p.m.	vs. FIU*	Legion Field^[a] Birmingham, AL		L 10–17	5,017
September 16	6:00 p.m.	McNeese State*	Casem-Spinks Stadium Lorman, MS	BAA	L 27–34	12,608
September 23	6:00 p.m.	Southern	Casem-Spinks Stadium Lorman, MS	SWACDN	W 48–31	23,738
September 29	8:00 p.m.	at Texas Southern*	BBVA Compass Stadium Houston, TX	AT&T SW	W 24–17	2,785
October 5	6:30 p.m.	at Alabama State	New ASU Stadium Montgomery, AL	ESPNU	W 24–10	15,553
October 14	2:00 p.m.	Prairie View A&M	Casem-Spinks Stadium Lorman, MS		W 34–21	21,509
October 21	2:00 p.m.	at No. 17 Grambling State	Eddie Robinson Stadium Grambling, LA	SWACDN	L 14–41	12,147
November 4	2:00 p.m.	Alabama A&M	Casem-Spinks Stadium Lorman, MS		W 47–22	7,515
November 11	2:00 p.m.	Mississippi Valley State	Casem-Spinks Stadium Lorman, MS		W 59–0	6,957
November 18	2:00 p.m.	at Jackson State	Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium Jackson, MS	SWACDN	L 3–7	12,903
December 2	3:30 p.m.	vs. Grambling State	NRG Stadium Houston, TX (SWAC Championship Game)	ESPNU	L 32–40	24,610
*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

^{^[a]}The game between Alcorn State and FIU was relocated to Legion Field at Birmingham, Alabama due to Hurricane Irma.^[1]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Bears	7	0	7	7	21
Braves	14	10	16	10	50

	1	2	3	4	Total
Braves	0	7	0	3	10
Panthers	0	7	3	7	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cowboys	7	7	6	14	34
Braves	7	6	7	7	27

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jaguars	3	21	7	0	31
Braves	3	17	21	7	48

	1	2	3	4	Total
Braves	14	0	7	3	24
Tigers	7	0	7	3	17

	1	2	3	4	Total
Braves	10	14	0	0	24
Hornets	0	0	7	3	10

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	14	0	0	7	21
Braves	0	24	3	7	34

	1	2	3	4	Total
Braves	0	7	0	7	14
Tigers	7	17	10	7	41

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulldogs	0	10	3	9	22
Braves	13	6	21	7	47

	1	2	3	4	Total
Delta Devils	0	0	0	0	0
Braves	14	14	28	3	59

	1	2	3	4	Total
Braves	3	0	0	0	3
Tigers	0	7	0	0	7

	1	2	3	4	Total
Braves	10	0	0	22	32
Tigers	10	28	0	2	40