2017 Towson Tigers football team

American college football season

2017 Towson Tigers football

Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	5–6 (3–5 CAA)
Head coach	Rob Ambrose (9th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jared Ambrose (5th season)
Defensive coordinator	Lyndon Johnson (1st season)
Home stadium	Johnny Unitas Stadium
Seasons← 2016 2018 →

2017 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 2 James Madison $^	8	–	0	14	–	1
No. 11 Stony Brook ^	7	–	1	10	–	3
No. 20 Elon ^	6	–	2	8	–	4
No. 12 New Hampshire ^	5	–	3	9	–	5
Delaware	5	–	3	7	–	4
Richmond	4	–	4	6	–	5
Towson	3	–	5	5	–	6
Villanova	3	–	5	5	–	6
Maine	3	–	5	4	–	6
Albany	2	–	6	4	–	7
Rhode Island	2	–	6	3	–	8
William & Mary	0	–	8	2	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 Towson Tigers football team represented Towson University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by ninth-year head coach Rob Ambrose and played their home games at Johnny Unitas Stadium. They were a member of the Colonial Athletic Association. They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in CAA play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 2	6:00 p.m.	Morgan State*	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD (Battle for Greater Baltimore)	SPORTSfever TV, ESPN3	W 10–0	6,563
September 9	12:00 p.m.	at Maryland*	Maryland Stadium College Park, MD	BTN	L 17–63	37,105
September 16	7:00 p.m.	at Saint Francis (PA)*	DeGol Field Loretto, PA	NECFR	W 16–14	2,412
September 23	6:00 p.m.	at Stony Brooktsn	Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium Stony Brook, NY	CSL	L 17–25	6,672
September 30	6:00 p.m.	No. 14 Villanova	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	TSN	L 9–24	5,017
October 14	4:00 p.m.	No. 13 Richmond	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	FSGO	L 3–23	5,768
October 21	2:00 p.m.	at No. 18 New Hampshire	Wildcat Stadium Durham, NH	UNHAthletics via YouTube	L 17–40	10,522
October 28	4:00 p.m.	No. 23 Delaware	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	FSGO	W 18–17	6,402
November 4	2:00 p.m.	at No. 7 Elon	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC	PAA	L 30–33	10,113
November 11	2:00 p.m.	at William & Mary	Zable Stadium Williamsburg, VA	CSL	W 26–14	6,234
November 18	2:00 p.m.	Rhode Island	Johnny Unitas Stadium Towson, MD	TSN	W 29–10	3,134
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	0	0
Tigers	0	10	0	0	10

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	7	0	10	17
Terrapins	21	7	21	14	63

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	0	0	3	13	16
Red Flash	0	7	0	7	14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	10	0	7	0	17
Seawolves	7	9	3	6	25

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 14 Wildcats	7	0	3	14	24
Tigers	0	6	3	0	9

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 13 Spiders	7	10	0	6	23
Tigers	0	0	0	3	3

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	3	0	0	14	17
No. 18 Wildcats	7	26	7	0	40

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Fightin' Blue Hens	0	7	7	3	17
Tigers	3	0	8	7	18

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Tigers	10	0	0	17	3	30
No. 7 Phoenix	7	7	10	3	6	33

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	12	0	0	14	26
Tribe	7	7	0	0	14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rams	7	3	0	0	10
Tigers	2	13	7	7	29

^ Washburn, Rob (August 18, 2017). "CAA Partners With CBS Sports Digital". Colonial Athletic Association. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
"2017 Football Schedule". Towson University Athletics. Retrieved April 24, 2022.

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