2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
Big Sky co-champion
FCS Playoffs Second Round, L 13–30 vs. Weber State
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 14
FCS Coaches	No. 13
Record	9–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach	Demario Warren (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Justin Walterscheid (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Rod Chance (2nd season)
Home stadium	Eccles Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2016 2018 →

2017 Big Sky Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 14 Southern Utah +^	7	–	1	9	–	3
No. 5 Weber State +^	7	–	1	11	–	3
Northern Arizona ^	6	–	2	7	–	5
No. 21 Eastern Washington	6	–	2	7	–	4
Sacramento State	6	–	2	7	–	4
Montana	5	–	3	7	–	4
Montana State	5	–	3	5	–	6
UC Davis	3	–	5	5	–	6
Idaho State	2	–	6	4	–	7
Northern Colorado	2	–	6	3	–	7
North Dakota	2	–	6	3	–	8
Cal Poly	1	–	7	1	–	10
Portland State	0	–	8	0	–	11

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

The 2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Demario Warren and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, Utah as sixth-year as members of the Big Sky Conference.^[1] They finished the season 9–3, 7–1 in Big Sky play to earn a share of the conference championship with Weber State.^[2]^[3] They received the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Weber State in the second round.^[4]^[5]^[6]