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2017 SE Louisiana

6–⁠5 (6–⁠3 Southland Conference).

Schedule and results

SE Louisiana in 2017, game by game: lost at Louisiana 48–51; lost vs. Bethune-Cookman 23–28; lost at Central Arkansas 6–38; won vs. Lamar 49–21; won at Northwestern State 49–20; won vs. Incarnate Word 49–30; won at Houston Christian 56–10; won at Abilene Christian 56–21; lost vs. Sam Houston 23–33; lost at McNeese 3–13; won vs. Nicholls 21–17+46−32Lost 48–51 at Louisiana-3LouisianaLost 23–28 vs. Bethune-Cookman-5Bethune-CookmanLost 6–38 at Central Arkansas-32Central ArkansasWon 49–21 vs. Lamar+28LamarWon 49–20 at Northwestern State+29Northwestern St…Won 49–30 vs. Incarnate Word+19Incarnate WordWon 56–10 at Houston Christian+46Houston Christi…Won 56–21 at Abilene Christian+35Abilene Christi…Lost 23–33 vs. Sam Houston-10Sam HoustonLost 3–13 at McNeese-10McNeeseWon 21–17 vs. Nicholls+4Nicholls
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 2atLouisianaL 48–⁠5127%
Sep 9vsBethune-CookmanL 23–⁠2862%
Sep 16atCentral ArkansasL 6–⁠3826%
Sep 23vsLamarW 49–⁠2170%
Sep 30atNorthwestern StateW 49–⁠2056%
Oct 7vsIncarnate WordW 49–⁠3083%
Oct 14atHouston ChristianW 56–⁠1068%
Oct 21atAbilene ChristianW 56–⁠2164%
Oct 28vsSam HoustonL 23–⁠3341%
Nov 4atMcNeeseL 3–⁠1338%
Nov 16vsNichollsW 21–⁠1753%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Nicholls 21–⁠17; unranked in the final AP poll; 5th in the Southland Conference.

In program history: The 7th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 40 on file).

Record
6–⁠5
Conference
6–⁠3 5th in Southland Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
383–⁠282
Coach
—
Elo
1371 +36 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−19.7 No. 39 of 124 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 232
Offensive coordinator
Matt Barrett
Defensive coordinator
Ron Roberts

Leaders

Passing yardsLorenzo Lee Nunez WR171 yds
Passing touchdownsLorenzo Lee Nunez WR3 TD
Rushing yardsEugene Bethea RB187 yds
Rushing touchdownsEugene Bethea RB2 TD
Receiving yardsJuwan Dickey WR99 yds
Receiving touchdownsBransen Schwebel TE1 TD
TacklesJonathan Lyles DB5 tkl
SacksRyan Sigers DB1 sacks

2017 Southland Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Central Arkansas9–⁠010–⁠2
Sam Houston8–⁠112–⁠2
McNeese7–⁠28–⁠2
Nicholls7–⁠28–⁠4
SE Louisiana6–⁠36–⁠5
Northwestern State4–⁠54–⁠7
Stephen F. Austin4–⁠54–⁠7
Abilene Christian2–⁠72–⁠9
Incarnate Word1–⁠71–⁠10
Lamar1–⁠81–⁠9
Houston Christian0–⁠91–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.