2017 Morgan State Bears football team

2017 Morgan State Bears football
ConferenceMid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record1–10 (1–7 MEAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRob Spence (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorMike Fanoga (2nd season)
Home stadiumHughes Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings
Conf. Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 7 North Carolina A&T $   8 – 0     12 – 0  
Howard   6 – 2     7 – 4  
Bethune–Cookman   6 – 2     7 – 4  
North Carolina Central   5 – 3     7 – 4  
Hampton   5 – 3     6 – 5  
Norfolk State   4 – 4     4 – 7  
Savannah State *   3 – 5     3 – 8  
South Carolina State   2 – 6     3 – 7  
Florida A&M *   2 – 6     3 – 8  
Delaware State   2 – 6     2 – 9  
Morgan State *   1 – 7     1 – 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * Florida A&M, Morgan State and Savannah State ineligible for postseason due to APR violations
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2017 Morgan State Bears football team represented Morgan State University as a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Fred Farrier in his second and final season as head coach, the Bears compiled an overall record of 1–10 with a mark of 1–7 in conference play, placing last out of 11 teams in the MEAC. The team played home games at Hughes Stadium in Baltimore.

Before the season, Farrier was promoted to full-time head coach after serving as interim head coach in 2016.[1] After the season, on December 18, he was dismissed and released from his contract. He finished his two-year stint as Morgan State's head coach with a record of 4–18.[2][3]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m.at Towson*
SPORTSfever TV, ESPN3L 0–106,563
September 91:00 p.m.Albany*
FacebookL 0–263,789
September 163:30 p.m.at Rutgers*
BTNL 0–6539,892
September 237:00 p.m.No. 21 North Carolina A&T
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
FacebookL 17–497,437
October 67:30 p.m.at South Carolina State
ESPNUL 14–359,038
October 141:00 p.m.Savannah Statedagger
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
SPORTSfever TV, ESPN3W 48–2811,865
October 211:00 p.m.at Howard
SPORTSfever TV, ESPN3L 14–392,700
October 281:00 p.m.Florida A&M
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
SPORTSfever TV, ESPN3L 31–342,589
November 44:00 p.m.at Bethune–Cookman
L 28–415,261
November 112:00 p.m.at Delaware State
L 30–331,334
November 181:00 p.m.Norfolk State
  • Hughes Stadium
  • Baltimore, MD
FacebookL 32–451,276
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[4][5]

References

  1. ^ "MSU promotes Fred T. Farrier to full-time head coach". Morgan State Athletics. December 8, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  2. ^ "Morgan State University Athletics Releases Bears Football Head Coach". Morgan State Athletics. December 18, 2017.
  3. ^ "Morgan State fires football coach Fred Farrier, names defensive coordinator as interim replacement". The Baltimore Sun. December 18, 2017. Archived from the original on December 19, 2017. Retrieved December 19, 2017.
  4. ^ "2017 MSU Football Schedule Announced". Morgan State Athletics. March 1, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  5. ^ "Morgan State to host five, face Rutgers". STATS FCS Football. March 14, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
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