2017 Georgia State Panthers football team

The 2017 Georgia State Panthers football team represented Georgia State University (GSU) in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Panthers were led by first-year head coach Shawn Elliott. The season marked the first in which they played in the newly acquired Georgia State Stadium, a renovated Turner Field with artificial turf and a 22,000 person capacity. The season was the Panthers' fifth in the Sun Belt Conference and eighth since starting football. The Panthers finished the season 7–5, 5–3 in Sun Belt play to finish in fourth place. They received an invite to the Cure Bowl, where Georgia State defeated Western Kentucky for the Panthers' first bowl win in program history.

2017 Georgia State Panthers football
Cure Bowl champion
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
Record7–5 (5–3 Sun Belt)
Head coach
  • Shawn Elliott (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorTravis Trickett (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorNate Fuqua (1st season)
Home stadiumGeorgia State Stadium
2017 Sun Belt Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Troy +  7 1   11 2  
Appalachian State +  7 1   9 4  
Arkansas State  6 2   7 5  
Georgia State  5 3   7 5  
New Mexico State  4 4   7 6  
Louisiana  4 4   5 7  
Louisiana–Monroe  4 4   4 8  
Idaho  3 5   4 8  
South Alabama  3 5   4 8  
Coastal Carolina *  2 6   3 9  
Georgia Southern  2 6   2 10  
Texas State  1 7   2 10  
  • + Conference co-champions
  • * – Ineligible for postseason play due to FCS-to-FBS transition rules
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