2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

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. They finished the season 9–3, 7–1 in Big Sky play to earn a share of the conference championship with Weber State. They received the conference's automatic bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost to Weber State in the second round.

2017 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
Big Sky co-champion
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 14
FCS CoachesNo. 13
Record9–3 (7–1 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJustin Walterscheid (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorRod Chance (2nd season)
Home stadiumEccles Coliseum
2017 Big Sky Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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
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