The 2017 Florida Tech Panthers football team represented

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(FIT) during the 2017 NCAA Division II football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach

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. The Panthers played their home games at

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, approximately from the Florida Tech campus, and were members of the

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Schedule

Florida Tech announced its 2017 football schedule on April 11, 2017. The schedule consists of 5 home and 6 away games in the regular season. The Panthers will host GSC foes Shorter, West Alabama,

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, and West Georgia, and will travel to Delta State,

Mississippi College Mississippi College (MC) is a private Baptist university in Clinton, Mississippi. Founded in 1826, MC is the second-oldest Baptist-affiliated college or university in the United States and the oldest college or university in Mississippi. Histor ...

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, and

Valdosta State Valdosta State University (VSU or Valdosta State) is a public university in Valdosta, Georgia. It is one of the four comprehensive universities in the University System of Georgia. , VSU had over 12,000 undergraduate and graduate students. VSU a ...

. The Panthers will host only one non-conference game against

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and travel to

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of the

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and North Greenville whom is independent from a conference.

Rankings

Game summaries

Virginia-Lynchburg

At McNeese State

Shorter

At Mississippi College

West Florida

At North Alabama

At North Greenville

West Alabama

At Valdosta State

West Georgia

At Delta State

Awards and milestones

Gulf South Conference honors

Five players from Florida Tech were honored as All-GSC selections by the league's coaches.

Gulf South Conference All-Conference First Team

*Antwuan Haynes, RB *Adonis Davis, DL

Gulf South Conference All-Conference Second Team

*Romell Guerrier, WR *Kevin Purlett, TE *J.T. Hassell, LB

Gulf South Conference offensive player of the week

*September 18: Antwuan Haynes *October 16: Mark Cato *October 23: Mark Cato

Gulf South Conference defensive player of the week

*October 16: Adonis Davis

Gulf South Conference special teams player of the week

*September 4: Max Erdman

References

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