The 2017 Stony Brook Seawolves football team represented

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in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Seawolves competed as fifth-year members of the

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with

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as the head coach for his twelfth season. They played their home games at

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in Stony Brook, New York. They finished the season 10–3, 7–1 in CAA play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the

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where they defeated Lehigh in the first round before losing to

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in the second round.

Schedule

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Game summaries

At South Florida

At Rhode Island

Sacred Heart

Towson

At William & Mary

Delaware

No. 12 New Hampshire

At No. 19 Richmond

Albany

Wagner

At Maine

FCS Playoffs

Lehigh–First Round

At No. 1 James Madison–Second Round

Ranking movements

References

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