| 2017 Sam Houston State Bearkats football | |
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FCS Playoffs Semifinals, L 13–55 vs. North Dakota State | |
| Conference | Southland Conference |
| Ranking | |
| STATS | No. 4 |
| FCS Coaches | No. 3 |
| Record | 12–2 (8–1 Southland) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Tim Cramsey (1st season) |
| Offensive scheme | Pro spread |
| Defensive coordinator | Clayton Carlin (1st season) |
| Base defense | 4–2–5 |
| Home stadium | Bowers Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 Central Arkansas $^ | 9 | – | 0 | 10 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4 Sam Houston State ^ | 8 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 25 Nicholls State ^ | 7 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 22 McNeese State | 7 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southeastern Louisiana | 6 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State | 4 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 4 | – | 5 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 2 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Incarnate Word | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lamar | 1 | – | 8 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston Baptist | 0 | – | 9 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2017 Sam Houston State Bearkats football team represented Sam Houston State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Bearkats were led by fourth-year head coach K. C. Keeler and played their home games at Bowers Stadium. They were a member of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 12–2, 8–1 in Southland play to finish in second place. They received an at-large bid to the FCS playoffs where they defeated South Dakota in the first round and Kennesaw State in the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals to North Dakota State.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 1 [a] | 6:00 p.m. | No. 7 Richmond * | No. 3 | ESPN3 | W 48–34 | 8,048 | |
| September 7 | 6:30 p.m. | at Prairie View A&M * | No. 3 | ESPNU | W 44–31 | 8,465 | |
| September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | Nicholls State | No. 3 |
| ESPN3 | W 66–17 | 12,863 |
| September 30 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 11 Central Arkansas | No. 3 | ESPN3 | L 30–41 | 11,347 | |
| October 7 | 1:00 p.m. | vs. Stephen F. Austin | No. 9 | ESPN3 | W 27–16 | 26,792 | |
| October 14 | 3:45 p.m. | Northwestern State | No. 9 |
| ELVN | W 40–36 | 5,229 |
| October 21 | 3:00 p.m. | Lamar | No. 7 |
| ESPN3 | W 63–27 | 8,031 |
| October 28 | 7:00 p.m. | at Southeastern Louisiana | No. 5 | ESPN3 | W 33–23 | 6,027 | |
| November 4 | 1:00 p.m. | Incarnate Word | No. 5 |
| ESPN3 | W 57–20 | 5,077 |
| November 11 | 6:00 p.m. | at Abilene Christian | No. 4 | ESPN3 | W 44–35 | 5,995 | |
| November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | Houston Baptist | No. 5 |
| ESPN3 | W 53–33 | 6,515 |
| December 2 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 16 South Dakota * | No. 5 |
| ESPN3 | W 54–42 | 4,401 |
| December 9 | 7:30 p.m. | No. 18 Kennesaw State * | No. 5 |
| ESPN3 | W 34–27 | 5,725 |
| December 15 | 7:00 p.m. | at No. 4 North Dakota State * | No. 5 | ESPN2 | L 13–55 | 18,279 | |
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| No. 7 Spiders | 6 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 34 |
| •No. 3 Bearkats | 6 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 48 |
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| •No. 3 Bearkats | 17 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 44 |
| Panthers | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
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| Colonels | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 17 |
| •No. 3 Bearkats | 14 | 24 | 21 | 7 | 66 |
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| No. 3 Bearkats | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 30 |
| •No. 11 Bears | 14 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 41 |
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| Lumberjacks | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 16 |
| •No. 9 Bearkats | 17 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 27 |
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| Demons | 17 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 36 |
| •No. 9 Bearkats | 7 | 14 | 7 | 12 | 40 |
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| Cardinals | 7 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 27 |
| •No. 7 Bearkats | 16 | 31 | 10 | 6 | 63 |
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| •No. 5 Bearkats | 9 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 33 |
| Lions | 3 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
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| Cardinals | 7 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 20 |
| •No. 5 Bearkats | 23 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 57 |
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| •No. 4 Bearkats | 24 | 0 | 7 | 13 | 44 |
| Demons | 0 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 35 |
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| Huskies | 7 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 33 |
| •No. 5 Bearkats | 26 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 53 |
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| No. 16 Coyotes | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
| •No. 5 Bearkats | 14 | 27 | 0 | 13 | 54 |
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| No. 18 Owls | 7 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| •No. 5 Bearkats | 14 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 34 |
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| No. 5 Bearkats | 3 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 13 |
| •No. 4 Bison | 21 | 20 | 14 | 0 | 55 |
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
| STATS FCS | 3 (7) | 3 (2) | 3 | 3 (1) | 3 (2) | 9 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
| Coaches | 3 (3) | 3 (1) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 |