The 2017 season's largest margin: Troy 62, Texas State 9. A 53-point win — the year's high-water mark.
2017 — The Ten-Win Year
Troy's 2017 season (11-2) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.
The Shape — week-by-week · cumulative W–L below
Who carried it
- Brandon SilversQB3,290 passing yards
- Jordan ChunnRB774 rushing yards
- Josh AndersonRB444 rushing yards
- Jamarius HendersonRB355 rushing yards
- Deondre DouglasWR628 receiving yards
- Damion WillisWR620 receiving yards
- Tevaris McCormickWR421 receiving yards
- Tron FolsomOLB80 tackles
- Cedarius RookardS74 tackles
- Sam LebbieLB56 tackles
- Jamal StadomDT7 sacks
- Hunter ReeseLB6 sacks
- Marcus WebbDT4 sacks
Season leaders, 2017.
The season's deepest loss: Troy 13, Boise State 24. A 11-point margin the season is remembered by.
The season's last act: Troy beat North Texas 50-30 in the postseason.
"Bleed Cardinal"
2017 is a middle chapter for Troy — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.