The 2017 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season.

The Eagles played their home games at Paulson Stadium in Statesboro, Georgia, and competed in the Sun Belt Conference.

[3][4] Georgia Southern announced its 2017 football schedule on March 1, 2017.

Due to the then-impending impact of Hurricane Irma on southern Georgia, the home game against New Hampshire was relocated to Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama.

at Memorial Stadium • Bloomington, Indiana Tyson Summers was fired as head coach the day after the game.