Florida Tech Releases 2017 Football Schedule
Photo credit: James Ragan Photography The Florida Tech Panthers will open the 2017 schedule at home, against the Virginia University of Lynchburg on September 2. That will be the first of five home games at Florida Tech Panther stadium, with kickoff scheduled for 7:00 p.m. It also kicks off the fifth season of football at Florida Tech, with the Panthers coming off their first playoff appearance in 2016. The team finished 8-2 overall and 5-2 in the Gulf South Conference. The Panthers will have quite a mountain to climb in week two, when they visit FCS opponent McNeese State, in Louisiana. Kickoff is set for 8:00 p.m. The team returns home on September 16, to take on the Shorter Hawks in their GSC opener. The Panthers took down Shorter 40-0 last season in Rome, Georgia on what was a record-setting night. It was the site of the first shutout in school history and marked the first time the Panthers got off to a 2-0 start in the conference. The conference schedule c...