2016 Austin Peay Governors football team

2016 Austin Peay Governors football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
2016 record	0–11 (0–8 OVC)
Head coach	Will Healy (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Wesley Satterfield (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Marcus West (1st season)
Home stadium	Fortera Stadium (Capacity: 10,000)
Seasons ← 2015 2017 →

2016 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 6 Jacksonville State $^		7	–	0					10	–	2
UT Martin		6	–	2					7	–	5
Tennessee Tech		5	–	3					5	–	6
Tennessee State		4	–	3					7	–	4
Eastern Illinois		4	–	4					6	–	5
Murray State		4	–	4					4	–	7
SE Missouri State		3	–	5					3	–	8
Eastern Kentucky		2	–	6					3	–	8
Austin Peay		0	–	8					0	–	11
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2016 Austin Peay Governors football team represented Austin Peay State University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Governors were led by first-year head coach Will Healy, played their home games at Fortera Stadium, and were members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 0–11, 0–8 in OVC play to finish in last place. This was the third time in the last four seasons that the Governors went winless. They are 1–45 since 2013 and have lost 27 consecutive games. Their last win came against Murray State in 2014.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	5:00 pm	at Troy*	Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL	ESPN3	L 17–57	18,885
September 10	6:00 pm	Tennessee Tech	Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	OVCDN	L 7–41	7,507
September 24	1:00 pm	at No. 18 Eastern Illinois	O'Brien Stadium Charleston, IL	OVCDN	L 35–56	6,169
October 1	4:00 pm	Murray State	Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN (Battle of the Border[1])	OVCDN	L 17–45	4,717
October 8	2:00 pm	at Tennessee–Martin	Graham Stadium Martin, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	OVCDN	L 31–45	5,130
October 15	1:00 pm	at No. 3 Jacksonville State	JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL	OVCDN	L 14–34	14,455
October 22	4:00 pm	Mercer*	Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN	OVCDN	L 34–41	6,506
October 29	1:00 pm	at Southeast Missouri State	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO	OVCDN	L 21–41	4,328
November 5	4:00 pm	Tennessee State	Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	OVCDN	L 40–41	6,041
November 12	4:00 pm	Eastern Kentucky	Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN	OVCDN	L 30–67	5,816
November 19	3:30 pm	at Kentucky*	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	SECN	L 13–49	48,948
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries[]

at Troy[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors	7	7	3	0	17
Trojans	13	17	14	13	57

Tennessee Tech[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	14	14	7	6	41
Governors	0	0	7	0	7

at Eastern Illinois[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors	0	14	7	14	35
#18 Panthers	14	7	14	21	56

Murray State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Racers	3	21	7	14	45
Governors	3	7	7	0	17

at Tennessee–Martin[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors	7	0	3	21	31
Skyhawks	14	17	7	7	45

at Jacksonville State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors	0	7	0	7	14
#3 Gamecocks	7	7	13	7	34

Mercer[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	14	10	3	14	41
Governors	0	6	0	28	34

at Southeast Missouri State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors	0	0	14	7	21
Redhawks	10	7	21	3	41

Tennessee State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	13	7	14	7	41
Governors	9	10	7	14	40

Eastern Kentucky[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	11	28	7	21	67
Governors	0	14	13	3	30

at Kentucky[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors	7	6	0	0	13
Wildcats	0	21	21	7	49

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