2016 Tennessee State Tigers football team

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2016 Tennessee State Tigers football
Tennessee State Tigers wordmark.svg
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
2016 record7–4 (4–3 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Parker (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorOsita Alaribe (6th season)
Home stadiumNissan Stadium
(capacity: 69,143)
Hale Stadium
(capacity: 18,000)
Seasons
← 2015
2017 →
2016 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
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 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Rod Reed and played their home games at Nissan Stadium and Hale Stadium. Tennessee State finished the season 7–4 overall and 4–3 in OVC play to place fourth.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 pmArkansas–Pine Bluff*OVCDNW 44–015,078
September 106:00 pmvs. Jackson State*FSSW 40–2646,263
September 173:00 pmat Bethune–Cookman*
CENW 31–249,385
October 12:00 pmUT MartinESPN3W 34–3010,001
October 86:00 pmat No. 19 Eastern IllinoisOVCDNL 34–354,319
October 156:00 pmEastern Kentuckydagger
  • Nissan Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
ESPN3W 35–2821,053
October 226:30 pmat Vanderbilt*No. 25
ESPNUL 17–3531,084
October 293:00 pmat Murray StateNo. 25OVCDNL 31–388,605
November 54:00 pmat Austin Peay
OVCDNW 41–406,041
November 123:00 pmTennessee Tech
  • Hale Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
OVCDNL 16–448,981
November 191:00 pmat Southeast Missouri StateOVCDNW 32–313,117
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries[]

Arkansas–Pine Bluff[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Lions 0 0 0 0 0
Tigers 3 17 17 7 44

vs. Jackson State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
JSU Tigers 13 10 3 0 26
TSU Tigers 13 6 14 7 40

at Bethune-Cookman[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 3 14 7 7 31
Wildcats 7 10 0 7 24

Tennessee–Martin[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Skyhawks 16 0 0 14 30
Tigers 0 10 7 17 34

at Eastern Illinois[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 3 10 14 7 34
#19 Panthers 14 7 7 7 35

Eastern Kentucky[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 0 3 10 15 28
Tigers 14 21 0 0 35

at Vanderbilt[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#25 Tigers 14 3 0 0 17
Commodores 7 14 7 7 35

at Murray State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#25 Tigers 3 17 0 11 31
Racers 14 3 14 7 38

at Austin Peay[]

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

Tennessee Tech[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 7 20 3 14 44
Tigers 3 0 6 7 16

at Southeast Missouri State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 10 3 6 13 32
Redhawks 7 3 10 11 31

Ranking movements[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 25 RV RV RV RV RV 
Coaches NR NR NR NR RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV RV RV RV

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