2020 Austin Peay Governors football team

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2020 Austin Peay Governors football
Austin Peay Athletics logo.svg
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 21
2020 record4–5 (4–2 OVC)
Head coach
  • Marquase Lovings
    (interim; fall season)
    Scotty Walden (1st season)
Offensive coordinatorScotty Walden, Josh Cochran, Austin Silvoy (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorChris Kappas (1st season)
Home stadiumFortera Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
Seasons
← 2019
2021 →
2020 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
  • v
  • t
 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 8 Jacksonville State $^   6 – 1     10 – 3  
No. 19 Murray State   5 – 2     5 – 2  
No. 21 Austin Peay   4 – 2     4 – 5  
Southeast Missouri State   4 – 3     4 – 4  
UT Martin   3 – 4     3 – 4  
Tennessee Tech   2 – 5     2 – 5  
Tennessee State   2 – 5     2 – 5  
Eastern Illinois   1 – 5     1 – 5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
  • Note: Eastern Kentucky played only in the fall and opted out of the spring season.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2020 Austin Peay Governors football team represented Austin Peay State University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Governors were led by Scotty Walden and played their home games at Fortera Stadium. They were competing as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.

Previous season[]

Main article: 2019 Austin Peay Governors football team

The Governors finished the 2019 season ranked No. 8 in the FCS standings and went 11–4, 7–1 in OVC play to finish in a tie for first place.

Though they were co-champions with Southeast Missouri State, the Governors received the Ohio Valley Conference’s automatic bid to the FCS playoffs. They advanced to the Quarterfinals after beating Furman and Sacramento State before they lost 24–10 to Montana State.

Schedule[]

Due to COVID-19, the OVC made the decision to postpone conference games to Spring 2021, allowing all member schools to play 3 non-conference games in the fall. However, OVC games were moved to Spring 2021

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
August 29 8:00 p.m. vs. No. 11 Central Arkansas* No. 13
ESPN L 17–24 2,000 [1]
September 12 3:00 p.m. at Pittsburgh* No. 13
ACC Network L 0–55 0
September 19 11:00 a.m. at No. 13 (FBS) Cincinnati* No. 13
ESPN+ L 20–55 0
February 21 1:00 p.m. at Tennessee Tech No. 13
OVC on ESPN+ L 21–27 1,825
February 28 2:00 p.m. Tennessee State
OVC on ESPN+ W 27–20 831
March 14 2:00 p.m. at Southeast Missouri State
OVC on ESPN+ W 49–42 2OT 2,201
March 21 2:00 p.m. UT Martin
OVC on ESPN+ L 34–37 1,530
March 28 2:00 p.m. at No. 7 Jacksonville State
OVC on ESPN+ W 13–10 7,702
April 3 2:00 p.m. No. 14 Murray State
OVC on ESPN+ W 34–31 1,843
April 11 1:00 p.m. at Eastern Illinois No. 25
OVC on ESPN+ Canceled
  • *Non-conference game
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

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Game summaries[]

vs. Central Arkansas[]

See also: 2020 Central Arkansas Bears football team and FCS Kickoff
Game One – No. 13 Austin Peay Governors vs. No. 11 Central Arkansas Bears (Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff)
1 2 34Total
No. 13 Governors 7 3 0717
No. 11 Bears 0 6 71124

at Crampton Bowl • Montgomery, Alabama

  • Date: Saturday, August 29, 2020
  • Game time: 8:00 p.m. CDT
  • Game weather: Cloudy • Temperature: 81 °F (27 °C) • Wind: NE 3 mph
  • Game attendance: 2,000
  • Referee: Bob Johnson
  • TV announcers (ESPN): Matt Barrie (play-by-play), Mike Golic Jr. (analyst), Lauren Sisler (sideline)
  • Pregame line: Central Arkansas by 5 • Odds to win: Central Arkansas 57.4% • Game summary: ESPN NCAA
Game information
First quarter
  • (14:44) APSU – CJ Evans Jr. 75 yard rush, Grant Paulette kick (Drive: 1 play, 75 yards, 0:16; Austin Peay 7–0)
Second quarter
  • (11:38) APSU – Grant Paulette 28 yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 42 yards, 3:09; Austin Peay 10–0)
  • (7:37) UCA – Hayden Ray 30 yard field goal (Drive: 12 plays, 63 yards, 4:01; Austin Peay 10–3)
  • (3:51) UCA – Hayden Ray 27 yard field goal (Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards, 1:25; Austin Peay 10–6)
Third quarter
  • (14:00) UCA – Kierre Crossley 34 yard rush, Hayden Ray kick (Drive: 3 plays, 56 yards, 1:00; Central Arkansas 13–10)
Fourth quarter
  • (7:44) UCA – Hayden Ray 32 yard field goal (Drive: 6 plays, 36 yards, 1:13; Central Arkansas 16–10)
  • (1:40) APSU – Jeremiah Oatsvall 1 yard rush, Grant Paulette kick (Drive: 7 plays, 60 yards, 2:36; Austin Peay 17–16)
  • (0:34) UCA – LuJuan Winningham 10 yard pass from Breylin Smith, 2-point pass good (Drive: 6 plays, 78 yards, 1:06; Central Arkansas 24–17)
Statistics APSU UCA
First downs 16 23
Plays–yards 70–333 80–458
Rushes–yards 38–152 31–175
Passing yards 181 283
Passing: Comp–Att–Int 14–33–1 26–49–2
Time of possession 32:06 27:54
Team Category Player Statistics
Austin Peay Passing Jeremiah Oatsvall 14/31, 181 yards, 1 INT
Rushing CJ Evans Jr. 10 carries, 98 yards, 1 TD
Receiving Jay Parker 3 receptions, 55 yards
Central Arkansas Passing Breylin Smith 26/49, 283 yards, 1 TD, 2 INT
Rushing Kierre Crossley 12 carries, 110 yards, 1 TD
Receiving Tyler Hudson 5 receptions, 82 yards

at Pittsburgh[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Governors 0 0 0 0 0
Panthers 21 21 0 13 55
See also: 2020 Pittsburgh Panthers football team

at Cincinnati[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Governors 3 0 3 14 20
No. 13 (FBS) Bearcats 14 14 14 13 55
See also: 2020 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

References[]

  1. ^ "Central Arkansas tops Austin Peay 24-17 in first game". ESPN.com. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
  2. ^ "2020 Austin Peay Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved April 16, 2020.
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