2016 Austin Peay Governors football team

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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 Austin Peay Governors football team represents Austin Peay State University during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Governors are led by first-year head coach Will Healy, play their home games at Fortera Stadium, and are a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.

Schedule

September 35:00 PMat Troy*

• Veterans Memorial Stadium
• Troy, AL

ESPN3L 17–57 18,885 September 106:00 PMTennessee Tech

• Fortera Stadium
• Clarksville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)

OVCDNL 7–41 7,507 September 241:00 PMat No. 18 Eastern Illinois

• O'Brien Stadium
• Charleston, IL

OVCDNL 35–56 6,169 October 14:00 PMMurray State

• Fortera Stadium
• Clarksville, TN

OVCDNL 17–45 4,717 October 82:00 PMat Tennessee–Martin

• Graham Stadium
• Martin, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)

OVCDNL 31–45 5,130 October 151:00 PMat No. 3 Jacksonville State

• JSU Stadium
• Jacksonville, AL

OVCDNL 14–34 14,455 October 224:00 PMMercer*

• Fortera Stadium
• Clarksville, TN

OVCDNL 34–41 6,506 October 291:00 PMat Southeast Missouri State

• Houck Stadium
• Cape Girardeau, MO

OVCDNL 21–41 4,328 November 54:00 PMTennessee State

• Fortera Stadium
• Clarksville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)

OVCDNL 40–41 6,041 November 124:00 PMEastern Kentucky

• Fortera Stadium
• Clarksville, TN

OVCDN   November 193:30 PMat Kentucky*

• Commonwealth Stadium
• Lexington, KY

SECN  

• Source: Schedule

Game notes

at Troy

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

See also: 2016 Troy Trojans football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–8–1	2002	L 3–41

Tennessee Tech

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

See also: 2016 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
18–31	2015	L 24–42

at Eastern Illinois

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

See also: 2016 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–13	2015	L 16–40

Murray State

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

See also: 2016 Murray State Racers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–35	2015	L 18–34

at Tennessee–Martin

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

See also: 2016 UT Martin Skyhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–33	2015	L 14–44

at Jacksonville State

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

See also: 2016 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–17–3	2015	L 7–27

Mercer

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

See also: 2016 Mercer Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2015	L 7–28

at Southeast Missouri State

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

See also: 2016 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–14	2015	L 15–44

Tennessee State

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

See also: 2016 Tennessee State Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–12	2015	L 6–20

Eastern Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels					0
Governors					0

See also: 2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–43	2015	L 13–51

at Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors					0
Wildcats					0

See also: 2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting