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 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)	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 FCS Poll released prior to game 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

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	11	28	7	21	67
Governors	0	14	13	3	30

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	7	6	0	0	13
Wildcats	0	21	21	7	49

See also: 2016 Kentucky Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting