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 year)
Offensive coordinator	Wesley Satterfield (1st year)
Defensive coordinator	Marcus West (1st year)
Home stadium	Fortera Stadium (Capacity: 10,000)

2016 OVC football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#2 Jacksonville State $^		7	–	0					10	–	1
UT Martin		6	–	2					7	–	5
Tennessee Tech		5	–	3					5	–	6
Eastern Illinois		4	–	4					6	–	5
Murray State		4	–	4					4	–	7
Tennessee State		4	–	3					7	–	4
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 FCS 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 and they are 1–45 in that span.

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	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. All times are in Central Time.

• Source: Schedule

Game notes

at Troy

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

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