# 2016 Austin Peay Governors football team

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 StadiumTroy, AL | ESPN3 | L 17–57 | 18,885 |
| September 10 | 6:00 pm | Tennessee Tech | Fortera StadiumClarksville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy) | OVCDN | L 7–41 | 7,507 |
| September 24 | 1:00 pm | at No. 18 Eastern Illinois | O'Brien StadiumCharleston, IL | OVCDN | L 35–56 | 6,169 |
| October 1 | 4:00 pm | Murray State | Fortera StadiumClarksville, TN (Battle of the Border) | OVCDN | L 17–45 | 4,717 |
| October 8 | 2:00 pm | at Tennessee–Martin | Graham StadiumMartin, TN (Sgt. York Trophy) | OVCDN | L 31–45 | 5,130 |
| October 15 | 1:00 pm | at No. 3 Jacksonville State | JSU StadiumJacksonville, AL | OVCDN | L 14–34 | 14,455 |
| October 22 | 4:00 pm | Mercer* | Fortera StadiumClarksville, TN | OVCDN | L 34–41 | 6,506 |
| October 29 | 1:00 pm | at Southeast Missouri State | Houck StadiumCape Girardeau, MO | OVCDN | L 21–41 | 4,328 |
| November 5 | 4:00 pm | Tennessee State | Fortera StadiumClarksville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy) | OVCDN | L 40–41 | 6,041 |
| November 12 | 4:00 pm | Eastern Kentucky | Fortera StadiumClarksville, TN | OVCDN | L 30–67 | 5,816 |
| November 19 | 3:30 pm | at Kentucky* | Commonwealth StadiumLexington, KY | SECN | L 13–49 | 48,948 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### At Troy

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

### Tennessee Tech

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

### At Eastern Illinois

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

### Murray State

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

### At Tennessee–Martin

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

### At Jacksonville State

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

### Mercer

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

### At Southeast Missouri State

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

### Tennessee State

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

### Eastern Kentucky

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Colonels | 11 | 28 | 7 | 21 | 67 |
| Governors | 0 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 30 |

### At Kentucky

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Governors | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13 |
| Wildcats | 0 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 49 |