# 2016 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

The 2016 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team represented Southeast Missouri State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coach Tom Matukewicz, the Redhawks compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 3–5 in conference play, placing seventh in the OVC. Southeast Missouri State played home games at Houck Stadium in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 6:00 pm | at Memphis* | Liberty Bowl Memorial StadiumMemphis, TN | ESPN3 | L 17–35 | 42,876 |
| September 10 | 6:00 pm | at Southern Illinois* | Saluki StadiumCarbondale, IL | | L 22–30 | 10,003 |
| September 17 | 6:00 pm | Indiana State* | Houck StadiumCape Girardeau, MO | OVCDN | L 24–27 | 7,637 |
| September 24 | 6:00 pm | at Murray State | Roy Stewart StadiumMurray, KY | ESPN3 | W 17–16 | 10,014 |
| October 1 | 6:00 pm | No. 13 Eastern Illinois | Houck StadiumCape Girardeau, MO | OVCDN | W 21–14 | 4,892 |
| October 8 | 5:00 pm | at Eastern Kentucky | Roy Kidd StadiumRichmond, KY | OVCDN | L 16–31 | 10,001 |
| October 22 | 1:30 pm | at Tennessee Tech | Tucker StadiumCookeville, TN | OVCDN | L 20–21 | 9,332 |
| October 29 | 1:00 pm | Austin Peay | Houck StadiumCape Girardeau, MO | OVCDN | W 41–21 | 4,328 |
| November 5 | 1:00 pm | No. 2 Jacksonville State | Houck StadiumCape Girardeau, MO | ESPN3 | L 10–17 | 6,839 |
| November 12 | 2:00 pm | at UT Martin | Graham StadiumMartin, TN | OVCDN | L 10–24 | 3,146 |
| November 19 | 1:00 pm | Tennessee State | Houck StadiumCape Girardeau, MO | OVCDN | L 31–32 | 3,117 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time |||||||

## Game summaries
### At Memphis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Redhawks | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 17 |
| Tigers | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 35 |

### At Southern Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Redhawks | 6 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 22 |
| Salukis | 3 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 30 |

### Indiana State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Sycamores | 7 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 27 |
| Redhawks | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### At Murray State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Redhawks | 7 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Racers | 7 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 16 |

### Eastern Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #13 Panthers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Redhawks | 14 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21 |

### At Eastern Kentucky

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Redhawks | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 |
| Colonels | 0 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 31 |

### At Tennessee Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Redhawks | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 |
| Golden Eagles | 0 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 21 |

### Austin Peay

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

### Jacksonville State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #2 Gamecocks | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Redhawks | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 10 |

### At Tennessee–Martin

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Redhawks | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| Skyhawks | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### Tennessee State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Tigers | 10 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 32 |
| Redhawks | 7 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 31 |