2016 Tennessee State Tigers football team

2016 Tennessee State Tigers football
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
2016 record 7–4 (4–3 OVC)
Head coach Rod Reed (7th season)
Offensive coordinator Jeff Parker
Defensive coordinator Osita Alaribe
Home stadium Nissan Stadium
(Capacity: 69,143)
Hale Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
2016 OVC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#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 FCS Poll

The 2016 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Rod Reed and played their home games at Nissan Stadium and Hale Stadium. They were members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 4–3 in OVC play to finish in fourth place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 6:00 PM Arkansas–Pine Bluff* Nissan Stadium • Nashville, TN (John Merritt Classic) OVCDN W 44–0   15,078
September 10 6:00 PM vs. Jackson State* Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium • Memphis, TN (Southern Heritage Classic) FSS W 40–26   46,263
September 17 3:00 PM at Bethune-Cookman* Municipal Stadium • Daytona Beach, FL CEN W 31–24   9,385
October 1 2:00 PM Tennessee–Martin Hale Stadium • Nashville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy) ESPN3 W 34–30   10,001
October 8 6:00 PM at No. 19 Eastern Illinois O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL OVCDN L 34–35   4,319
October 15 6:00 PM Eastern Kentuckydagger Nissan Stadium • Nashville, TN ESPN3 W 35–28   21,053
October 22 6:30 PM at Vanderbilt* No. 25 Vanderbilt Stadium • Nashville, TN ESPNU L 17–35   31,084
October 29 3:00 PM at Murray State No. 25 Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY OVCDN L 31–38   8,605
November 5 4:00 PM at Austin Peay Governors Stadium • Clarksville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy) OVCDN W 41–40   6,041
November 12 3:00 PM Tennessee Tech Hale Stadium • Nashville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy) OVCDN L 16–44   8,981
November 19 1:00 PM at Southeast Missouri State Houck Stadium • Cape Girardeau, MO OVCDN W 32–31   3,117
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Game summaries

Arkansas–Pine Bluff

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Lions 0 0 0 0 0
Tigers 3 17 17 7 44
Overall record Last meeting Result
3–0 2012 W 40–13

vs. Jackson State

1 2 3 4 Total
JSU Tigers 13 10 3 0 26
TSU Tigers 13 6 14 7 40
Overall record Last meeting Result
28–20–2 2015 W 35–25

at Bethune-Cookman

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 3 14 7 7 31
Wildcats 7 10 0 7 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–2 2013 L 9–12

Tennessee–Martin

1 2 3 4 Total
Skyhawks 16 0 0 14 30
Tigers 0 10 7 17 34
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–10 2015 L 14–28

at Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 3 10 14 7 34
#19 Panthers 14 7 7 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–12 2015 L 22–25 OT

Eastern Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 0 3 10 15 28
Tigers 14 21 0 0 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–23 2015 L 21–45

at Vanderbilt

1 2 3 4 Total
#25 Tigers 14 3 0 0 17
Commodores 7 14 7 7 35
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 2006 L 9–38

at Murray State

1 2 3 4 Total
#25 Tigers 3 17 0 11 31
Racers 14 3 14 7 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–14 2015 L 43–46 OT

at Austin Peay

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 13 7 14 7 41
Governors 9 10 7 14 40
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–6 2015 W 20–6

Tennessee Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 7 20 3 14 44
Tigers 3 0 6 7 16
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–11 2015 L 24–30

at Southeast Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 10 3 6 13 32
Redhawks 7 3 10 11 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–11 2014 L 21–28

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 25 RV RV RV RV  
Coaches NR NR NR NR RV RV RV 25 RV RV RV RV RV

References

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