1986 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

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1986 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Record0–10 (0–7 OVC)
Head coach
Home stadium Tucker Stadium
Seasons
←  1985
1987  →
1986 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 10 Eastern Kentucky ^ 6 –1 –010 –3 –1
No. 18 Murray State $^ 6 –1 –07 –4 –1
Akron 4 –3 –07 –4 –0
Middle Tennessee 4 –3 –06 –5 –0
Morehead State 3 –4 –07 –4 –0
Austin Peay 3 –4 –05 –6 –0
Youngstown State 2 –5 –02 –9 –0
Tennessee Tech 0 –7 –00 –10 –0
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division I-AA playoff participant
Rankings from NCAA Division I-AA Football Committee poll

The 1986 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University (commonly referred to as Tennessee Tech) as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 1986 NCAA Division I-AA football season. Led by first-year head coach Jim Ragland, the Golden Eagles compiled an overall record of 0–10, with a mark of 0–7 in conference play, and finished eighth in the OVC.

Schedule

DateOpponentSiteResultAttendanceSource
September 6at Tulsa *
L 0–5110,466 [1]
September 20at Chattanooga *
L 3–339,487 [2]
October 4No. 4 Georgia Southern *
L 13–596,211 [3]
October 11at Youngstown State
L 6–30 [4]
October 18No. 3 Morehead State
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
L 20–286,036 [5]
October 25at Murray State
L 16–237,281 [6]
November 1 Akron
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
L 13–3810,229 [7]
November 8at No. 18 Eastern Kentucky
L 14–42 [8]
November 15 Austin Peay
  • Tucker Stadium
  • Cookeville, TN
L 13–23 [9]
November 22at Middle Tennessee
L 6–21 [10]

References

  1. ↑ "TU rebounds with 51–0 rout". Tulsa World. September 7, 1986. Retrieved December 7, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ "UTC rips Tech 33–3 behind Couch effort". The Tennessean. September 21, 1986. Retrieved December 7, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  3. ↑ "Georgia Southern rallies to win big". The Atlanta Journal & Constitution. October 5, 1986. Retrieved December 7, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  4. ↑ "Youngstown State earns first victory of season". Omaha World-Herald. October 12, 1986. Retrieved December 7, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ "Morehead goes to 6–0". The Park City Daily News. October 19, 1986. Retrieved December 7, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "Interception and TD run spark Murray State win". The Courier-Journal. October 26, 1986. Retrieved December 7, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Akron tumbles testy Tech, 38–13". The Tennessean. November 2, 1986. Retrieved December 7, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Colonels clobber Tech 42–14". The Daily News-Journal. November 9, 1986. Retrieved December 7, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Govs top winless Tech". The Leaf-Chronicle. November 16, 1986. Retrieved December 7, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "Middle Tenn. 21, Tennessee Tech 6". Messenger-Inquirer. November 23, 1986. Retrieved December 7, 2024– via Newspapers.com.
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