2016 Tennessee State Tigers football team

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2016 Tennessee State Tigers football
Tennessee State Tigers wordmark.svg
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Record7–4 (4–3 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJeff Parker (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorOsita Alaribe (6th season)
Home stadium Nissan Stadium
Hale Stadium
Seasons
  2015
2017  
2016 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 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 Poll

The 2016 Tennessee State Tigers football team represented Tennessee State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) 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. Tennessee State finished the season 7–4 overall and 4–3 in OVC play to place fourth.

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 36:00 pm Arkansas–Pine Bluff * OVCDN W 44–015,078
September 106:00 pmvs. Jackson State * FSS W 40–2646,263
September 173:00 pmat Bethune–Cookman *CENW 31–249,385
October 12:00 pm UT Martin ESPN3 W 34–3010,001
October 86:00 pmat No. 19 Eastern Illinois OVCDNL 34–354,319
October 156:00 pm Eastern Kentucky Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Nissan Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
ESPN3W 35–2821,053
October 226:30 pmat Vanderbilt *No. 25
ESPNU L 17–3531,084
October 293:00 pmat Murray State No. 25OVCDNL 31–388,605
November 54:00 pmat Austin Peay OVCDNW 41–406,041
November 123:00 pm Tennessee Tech
  • Hale Stadium
  • Nashville, TN
OVCDNL 16–448,981
November 191:00 pmat Southeast Missouri State OVCDNW 32–313,117
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

Arkansas–Pine Bluff

1234Total
Golden Lions00000
Tigers31717744

Vs. Jackson State

1234Total
JSU Tigers13103026
TSU Tigers13614740

At Bethune-Cookman

1234Total
Tigers3147731
Wildcats7100724

Tennessee–Martin

1234Total
Skyhawks16001430
Tigers01071734

At Eastern Illinois

1234Total
Tigers31014734
#19 Panthers1477735

Eastern Kentucky

1234Total
Colonels03101528
Tigers14210035

At Vanderbilt

1234Total
#25 Tigers1430017
Commodores7147735

At Murray State

1234Total
#25 Tigers31701131
Racers14314738

At Austin Peay

1234Total
Tigers13714741
Governors91071440

Tennessee Tech

1234Total
Golden Eagles72031444
Tigers306716

At Southeast Missouri State

1234Total
Tigers10361332
Redhawks73101131

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCS RVRVRVRVRVRVRV2525RVRVRVRVRV
Coaches RVRVRV25RVRVRVRVRVRV

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