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 year)
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
#2 Jacksonville State $^		7	–	0		10	–	1
UT Martin		6	–	2		7	–	5
Tennessee Tech		5	–	3		5	–	6
Eastern Illinois		4	–	4		6	–	5
Murray State		4	–	4		4	–	7
Tennessee State		4	–	3		7	–	4
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 sixth 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 Kentucky		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. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

	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

Tennessee State Tigers football

Venues	Hale Stadium (1953–1998, 2012–present) Nissan Stadium (1999–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Southern Heritage Classic (Jackson State) Sgt. York Trophy (Austin Peay, Tennessee Tech, UT Martin)

Culture & lore	Tigre

People	Head coaches NFL draftees

Seasons	1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

National championship seasons in bold

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