2016 Tennessee State Tigers football team
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.
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| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference |
| 2016 record | 7–4 (4–3 OVC) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Jeff Parker |
| Defensive coordinator | Osita Alaribe |
| Home stadium | Nissan Stadium (Capacity: 69,143) Hale Stadium (Capacity: 10,000) |
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| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 3 | 6:00 pm | Arkansas–Pine Bluff* | OVCDN | W 44–0 | 15,078 | ||
| September 10 | 6:00 pm | vs. Jackson State* | FSS | W 40–26 | 46,263 | ||
| September 17 | 3:00 pm | at Bethune-Cookman* | CEN | W 31–24 | 9,385 | ||
| October 1 | 2:00 pm | Tennessee–Martin |
| ESPN3 | W 34–30 | 10,001 | |
| October 8 | 6:00 pm | at No. 19 Eastern Illinois | OVCDN | L 34–35 | 4,319 | ||
| October 15 | 6:00 pm | Eastern Kentucky |
| ESPN3 | W 35–28 | 21,053 | |
| October 22 | 6:30 pm | at Vanderbilt* | No. 25 |
| ESPNU | L 17–35 | 31,084 |
| October 29 | 3:00 pm | at Murray State | No. 25 | OVCDN | L 31–38 | 8,605 | |
| November 5 | 4:00 pm | at Austin Peay |
| OVCDN | W 41–40 | 6,041 | |
| November 12 | 3:00 pm | Tennessee Tech |
| OVCDN | L 16–44 | 8,981 | |
| November 19 | 1:00 pm | at Southeast Missouri State | OVCDN | W 32–31 | 3,117 | ||
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Game summaries
Arkansas–Pine Bluff
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Golden Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tigers | 3 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 44 |
vs. Jackson State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| JSU Tigers | 13 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 26 |
| TSU Tigers | 13 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 40 |
at Bethune-Cookman
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Tigers | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 24 |
Tennessee–Martin
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Skyhawks | 16 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 30 |
| Tigers | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 34 |
at Eastern Illinois
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Tigers | 3 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| #19 Panthers | 14 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Eastern Kentucky
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Colonels | 0 | 3 | 10 | 15 | 28 |
| Tigers | 14 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 35 |
at Vanderbilt
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| #25 Tigers | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 |
| Commodores | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
at Murray State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| #25 Tigers | 3 | 17 | 0 | 11 | 31 |
| Racers | 14 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 38 |
at Austin Peay
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Tigers | 13 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 41 |
| Governors | 9 | 10 | 7 | 14 | 40 |
Tennessee Tech
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Golden Eagles | 7 | 20 | 3 | 14 | 44 |
| Tigers | 3 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
at Southeast Missouri State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Tigers | 10 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 32 |
| Redhawks | 7 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 31 |
Ranking movements
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| 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 | RV | |||||||
| Coaches | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | |||||||
References
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