2018 Austin Peay Governors football team

The 2018 Austin Peay Governors football team represented Austin Peay State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Governors, led by third-year head coach Will Healy, played their home games at Fortera Stadium as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in OVC play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

2018 Austin Peay Governors football
ConferenceOhio Valley Conference
2018 record5–6 (3–5 OVC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorWesley Satterfield (3rd season)
Defensive coordinatorBrandon Cooper (2nd season)
Home stadiumFortera Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
2018 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 10 Jacksonville State $^  7 1     8 3  
No. 15 Southeast Missouri State ^  6 2     8 3  
Eastern Kentucky  5 2     7 4  
Murray State  5 3     5 6  
Tennessee State  3 4     4 5  
Eastern Illinois  3 5     3 8  
Austin Peay  3 5     5 6  
UT Martin  2 6     2 9  
Tennessee Tech  1 7     1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

On December 5, head coach Will Healy resigned to become the head coach at Charlotte.[1] He finished at Austin Peay with a three-year record of 13–21.

Previous season

The Governors finished the 2017 season 8–4, 7–1 in OVC play to finish in second place.

Preseason

OVC media poll

On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Governors predicted to finish in second place.[2] On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Governors also predicted to finish in second place.[3]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Jacksonville State134 (14)
2Austin Peay114 (1)
3UT Martin96
4Tennessee State91
5Eastern Illinois83
6Eastern Kentucky64
7Murray State39
8Southeast Missouri State35
9Tennessee Tech19
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Jacksonville State126 (14)
2Austin Peay112 (4)
3UT Martin95
4Eastern Illinois73
5Eastern Kentucky69
6Tennessee State64
7Southeast Missouri State62
8Murray State24
9Tennessee Tech23

Preseason All-OVC team

The Governors had five players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[4]

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Buck Buchanan Award[5] Jaison Williams DE JR

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12:30 p.m.at No. 3 (FBS) Georgia*No. 22ESPNL 0–4592,746
September 86:00 p.m.Presbyterian*ESPN+W 24–05,166
September 155:00 p.m.at Morehead State*ESPN+W 78–405,955
September 222:00 p.m.at UT MartinNo. 24ESPN+L 7–371,497
September 293:00 p.m.at No. 8 Jacksonville StateESPN3L 32–4819,388
October 66:00 p.m.Tennessee State
  • Fortera Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)
ESPN3W 49-3412,201
October 131:00 p.m.at Southeast Missouri StateESPN+L 27–316,467
October 274:00 p.m.Tennessee Tech
  • Fortera Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)
ESPN+W 41–107,236
November 34:00 p.m.Eastern Kentucky
  • Fortera Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN
ESPN+L 13–176,094
November 101:00 p.m.at Eastern IllinoisESPN+L 21–522,149
November 174:00 p.m.Murray State
  • Fortera Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN
ESPN+W 48–237,113
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

at Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Governors 0 0 0 0 0
No. 3 (FBS) Bulldogs 17 21 7 0 45

Presbyterian

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Hose 0 0 0 0 0
Governors 0 10 7 7 24

at Morehead State

1 2 3 4 Total
Governors 22 21 14 21 78
Eagles 14 12 14 0 40

at UT Martin

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Governors 7 0 0 0 7
Skyhawks 6 0 17 14 37

at Jacksonville State

1 2 3 4 Total
Governors 9 3 14 6 32
No. 8 Gamecocks 0 14 14 20 48

Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 14 6 7 34
Governors 7 21 14 7 49

at Southeast Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Governors 6 7 0 14 27
Redhawks 3 0 7 21 31

Tennessee Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0 3 7 0 10
Governors 6 14 21 0 41

Eastern Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 3 0 7 7 17
Governors 7 6 0 0 13

at Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Governors 0 7 7 7 21
Panthers 14 21 3 14 52

Murray State

1 2 3 4 Total
Racers 10 7 0 6 23
Governors 14 7 7 20 48

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 22 RV RV 24 RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR  
Coaches 23 24 23 21 RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR

References

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