2016 Tennessee State Tigers football team

American college football season

2016 Tennessee State Tigers football

Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	7–4 (4–3 OVC)
Head coach	Rod Reed (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Jeff Parker (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Osita Alaribe (6th season)
Home stadium	Nissan Stadium Hale Stadium
Seasons← 2015 2017 →

2016 Ohio Valley Conference football standings
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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

$ – 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.

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	UT 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 Field 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	OVCDN	W 41–40	6,041
November 12	3:00 pm	Tennessee Tech		Hale Stadium Nashville, TN	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 Poll released prior to the 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

	1	2	3	4	Total
JSU Tigers	13	10	3	0	26
TSU Tigers	13	6	14	7	40

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	3	14	7	7	31
Wildcats	7	10	0	7	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	16	0	0	14	30
Tigers	0	10	7	17	34

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	3	10	14	7	34
#19 Panthers	14	7	7	7	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	0	3	10	15	28
Tigers	14	21	0	0	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Tigers	14	3	0	0	17
Commodores	7	14	7	7	35

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Tigers	3	17	0	11	31
Racers	14	3	14	7	38

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	13	7	14	7	41
Governors	9	10	7	14	40

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	7	20	3	14	44
Tigers	3	0	6	7	16

	1	2	3	4	Total
Tigers	10	3	6	13	32
Redhawks	7	3	10	11	31

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Venues	Sulphur Dell Dudley Field/Vanderbilt Stadium (alternate, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1979–1990, 1994, 1996) Hale Stadium (1953–1998, 2012–2020) Nissan Stadium (1999–2019, 2021–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Austin Peay, Tennessee Tech, UT Martin: Sgt. York Trophy Jackson State: Southern Heritage Classic
Culture & lore	Tigre
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1916 1917–1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941–1943 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 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
National championship seasons in bold