2016 Murray State Racers football team

2016 Murray State Racers football
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
2016 record 4–7 (4–4 OVC)
Head coach Mitch Stewart (2nd year)
Defensive coordinator Chris Boone
Home stadium Roy Stewart Stadium
(Capacity: 16,800)
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 Murray State Racers football team represented Murray State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Mitch Stewart and played their home games at Roy Stewart Stadium. They were members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 4–7, 4–4 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fourth place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 3 2:30 PM at Illinois* Memorial Stadium • Champaign, IL BTN L 3–52   48,644
September 10 6:00 PM Missouri State* Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY OVCDN L 22–28   5,063
September 17 6:00 PM at Southern Illinois* Saluki Stadium • Carbondale, IL ESPN3 L 17–50   11,150
September 24 6:00 PM Southeast Missouri State Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY ESPN3 L 16–17   10,014
October 1 4:00 PM at Austin Peay Fortera Stadium • Clarksville, TN OVCDN W 45–17   4,717
October 15 6:00 PM Tennessee–Martin Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY OVCDN L 31–38   3,938
October 22 1:00 PM at No. 15 Eastern Illinois O'Brien Stadium • Charleston, IL OVCDN W 40–38   7,907
October 29 3:00 PM No. 25 Tennessee Statedagger Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY OVCDN W 38–31   8,605
November 5 12:00 PM at Eastern Kentucky Roy Kidd Stadium • Richmond, KY OVCDN W 41–28   4,200
November 12 1:00 PM No. 2 Jacksonville State Roy Stewart Stadium • Murray, KY OVCDN L 15–33   3,220
November 19 1:30 PM at Tennessee Tech Tucker Stadium • Cookeville, TN OVCDN L 19–55   4,120
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Game notes

at Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Racers 0 3 0 0 3
Fighting Illini 14 21 7 10 52
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 7 14 0 7 28
Racers 3 10 6 3 22
Overall record Last meeting Result
8–1 2013 W 41–38

at Southern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Racers 10 0 0 7 17
Salukis 24 14 6 6 50
Overall record Last meeting Result
10–8–2 2003 L 7–32

Southeast Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Redhawks 7 0 3 7 17
Racers 7 0 6 3 16
Overall record Last meeting Result
39–10–1 2015 L 10–27

at Austin Peay

1 2 3 4 Total
Racers 3 21 7 14 45
Governors 3 7 7 0 17
Overall record Last meeting Result
35–14 2015 W 34–18

Tennessee–Martin

1 2 3 4 Total
Skyhawks 20 7 0 11 38
Racers 7 14 0 10 31
Overall record Last meeting Result
28–19–1 2015 L 45–52

at Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Racers 3 13 6 18 40
#15 Panthers 21 0 3 14 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
13–18 2015 L 20–34

Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
#25 Tigers 3 17 0 11 31
Racers 14 3 14 7 38
Overall record Last meeting Result
14–13 2015 W 46–43 OT

at Eastern Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Racers 0 7 21 13 41
Colonels 8 10 2 8 28
Overall record Last meeting Result
26–45–4 2015 L 34–41 2OT

Jacksonville State

1 2 3 4 Total
#2 Gamecocks 0 7 6 20 33
Racers 0 3 0 12 15
Overall record Last meeting Result
2–11 2015 L 20–42

at Tennessee Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Racers 0 6 0 13 19
Golden Eagles 13 21 7 14 55
Overall record Last meeting Result
37–43–1 2015 L 29–31

References

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