2016 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

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2016 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
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 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team represented Southeast Missouri State University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Tom Matukewicz and played their home games at Houck Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 3–8, 3–5 in OVC play to finish in seventh place.

Schedule

September 36:00 PMat Memphis*

• Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium
• Memphis, TN

ESPN3L 17–35 42,876 September 106:00 PMat Southern Illinois*

• Saluki Stadium
• Carbondale, IL

L 22–30 10,003 September 176:00 PMIndiana State*

• Houck Stadium
• Cape Girardeau, MO

OVCDNL 24–27 7,637 September 246:00 PMat Murray State

• Roy Stewart Stadium
• Murray, KY

ESPN3W 17–16 10,014 October 16:00 PMNo. 13 Eastern Illinois

• Houck Stadium
• Cape Girardeau, MO

OVCDNW 21–14 4,892 October 85:00 PMat Eastern Kentucky

• Roy Kidd Stadium
• Richmond, KY

OVCDNL 16–31 10,001 October 221:30 PMat Tennessee Tech

• Tucker Stadium
• Cookeville, TN

OVCDNL 20–21 9,332 October 291:00 PMAustin Peay

• Houck Stadium
• Cape Girardeau, MO

OVCDNW 41–21 4,328 November 51:00 PMNo. 2 Jacksonville State

• Houck Stadium
• Cape Girardeau, MO

ESPN3L 10–17 6,839 November 122:00 PMat Tennessee–Martin

• Graham Stadium
• Martin, TN

OVCDNL 10–24 3,146 November 191:00 PMTennessee State

• Houck Stadium
• Cape Girardeau, MO

OVCDNL 31–32 3,117

Game summaries

at Memphis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redhawks	0	3	7	7	17
Tigers	22	7	3	3	35

See also: 2016 Memphis Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–2–2	1934	W 6–0

at Southern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redhawks	6	3	0	13	22
Salukis	3	7	17	3	30

See also: 2016 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
38–36–8	2015	W 27–24

Indiana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Sycamores	7	3	3	14	27
Redhawks	7	3	7	7	24

See also: 2016 Indiana State Sycamores football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–4	2015	L 28–29

at Murray State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redhawks	7	3	0	7	17
Racers	7	0	6	3	16

See also: 2016 Murray State Racers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–39–1	2015	W 27–10

Eastern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Panthers	7	0	7	0	14
Redhawks	14	0	7	0	21

See also: 2016 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–17	2015	L 28–33

at Eastern Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redhawks	3	3	3	7	16
Colonels	0	14	10	7	31

See also: 2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–23	2015	L 10–27

at Tennessee Tech

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redhawks	10	7	3	0	20
Golden Eagles	0	21	0	0	21

See also: 2016 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–14	2015	W 38–17

Austin Peay

	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors	0	0	14	7	21
Redhawks	10	7	21	3	41

See also: 2016 Austin Peay Governors football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–6	2015	W 44–15

Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#2 Gamecocks	7	10	0	0	17
Redhawks	0	0	7	3	10

See also: 2016 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–15	2015	L 28–56

at Tennessee–Martin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redhawks	0	7	0	3	10
Skyhawks	3	7	7	7	24

See also: 2016 UT Martin Skyhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
15–16	2015	L 25–28

Tennessee State

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

See also: 2016 Tennessee State Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–12	2014	W 28–21