2016 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles 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 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represents Tennessee Technological University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They are led by first-year head coach Marcus Satterfield and play their home games at Tucker Stadium. They are a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in third place.

Schedule

September 16:00 PMWofford*

• Tucker Stadium
• Cookeville, TN

OVCDNL 7–21 9,066 September 106:00 PMat Austin Peay

• Governors Stadium
• Clarksville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)

OVCDNW 41–7 7,507 September 175:00 PMat Mercer*

• Moye Complex
• Macon, GA

ESPN3L 27–34 9,772 September 242:00 PMat Tennessee–Martin

• Graham Stadium
• Martin, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)

OVCDNL 23–44 7,316 October 16:00 PMEastern Kentucky

• Tucker Stadium
• Cookeville, TN

OVCDNW 33–30 ^OT7,165 October 81:00 PMat No. 3 Jacksonville State

• JSU Stadium
• Jacksonville, AL

ESPN3L 21–40 16,092 October 156:00 PMNo. 18 Eastern Illinois

• Tucker Stadium
• Cookeville, TN

OVCDNL 24–30 4,082 October 221:30 PMSoutheast Missouri State

• Tucker Stadium
• Cookeville, TN

OVCDNW 21–20 9,332 November 53:00 PMat Tennessee*

• Neyland Stadium
• Knoxville, TN

SECNL 0–55 98,343 November 123:00 PMat Tennessee State

• Hale Stadium
• Nashville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)

OVCDNW 44–16 8,981 November 191:30 PMMurray State

• Tucker Stadium
• Cookeville, TN

OVCDNW 55–19 4,120

• Source: Schedule

Game notes

Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terriers	0	7	7	7	21
Golden Eagles	7	0	0	0	7

See also: 2016 Wofford Terriers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2015	L 14–34

at Austin Peay

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

See also: 2016 Austin Peay Governors football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–18	2015	W 42–24

at Mercer

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	7	7	13	0	27
Bears	3	7	14	10	34

See also: 2016 Mercer Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2015	W 29–22

at Tennessee–Martin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	6	3	0	14	23
Skyhawks	7	14	7	16	44

See also: 2016 Tennessee–Martin Skyhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–13	2015	L 17–31

Eastern Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Colonels	6	7	7	7	3	30
Golden Eagles	7	10	3	7	6	33

See also: 2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–53	2015	L 17–48

at Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	7	7	7	21
#3 Gamecocks	17	16	7	0	40

See also: 2016 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–13	2015	L 13–42

Eastern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Panthers	0	13	14	3	30
Golden Eagles	3	14	0	7	24

See also: 2016 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–16	2015	L 20–51

Southeast Missouri State

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

See also: 2016 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

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

at Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	0	0	0	0
Volunteers	21	17	7	10	55

See also: 2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–5	1951	L 0–68

at Tennessee State

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

See also: 2016 Tennessee State Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–18	2015	W 30–24

Murray State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Racers	0	6	0	13	19
Golden Eagles	13	21	7	14	55

See also: 2016 Murray State Racers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
43–37–1	2015	W 31–29