2016 UT Martin Skyhawks 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 UT Martin Skyhawks football team represented the University of Tennessee at Martin during the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 11th-year head coach Jason Simpson and played their home games at Graham Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 7–5, 6–2 in OVC play to finish in second place.

Schedule

September 16:00 PMat Cincinnati*

• Nippert Stadium
• Cincinnati, OH

ESPN3L 7–28 28,520 September 1011:00 PMat Hawaii*

• Aloha Stadium
• Honolulu, HI

CIL 36–41 23,900 September 172:00 PMBacone*

• Graham Stadium
• Martin, TN

OVCDNW 84–6 4,037 September 242:00 PMTennessee Tech

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

OVCDNW 44–23 7,316 October 12:00 PMat Tennessee State

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

ESPN3L 30–34 10,001 October 82:00 PMAustin Peay

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

OVCDNW 45–31 5,130 October 156:00 PMat Murray State

• Roy Stewart Stadium
• Murray, KY

OVCDNW 38–31 3,938 October 223:30 PMat Georgia State*

• Georgia Dome
• Atlanta, GA

ESPN3L 6–31 15,223 October 292:00 PMEastern Kentucky

• Graham Stadium
• Martin, TN

OVCDNW 33–3 3,025 November 51:00 PMat Eastern Illinois

• O'Brien Stadium
• Charleston, IL

OVCDNW 33–17 3,054 November 122:00 PMSoutheast Missouri State

• Graham Stadium
• Martin, TN

OVCDNW 24–10 3,146 November 191:00 PMat No. 2 Jacksonville State

• JSU Stadium
• Jacksonville, AL

OVCDNL 7–33 18,982

• Source: Schedule

Game notes

at Cincinnati

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	7	0	0	0	7
Bearcats	0	6	8	14	28

See also: 2016 Cincinnati Bearcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

at Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	10	7	7	12	36
Rainbow Warriors	7	7	14	13	41

See also: 2016 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Bacone

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warriors	6	0	0	0	6
Skyhawks	28	35	7	14	84

See also: Bacone College

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Tennessee Tech

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

See also: 2016 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

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

at Tennessee State

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

See also: 2016 Tennessee State Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–15	2015	W 28–14

Austin Peay

	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors	7	0	3	21	31
Skyhawks	14	17	7	7	45

See also: 2016 Austin Peay Governors football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
33–17	2015	W 44–14

at Murray State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	20	7	0	11	38
Racers	7	14	0	10	31

See also: 2016 Murray State Racers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–28–1	2015	W 52–45

at Georgia State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	0	3	0	3	6
Panthers	7	3	14	7	31

See also: 2016 Georgia State Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Eastern Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
Colonels	3	0	0	0	3
Skyhawks	7	14	6	6	33

See also: 2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–23	2015	W 42–35

at Eastern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	6	7	3	17	33
Panthers	0	7	3	7	17

See also: 2016 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–14	2015	L 21–23

Southeast Missouri State

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

See also: 2016 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

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

at Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	0	0	7	0	7
#2 Gamecocks	12	7	7	7	33

See also: 2016 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–14	2015	L 41–48