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American college football season
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.
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 3 | 6:00 pm | Arkansas–Pine Bluff* | | | OVCDN | W 44–0 | 15,078 |
September 10 | 6:00 pm | vs. Jackson State* | | | FSS | W 40–26 | 46,263 |
September 17 | 3:00 pm | at Bethune–Cookman* | | | CEN | W 31–24 | 9,385 |
October 1 | 2:00 pm | UT Martin | | | ESPN3 | W 34–30 | 10,001 |
October 8 | 6:00 pm | at No. 19 Eastern Illinois | | | 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 | | ESPNU | L 17–35 | 31,084 |
October 29 | 3:00 pm | at Murray State | No. 25 | | OVCDN | L 31–38 | 8,605 |
November 5 | 4:00 pm | at Austin Peay | | | 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 | | | 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
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Arkansas–Pine Bluff
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Lions
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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
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0
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7 |
24 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Skyhawks
|
16
|
0
|
0
|
14 |
30 |
Tigers
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
17 |
34 |
At Eastern Illinois
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tigers
|
3
|
10
|
14
|
7 |
34 |
#19 Panthers
|
14
|
7
|
7
|
7 |
35 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Colonels
|
0
|
3
|
10
|
15 |
28 |
Tigers
|
14
|
21
|
0
|
0 |
35 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#25 Tigers
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14
|
3
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0
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0 |
17 |
Commodores
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7
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
35 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#25 Tigers
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3
|
17
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0
|
11 |
31 |
Racers
|
14
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3
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14
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7 |
38 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tigers
|
13
|
7
|
14
|
7 |
41 |
Governors
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9
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10
|
7
|
14 |
40 |
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Golden Eagles
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7
|
20
|
3
|
14 |
44 |
Tigers
|
3
|
0
|
6
|
7 |
16 |
At Southeast Missouri State
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1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Tigers
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10
|
3
|
6
|
13 |
32 |
Redhawks
|
7
|
3
|
10
|
11 |
31 |
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Final |
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STATS FCS | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
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Coaches | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
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National championship seasons in bold |