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 State	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. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from STATS FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

• Source: Schedule

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

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