2018 Austin Peay Governors football team

2018 Austin Peay Governors football
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
2018 record 3–3 (1–2 OVC)
Head coach Will Healy (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator Wesley Satterfield (3rd season)
Defensive coordinator Brandon Cooper (2nd season)
Home stadium Fortera Stadium
(Capacity: 10,000)
2018 OVC football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 8 Jacksonville State  3 –0     4 –1  
Murray State  2 –0     2 –3  
Southeast Missouri State  1 –1     3 –2  
Eastern Kentucky  1 –1     2 –3  
Tennessee State  1 –1     2 –2  
UT Martin  1 –1     1 –4  
Austin Peay  1 –2     3 –3  
Eastern Illinois  1 –2     1 –5  
Tennessee Tech  0 –3     0 –6  
Rankings from STATS FCS Poll

The 2018 Austin Peay Governors football team represents Austin Peay State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Governors, led by third-year head coach Will Healy, play their home games at Fortera Stadium as members of the Ohio Valley Conference.

Previous season

The Governors finished the 2017 season 8–4, 7–1 in OVC play to finish in second place.

Preseason

OVC media poll

On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Governors predicted to finish in second place.[1] On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Governors also predicted to finish in second place.[2]

Media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Jacksonville State134 (14)
2Austin Peay114 (1)
3UT Martin96
4Tennessee State91
5Eastern Illinois83
6Eastern Kentucky64
7Murray State39
8Southeast Missouri State35
9Tennessee Tech19
Coaches poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Jacksonville State126 (14)
2Austin Peay112 (4)
3UT Martin95
4Eastern Illinois73
5Eastern Kentucky69
6Tennessee State64
7Southeast Missouri State62
8Murray State24
9Tennessee Tech23

Preseason All-OVC team

The Governors had five players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[3]

Award watch lists

Award Player Position Year
Buck Buchanan Award[4] Jaison Williams DE JR

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12:30 p.m.at No. 3 (FBS) Georgia*No. 22
ESPNL 0–4592,746
September 86:00 p.m.Presbyterian*
ESPN+W 24–05,166
September 155:00 p.m.at Morehead State*
ESPN+W 78–405,955
September 222:00 p.m.at UT MartinNo. 24
ESPN+L 7–371,497
September 293:00 p.m.at No. 8 Jacksonville State
ESPN3L 32–4819,388
October 66:00 p.m.Tennessee State
  • Fortera Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)
ESPN3W 41–2712,201
October 131:00 p.m.at Southeast Missouri State
ESPN+
October 274:00 p.m.Tennessee Techdagger
  • Fortera Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)
ESPN+
November 34:00 p.m.Eastern Kentucky
  • Fortera Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN
ESPN+
November 101:00 p.m.at Eastern Illinois
ESPN+
November 174:00 p.m.Murray State
  • Fortera Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN
ESPN+
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Game summaries

at Georgia

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Governors 0 0 0 0 0
No. 3 (FBS) Bulldogs 17 21 7 0 45
Overall record Last meeting Result
First meeting

Presbyterian

1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Hose 0 0 0 0 0
Governors 0 10 7 7 24
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–1 1955 PRES, 13–7

at Morehead State

1 2 3 4 Total
Governors 22 21 14 21 78
Eagles 14 12 14 0 40
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–26 2017 APSU, 69–13

at UT Martin

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 24 Governors 7 0 0 0 7
Skyhawks 6 0 17 14 37
Overall record Last meeting Result
18–34 2017 APSU, 7–0

at Jacksonville State

1 2 3 4 Total
Governors 9 3 14 6 32
No. 8 Gamecocks 0 14 14 20 48
Overall record Last meeting Result
6–19–3 2017 JSU, 34–14

Tennessee State

1 2 3 4 Total
Tigers 7 14 6 7 34
Governors 7 21 14 7 49
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–13 2017 APSU, 21–17

at Southeast Missouri State

1 2 3 4 Total
Governors 0
Redhawks 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–15 2017 APSU, 38–31

Tennessee Tech

1 2 3 4 Total
Golden Eagles 0
Governors 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
19–32 2017 APSU, 35–28

Eastern Kentucky

1 2 3 4 Total
Colonels 0
Governors 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–45 2017 APSU, 31–24

at Eastern Illinois

1 2 3 4 Total
Governors 0
Panthers 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
4–14 2017 APSU, 28–13

Murray State

1 2 3 4 Total
Racers 0
Governors 0
Overall record Last meeting Result
15–36 2017 APSU, 27–7

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final 
STATS FCS 22 RV RV 24 RV NR NR  
Coaches 23 24 23 21 RV NR NR

References

  1. ↑ http://www.ovcsports.com/news/2018/7/10/media-pollsters-tab-jacksonville-state-as-2018-ovc-football-preseason-favorites.aspx
  2. ↑ http://www.ovcsports.com/news/2018/7/10/jacksonville-state-picked-as-2018-ohio-valley-conference-football-favorites.aspx?path=football
  3. ↑ http://www.ovcsports.com/news/2018/7/10/semos-terry-jsus-bridges-named-ovc-preseason-football-players-of-the-year.aspx?path=football
  4. ↑ "FCS football: 2018 Buck Buchanan Award watch list announced". August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 2, 2018.
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