2016 Murray State Racers football team

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 fifth place.

2016 Murray State Racers football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
2016 record	4–7 (4–4 OVC)
Head coach	Mitch Stewart (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Chris Boone
Home stadium	Roy Stewart Stadium (Capacity: 16,800)

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

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 (Battle of the Border[1])	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 Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

at Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Racers	0	3	0	0	3
Fighting Illini	14	21	7	10	52

See also: 2016 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

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

See also: 2016 Missouri State Bears football team

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

See also: 2016 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

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

See also: 2016 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

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

See also: 2016 Austin Peay Governors football team

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

See also: 2016 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

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

See also: 2016 Tennessee State Tigers football team

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

See also: 2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

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

See also: 2016 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

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

See also: 2016 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

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

References

1. "Heritage Bank Battle of the Border 2016-17". Murray State Athletics. September 20, 2016. Retrieved August 14, 2017.