2016 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

The 2016 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University in the 2016 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first-year head coach Marcus Satterfield and played their home games at Tucker Stadium. They were a member of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 5–3 in OVC play to finish in third place.

2016 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
2016 record	5–6 (5–3 OVC)
Head coach	Marcus Satterfield (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Justin Rascati (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Shawn Quinn (1st season)
Home stadium	Tucker Stadium (Capacity: 16,500)

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 1	6:00 PM	Wofford*	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	OVCDN	L 7–21	9,066
September 10	6:00 PM	at Austin Peay	Governors Stadium Clarksville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	OVCDN	W 41–7	7,507
September 17	5:00 PM	at Mercer*	Moye Complex Macon, GA	ESPN3	L 27–34	9,772
September 24	2:00 PM	at Tennessee–Martin	Graham Stadium Martin, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	OVCDN	L 23–44	7,316
October 1	6:00 PM	Eastern Kentucky	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	OVCDN	W 33–30 ^OT	7,165
October 8	1:00 PM	at No. 3 Jacksonville State	JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL	ESPN3	L 21–40	16,092
October 15	6:00 PM	No. 18 Eastern Illinois	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	OVCDN	L 24–30	4,082
October 22	1:30 PM	Southeast Missouri State	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	OVCDN	W 21–20	9,332
November 5	3:00 PM	at Tennessee*	Neyland Stadium Knoxville, TN	SECN	L 0–55	98,343
November 12	3:00 PM	at Tennessee State	Hale Stadium Nashville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy)	OVCDN	W 44–16	8,981
November 19	1:30 PM	Murray State	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	OVCDN	W 55–19	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

Wofford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Terriers	0	7	7	7	21
Golden Eagles	7	0	0	0	7

See also: 2016 Wofford Terriers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–3	2015	L 14–34

at Austin Peay

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	14	14	7	6	41
Governors	0	0	7	0	7

See also: 2016 Austin Peay Governors football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–18	2015	W 42–24

at Mercer

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	7	7	13	0	27
Bears	3	7	14	10	34

See also: 2016 Mercer Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	2015	W 29–22

at Tennessee–Martin

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

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

Eastern Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
Colonels	6	7	7	7	3	30
Golden Eagles	7	10	3	7	6	33

See also: 2016 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
19–53	2015	L 17–48

at Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	7	7	7	21
#3 Gamecocks	17	16	7	0	40

See also: 2016 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–13	2015	L 13–42

Eastern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
#18 Panthers	0	13	14	3	30
Golden Eagles	3	14	0	7	24

See also: 2016 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–16	2015	L 20–51

Southeast Missouri State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Redhawks	10	7	3	0	20
Golden Eagles	0	21	0	0	21

See also: 2016 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–10	2015	L 17–38

at Tennessee

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	0	0	0	0	0
Volunteers	21	17	7	10	55

See also: 2016 Tennessee Volunteers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–5	1951	L 0–68

at Tennessee State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Golden Eagles	7	20	3	14	44
Tigers	3	0	6	7	16

See also: 2016 Tennessee State Tigers football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–18	2015	W 30–24

Murray State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Racers	0	6	0	13	19
Golden Eagles	13	21	7	14	55

See also: 2016 Murray State Racers football team

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

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