American college football season
The 2018 Austin Peay Governors football team represented Austin Peay State University during the 2018 NCAA Division I FCS football season . The Governors, led by third-year head coach Will Healy , played their home games at Fortera Stadium as members of the Ohio Valley Conference . They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in OVC play to finish in a tie for sixth place.
On December 5, head coach Will Healy resigned to become the head coach at Charlotte .[1] He finished at Austin Peay with a three-year record of 13–21.
Preseason [ edit ] OVC media poll [ edit ] On July 20, 2018, the media covering the OVC released their preseason poll with the Governors predicted to finish in second place.[2] On July 23, the OVC released their coaches poll with the Governors also predicted to finish in second place.[3]
Media poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Jacksonville State 134 (14) 2 Austin Peay 114 (1) 3 UT Martin 96 4 Tennessee State 91 5 Eastern Illinois 83 6 Eastern Kentucky 64 7 Murray State 39 8 Southeast Missouri State 35 9 Tennessee Tech 19
Coaches poll Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place) 1 Jacksonville State 126 (14) 2 Austin Peay 112 (4) 3 UT Martin 95 4 Eastern Illinois 73 5 Eastern Kentucky 69 6 Tennessee State 64 7 Southeast Missouri State 62 8 Murray State 24 9 Tennessee Tech 23
Preseason All-OVC team [ edit ] The Governors had five players selected to the preseason all-OVC team.[4]
Offense
Jeremiah Oatsvall – QB
Ryan Rockensuess– G
Kyle Anderton – T
Defense
Jaison Williams – DL
Gunnar Scholato– DB
Award watch lists [ edit ] Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 1 2:30 p.m. at No. 3 (FBS ) Georgia * No. 22 ESPN L 0–4592,746 September 8 6:00 p.m. Presbyterian * ESPN+ W 24–05,166 September 15 5:00 p.m. at Morehead State * ESPN+ W 78–405,955 September 22 2:00 p.m. at UT Martin No. 24 ESPN+ L 7–371,497 September 29 3:00 p.m. at No. 8 Jacksonville State ESPN3 L 32–4819,388 October 6 6:00 p.m. Tennessee State Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy) ESPN3 W 49–3412,201 October 13 1:00 p.m. at Southeast Missouri State ESPN+ L 27–316,467 October 27 4:00 p.m. Tennessee Tech Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN (Sgt. York Trophy) ESPN+ W 41–107,236 November 3 4:00 p.m. Eastern Kentucky Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN ESPN+ L 13–176,094 November 10 1:00 p.m. at Eastern Illinois ESPN+ L 21–522,149 November 17 4:00 p.m. Murray State Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN ESPN+ W 48–237,113 *Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Game summaries [ edit ] At Georgia [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 22 Governors 0 0 0 0 0 No. 3 (FBS ) Bulldogs 17 21 7 0 45
Presbyterian [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Blue Hose 0 0 0 0 0 Governors 0 10 7 7 24
At Morehead State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Governors 22 21 14 21 78 Eagles 14 12 14 0 40
At UT Martin [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total No. 24 Governors 7 0 0 0 7 Skyhawks 6 0 17 14 37
At Jacksonville State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Governors 9 3 14 6 32 No. 8 Gamecocks 0 14 14 20 48
Tennessee State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Tigers 7 14 6 7 34 Governors 7 21 14 7 49
At Southeast Missouri State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Governors 6 7 0 14 27 Redhawks 3 0 7 21 31
Tennessee Tech [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Eagles 0 3 7 0 10 Governors 6 14 21 0 41
Eastern Kentucky [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Colonels 3 0 7 7 17 Governors 7 6 0 0 13
At Eastern Illinois [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Governors 0 7 7 7 21 Panthers 14 21 3 14 52
Murray State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Racers 10 7 0 6 23 Governors 14 7 7 20 48
Ranking movements [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes Week Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Final STATS FCS 22 RV RV 24 RV — — — — — — — — Coaches 23 24 23 21 RV — — — — — — — —
References [ edit ]
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