The 2017 Austin Peay Governors football team represented Austin Peay State University during the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Governors, led by second-year head coach

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, played their home games at

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and were members of the

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

Schedule

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Game summaries

at Cincinnati

at Miami (OH)

Morehead State

at Murray State

UT Martin

Jacksonville State

at Tennessee State

Southeast Missouri State

at UCF

at Tennessee Tech

at Eastern Kentucky

Eastern Illinois

References

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Austin Peay Governors football The Austin Peay Governors football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Austin Peay State University (Peay or APSU), located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdiv ...