The 2019 Austin Peay Governors football team represents Austin Peay State University during the

2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season The 2019 NCAA Division I FCS football season, part of college football in the United States, was organized by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) level. The FCS Champions ...

. The Governors, led by first-year head coach

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, play their home games at

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as members of the

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Previous season

The Governors finished the 2018 season 5–6, 3–5 in OVC play to finish in a tie for sixth place.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The OVC released their preseason coaches' poll on July 22, 2019. The Governors were picked to finish in fourth place.

Preseason All-OVC team

The Governors had two players at two positions selected to the preseason all-OVC team. Offense Kentel Williams – RB Kyle Anderton – OT

Coaching Staff

* Head Coach -

* Associate Head Coach/Defensive Line Coach - Marquase Lovings * Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks Coach - Tim Zetts * Defensive Coordinator/Linebackers Coach - Mark Powell * Co-Defensive Coordinator/Secondary Coach - Dominique Brown * Wide Receivers Coach - Chad Bumphis * Running Backs Coach - Craig Candeto * Offensive Line Coach - Eddy Morrissey * Nickels Coach - Keith Scott * Assistant Defensive Line Coach - Kevon Beckwith

Schedule

*Source:

Game summaries

North Carolina Central

Central Arkansas

at Mercer

at East Tennessee State

Jacksonville State

Southeast Missouri State

at Tennessee State

at Tennessee Tech

at Eastern Kentucky

UT Martin

at Murray State

Eastern Illinois

FCS Playoffs

The Governors, even though the team shared the OVC title, APSU held the tiebreaker due to defeating SEMO in the regular season therefore receiving the automatic bid for the

postseason The playoffs, play-offs, postseason or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade. Depending on the league, the playoffs may be eithe ...

tournament, with a first-round pairing against Furman.

Furman–First Round

at Sacramento State–Second Round

at Montana State–Quarterfinals

Media Affiliates

Radio

* ESPN Radio Clarksville 104.1 and 540 AM

TV

* OVC on ESPN+

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 ...