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Austin Peay Governors football
Austin Peay Governors football
	2024 Austin Peay Governors football team
First season	1930; 95 years ago
Head coach	Jeff Faris ; 1st season, 4–8 (.333)
Stadium	Fortera Stadium; (capacity: 10,000)
Field surface	AstroTurf
Location	Clarksville, Tennessee
NCAA division	Division I FCS
Conference	United Athletic Conference
All-time record	328–567–16 (.369)
Conference titles	5
Colors	Red and white;
Website	letsgopeay.com

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 Subdivision (FCS) and played the most recent 2022 season as members of the ASUN Conference. For the 2023 season and beyond, Peay will play in the United Athletic Conference, created shortly after the 2022 season by the merger of the football leagues of the ASUN and Western Athletic Conference.^[2]^[3] The school's first football team was fielded in 1930. They were previously a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (1963–1996, 2007–2021) and the Pioneer Football League (2001–2005). Austin Peay Governors football plays its home games at the 10,000 seat Fortera Stadium.

History

Classifications

1957–1972: NCAA College Division
1973–1977: NCAA Division II
1978–present: NCAA Division I–AA/FCS

Conference memberships

1930–1946: Independent
1947–1962: Volunteer State Athletic Conference
1963–1996: Ohio Valley Conference
1997–2000: NCAA Division I–AA Independent
2001–2005: Pioneer Football League
2006: NCAA Division I FCS Independent
2007–2021: Ohio Valley Conference
2022: ASUN Conference
2023–present: United Athletic Conference

Though not competing in OVC football from 1997 to 2006, Peay remained a full OVC member during this period.

Rivalries

Sgt. York Trophy

The trophy goes to the team in Tennessee that has the best record against the other three teams. Austin Peay has won the trophy three times, in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

Battle of the Border

The battle of the border is a trophy awarded to the team with the most points based on wins between all the sporting events between Austin Peay and Murray State. Murray State leads the series 36–16.

Notable former players

Notable alumni include:

Jeff Gooch
Michael Swift
Kirk Pointer
Kyran Moore
Bonnie Sloan, first deaf player in NFL history
Percy Howard (whose only NFL TD catch came in Super Bowl X, as a member of the Dallas Cowboys)
Lewis Lastik, featured actor in Remember the Titans, offensive lineman. (Also member of the APSU track and field teams, shot put, and javelin.)

Retired numbers

No.	Player	Pos.	Tenure	Ref.
Austin Peay Governors retired numbers
30	John Ogles	RB	1963–1966	^[4]
84	Harold Roberts	WR	1967–1970	^[4]

Honored jerseys

Numbers honored, but not retired and available for any player:

No.	Player	Pos.	Tenure
Austin Peay Governors honored jerseys
3	Terrence Holt	RB	2007–2010
8	Chris Fletcher	RB	2004–2007
10	Carolton Flatt	QB	1963-1964
13	Kordell Jackson	QB	2017-2021
44	Jay Bailey	RB	2000–2002
46	Bob Bible	LB	1974–1978

Conference championships

Austin Peay has won five conference championships, three outright, and two shared with Southeast Missouri State^[5] in the OVC, Central Arkansas and Eastern Kentucky in the ASUN

Year	Coach	Conference	Record	Conference record
1948	David B. Aaron	Volunteer State Athletic Conference	8–2	2–0
1977	Boots Donnelly	Ohio Valley Conference	8–3	6–1
2019	Mark Hudspeth	Ohio Valley Conference	11–4	7–1
2022	Scotty Walden	ASUN Conference	7–4	3–2
2023	Scotty Walden	United Athletic Conference	9–3	6–0

Postseason

FCS playoffs

The Governors have made two appearances in the FCS Playoffs, their first being in 2019; their record is 2–2.

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
2019	First Round Second Round Quarterfinals	Furman Sacramento State Montana State	W 42–6 W 42–28 L 10–24
2023	First Round	Chattanooga	L 21–24

Future non-conference opponents

Future non-conference opponents announced as of August 10, 2024.^[6]

2024	2025	2026	2027	2028	2029	2030	2031	2032	2033	2034	2035	2036	2037
at Louisville	at Middle Tennessee	at Vanderbilt	at Murray State	Murray State	at Murray State	Murray State	at Murray State	Murray State	at Murray State	Murray State	at Murray State	Murray State	at Murray State
Southern Illinois	at Georgia	Morehead State		at Samford
Alabama A&M	Morehead State	at North Dakota State
Chattanooga	Samford

References

^ "APSU Governors Brand Identity" (PDF). May 30, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2023.
^ "@ASUN_Football and WAC Release 2023 Schedule" (Press release). ASUN Conference. December 20, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
^ "ASUN And WAC Unveil 2023 Football Schedule" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. December 20, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
^ ^a ^b "2015 Austin Peay football media guide" (PDF). letsgopeay.com. August 28, 2015. p. 67. Retrieved June 15, 2024.
^ "Football Records Book" (PDF).
^ "Austin Peay Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 10, 2024.

External links

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[1] "APSU Governors Brand Identity" (PDF). May 30, 2019. Retrieved February 25, 2023.

[2] "@ASUN_Football and WAC Release 2023 Schedule" (Press release). ASUN Conference. December 20, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.

[3] "ASUN And WAC Unveil 2023 Football Schedule" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. December 20, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.

[austinmed-4] "2015 Austin Peay football media guide" (PDF). letsgopeay.com. August 28, 2015. p. 67. Retrieved June 15, 2024.

[5] "Football Records Book" (PDF).

[nonconfopp-6] "Austin Peay Football Future Schedules". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved August 10, 2024.

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