Austin Peay·OVC

2017 — The Winning Chapter

Austin Peay's 2017 season (8-4) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 8-4
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -6.8 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
L @ Cincin 14-26 L @ Miam (OH 10-31 W vs More Sta 69-13 W @ Murr Sta 27-7 W vs UT Mar 7-0 L vs Jack Sta 14-34 W @ Tenn Sta 21-17 W vs Sout Sta 38-31 L @ UCF 33-73 W @ Tenn Tec 35-28 W @ East Ken 31-24 W vs East Ill 28-13
Defining moments
The statement

The 2017 season's largest margin: Austin Peay 69, Morehead State 13. A 56-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Austin Peay 33, UCF 73. A 40-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Let's Go Peay!"
— Austin Peay fanbase voice · 2017· synthesized
What it meant

2017 is a middle chapter for Austin Peay — neither a crown year nor a crisis. It is the kind of season that fills the ledger between the named ones and gives the arc its shape.