Austin Peay·OVC

2021 — The 2021 Season

Austin Peay's 2021 season (6-5) is a middle chapter: table-stakes progress, no crown in the ledger, the program still writing the book.

Record 6-5
Final result No postseason
AP final — post-bowls
SP+ -4.0 last-week
Era —
The shape of the season · week by week, cumulative W-L below
W @ Chatta 30-20 L @ Ole Miss 17-54 W vs More Sta 59-35 L @ East Ken 27-35 L vs Tenn Sta 22-24 L vs Sout Sta 14-30 W @ Murr Sta 47-6 L @ UT Mar 16-17 W vs East Ill 42-26 W @ Tenn Sta 36-7 W vs Tenn Tec 48-20
Defining moments
The statement

The 2021 season's largest margin: Austin Peay 47, Murray State 6. A 41-point win — the year's high-water mark.

The setback

The season's deepest loss: Austin Peay 17, Ole Miss 54. A 37-point margin the season is remembered by.

"Let's Go Peay!"
— Austin Peay fanbase voice · 2021· synthesized
What it meant

2021 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.