UT Martin
1-2OVC · Graham Stadium · 7,500 · 4,524 avg in 2026
LastL 7–52 at West Virginia · Sat Sep 12 · Chris Franklin 85 rush yds, 4 rec yds
Nextat Memphis · Sat Sep 19 · 7 pm ET · Simmons Bank Liberty Stadium · series 1-2, last win 2012 · Game preview
Updated Tue Sep 15 · through week 2
| Wk | Date | Us | Opp | Line | Opponent | Result | Record | Conf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aug 27 | #148 | #180 | -3✗ | Central Arkansas | L 24–36 | 0-1 | 0-0 |
| 1 | Sep 5 | #148 | #234 | -45.5✗ | Chicago State | W 42–7 | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| 2 | Sep 12 | #155 | #190 | +41.5✗ | @West Virginia | L 7–52 133 | 1-2 | 0-0 |
| 3 | Sep 19 | #167 | #91 | @Memphis | ||||
| 4 | Sep 26 | #170 | #112 | @Austin Peay | ||||
| 6 | Oct 10 | @Tennessee State | ||||||
| 7 | Oct 17 | Gardner-Webb | ||||||
| 8 | Oct 24 | @Western Illinois | ||||||
| 9 | Oct 31 | Eastern Illinois | ||||||
| 10 | Nov 7 | @Charleston Southern | ||||||
| 11 | Nov 14 | Lindenwood | ||||||
| 12 | Nov 21 | @Southeast Missouri State |
Advanced box score (EPA, success rate, explosiveness)▼
| Date | Opp | Result | Yds | TO | TOP | EPA/play | Success% | Explosive% | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 12 | @West Virginia | L 7–52 | 318 | 2 | 34:44 | -0.112 | 39.7% | 102.0% | Season-low EPA/play |
| Sep 5 | Chicago State | W 42–7 | — | — | — | +0.365 | 53.7% | 119.0% | Season-high EPA/play |
| Aug 27 | Central Arkansas | L 24–36 | — | — | — | +0.219 | 35.6% | 125.9% | Most explosive |
| Season average (3 games) | 318 | 2.0 | +0.157 | 43.0% | 115.6% | ||||
UT Martin is the West Tennessee Skyhawk program, a consistent OVC champion that owns five titles in the past two decades and a playoff regular under coach Jason Simpson.
UT Martin has won five OVC titles (2006, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024) and made FCS playoffs twice (2021, 2024) under coach Jason Simpson in his two decades at the helm. The wound is the…
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UT Martin has won two of its last five.
Cooling. 6-4 over the last 10, and lost the last one.
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vs Memphis · away
Outcome band · UT Martin · 2026
Outcome band · UT Martin · 2026UT Martin's most likely season is 1-11 — mid-table finish. The floor is 0-12; the ceiling is 4-8.
No season-path projection for this program yet, so this is last season's record with a two-win swing down and a three-win swing up, over a 12-game frame.
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UT Martin is the West Tennessee Skyhawk program, a consistent OVC champion that owns five titles in the past two decades and a playoff regular under coach Jason Simpson.
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