CLARKSVILLE, Tenn. – With all the buzz and hype swirling around an on-the-rise Austin Peay State University football program, the Govs have reported back to campus and are set to open preseason camp at 3:45 p.m., Saturday in Fortera Stadium.
Saturday’s practice will be the first of 17 practices and two scrimmages over the next 15 days for the Govs. Due to NCAA rules, the team will go through a five-day acclimation period and will wear helmets only, both Saturday and Sunday. The Govs will wear shells for the first time, Monday and Tuesday, before getting into its first full-padded practice, Wednesday.
The first of four scheduled two-a-days is scheduled for Thursday, while next Saturday, August 13; Tuesday, August 16 and Thursday, August 18 round out the two-a-day slate.
All one-session practice times are at 3:45 p.m. except for Sunday, August 14, when it will be held at 6:30 p.m. Two-a-day practice times will be 8:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Govs fans can circle the second session on Saturday, August 13, which will mark the first of the two preseason scrimmages. The final scrimmage will come on the final day of preseason camp a week later at 2:45 p.m., Saturday, August 20.
Austin Peay will open the Will Healy era at FBS-opponent Troy at 5 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 3 before returning to Clarksville for its home and Ohio Valley Conference-opener against Tennessee Tech at 6 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 10. The home opener also is Family Weekend at Austin Peay.
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Preseason Camp Practice Schedule
Practice 1 (Helmets) – Saturday, August 6 at 3:45 p.m.
Practice 2 (Helmets) – Sunday, August 7 at 3:45 p.m.
Practice 3 (Shells) – Monday, August 8 at 3:45 p.m.
Practice 4 (Shells) – Tuesday, August 9 at 3:45 p.m.
Practice 5 (Pads) – Wednesday, August 10 at 3:45 p.m.
Practice 6 (Shells) – Thursday, August 11 at 8:30 a.m.
Practice 7 (Pads) – Thursday, August 11 at 7:30 p.m.
Practice 8 (Pads) – Friday, August 12 at 3:45 p.m.
Practice 9 (Shells) – Saturday, August 13 at 8:30 a.m.
Scrimmage 1 – Saturday, August 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Practice 10 (Pads) – Sunday, August 14 at 6:30 p.m.
Practice 11 (Pads) – Monday, August 15 at 3:45 p.m.
Practice 12 (Shells) – Tuesday, August 16 at 8:30 a.m.
Practice 13 (Pads) – Tuesday, August 16 at 7:30 p.m.
Practice 14 (Pads) – Wednesday, August at 17 at 3:45 p.m.
Practice 15 (Shells) – Thursday, August 18 at 8:30 a.m.
Practice 16 (Pads) – Thursday, August 18 at 7:30 p.m.
Practice 17 (Pads) – Friday, August 19 at 3:45 p.m.
Scrimmage 2 – Saturday, August 20 at 2:45 p.m.