By ClarksvilleNow.com April 9, 2021 11:34 am

CLARKSVILLE, TN (CLARKSVILLE NOW) – The football game between Austin Peay State University and Eastern Illinois scheduled for this weekend has been postponed because of COVID-19.

The game was going to be Sunday, April 11, in Charleston, Illinois.

“Under the OVC’s COVID-19 protocols, Austin Peay does not have the requisite number of student-athletes to compete this weekend, forcing the postponement,” according to an Ohio Valley Conference news release.

A decision on whether the game can be rescheduled for the final day of the regular season, which is Saturday, April 17, will be coming later, the release said.