2022 Austin Peay Governors football team

2022 Austin Peay Governors football
WAC–ASUN Challenge co-champion
Conference	ASUN Conference
Record	7–4 (3–2 ASUN)
Head coach	Scotty Walden (3rd season)
Co-offensive coordinator	Ryan Stanchek (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinators	Chris Kappas (2nd season) Akeem Davis (3rd season)
Home stadium	Fortera Stadium
Seasons ←  2021 2023  →

2022 ASUN Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Jacksonville State*		5	–	0					9	–	2
Austin Peay +		3	–	2					7	–	4
Eastern Kentucky +^		3	–	2					7	–	5
Central Arkansas +		3	–	2					5	–	6
Kennesaw State		1	–	4					5	–	6
North Alabama		0	–	5					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Note: Jacksonville State ineligible for postseason play and ASUN title due to start of transition to FBS. Rankings from STATS Poll

2022 WAC–ASUN Challenge football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Kentucky $^		4	–	1					7	–	5
Central Arkansas		4	–	1					5	–	6
Austin Peay		3	–	1					7	–	4
Stephen F. Austin		2	–	1					6	–	5
Abilene Christian		1	–	1					7	–	4
Kennesaw State		1	–	3					5	–	6
Southern Utah		0	–	3					5	–	6
North Alabama		0	–	4					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2022 Austin Peay Governors football team represented Austin Peay State University during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the ASUN Conference (ASUN), coinciding with the conference's addition of football for that season. ^[1] They were led by third-year head coach Scotty Walden and played their games at Fortera Stadium in Clarksville, Tennessee.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 27	12:00 p.m.	at Western Kentucky *		Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium Bowling Green, KY	CBSSN	L 27–38	13,688
September 3	6:00 p.m.	Presbyterian *		Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN	ESPN+	W 63–0	4,211
September 10	3:00 p.m.	Mississippi Valley State *		Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN	ESPN+	W 41–0	4,516
September 17	2:00 p.m.	at Alabama A&M *		Louis Crews Stadium Normal, AL	Youtube	W 28–3	7,150
September 24	3:00 p.m.	No. 16 Eastern Kentucky		Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN	ESPN+	W 31–20	8,827
October 1	4:00 p.m.	at Central Arkansas	No. 22	Estes Stadium Conway, AR	ESPN+	L 20–49	10,124
October 15	3:00 p.m.	Murray State *	No. 24	Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN	ESPN+	W 52–17	7,117
October 29	3:00 p.m.	Jacksonville State	No. 25	Fortera Stadium Clarksville, TN	ESPN+	L 16–40	8,176
November 5	4:00 p.m.	at North Alabama		Braly Municipal Stadium Florence, AL	ESPN+	W 38–35	5,235
November 12	12:00 p.m.	at Kennesaw State		Fifth Third Bank Stadium Kennesaw, GA	ESPN+	W 31–14	5,201
November 19	11:00 a.m.	at No. 8 (FBS) Alabama *		Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN+/SECN+	L 0–34	99,369
*Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Game summaries

At Western Kentucky

See also: 2022 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers football team

	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors	10	7	3	7	27
Hilltoppers	7	14	0	17	38

Statistics	APSU	WKU
First downs	19	19
Total yards	319	388
Rushing yards	163	108
Passing yards	156	280
Turnovers	4	1
Time of possession	32:39	27:31

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Austin Peay	Passing	Mike DiLiello	15/21, 156 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Josh Samuel	20 rushes, 77 yards
	Receiving	Drae McCray	6 receptions, 90 yards, 2 TD
Western Kentucky	Passing	Austin Reed	20/34, 280 yards, 4 TD, INT
	Rushing	Davion Ervin-Poindexter	15 rushes, 49 yards
	Receiving	Daewood Davis	6 receptions, 124 yards, TD

Presbyterian

	1	2	3	4	Total
Blue Hose	0	0	0	0	0
Governors	21	21	14	7	63

See also: 2022 Presbyterian Blue Hose football team

Mississippi Valley State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Delta Devils	0	0	0	0	0
Governors	21	20	0	0	41

See also: 2022 Mississippi Valley State Delta Devils football team

At Alabama A&M

	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors	7	0	7	14	28
A&M Bulldogs	3	0	0	0	3

See also: 2022 Alabama A&M Bulldogs football team

No. 16 Eastern Kentucky

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Colonels	10	10	0	0	20
Governors	3	0	7	21	31

See also: 2022 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

At Central Arkansas

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 22 Governors	0	6	7	7	20
Bears	7	0	21	21	49

See also: 2022 Central Arkansas Bears football team

Murray State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Racers	3	14	0	0	17
No. 24 Governors	21	14	10	7	52

See also: 2022 Murray State Racers football team

Jacksonville State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Gamecocks	6	10	14	10	40
No. 25 Governors	7	9	0	0	16

See also: 2022 Jacksonville State Gamecocks football team

At North Alabama

See also: 2022 North Alabama Lions football team

Austin Peay Governors (5-3) vs North Alabama Lions (1-7)

Quarter	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors	7	17	7	7	38
Lions	14	0	7	14	35

at Braly Municipal Stadium, Florence, AL

• Date: November 5th
• Game time: 4:00 pm
• Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C) • Weather: Cloudy • Wind: NW 2 MPH
• Game attendance: 5,235
• Referee: Doug Mercer
• TV: ESPN+

Statistics	Austin Peay	North Alabama
First downs	24	22
Plays–yards	73-544	80-463
Rushes–yards	218	260
Passing yards	326	203
Passing: comp–att–int	19-31-0	20-35-1
Time of possession	23:47	36:13

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Austin Peay	Passing	Mike DiLiello	19/31, 326 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	CJ Evans Jr.	15 carries, 87 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Drae McCray	5 receptions, 106 yards, 1 TD
North Alabama	Passing	Noah Walters	20/35, 203 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
	Rushing	ShunDerrick Powell	23 carries, 207 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Takairee Kenebrew	7 receptions, 78 yards, 1 TD

Scoring summary
Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP Austin Peay North Alabama 0 0 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 0 0

At Kennesaw State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Governors	0	7	14	10	31
Owls	7	0	0	7	14

See also: 2022 Kennesaw State Owls football team

At No. 8 (FBS) Alabama

See also: 2022 Alabama Crimson Tide football team

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Austin Peay	0	0	0	0	0
•No. 8 Alabama	7	10	10	7	34

• Date: November 19
• Location: Tuscaloosa, AL
• Game start: 11:02 a.m.
• Game attendance: 99,639
• Game weather: 49, Sunny, Wind NW @ 3 mph
• Referee: Kyle Olson
• TV announcers (ESPN+/SECN+): Mike Morgan (play-by-play), Dave Steckel (color), Lauren Sisler (sideline)

• Sources:

Pregame line	Over/under
–44.5	59

Statistics	Austin Peay	Alabama
First downs	12	27
Total yards	206	527
Rushing yards	59	263
Passing yards	147	264
Turnovers	3	3
Time of possession	24:19	35:41

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Austin Peay	Passing	Mike DiLiello	20/32, 147 yards, 2 INTs
	Rushing	CJ Evans Jr.	14 carries, 51 yards
	Receiving	Drae McCray	12 receptions, 92 yards
Alabama	Passing	Bryce Young	18/24, 221 yards, 2 TDs
	Rushing	Jase McClellan	17 carries, 156 yards, 2 TDs
	Receiving	Jermaine Burton	7 receptions, 128 yards, 2 TDs

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP APU ALA 1st 8:28 13 92 6:28 ALA Jase McClellan (#2) 1-yard touchdown run, Will Reichard (#16) kick good 0 7 2nd 6:37 8 80 4:35 ALA Jermaine Burton (#3) 4-yard touchdown reception from Bryce Young (#9), Will Reichard (#16) kick good 0 14 2nd 2:27 8 34 3:09 ALA 29-yard field goal by Will Reichard (#16) 0 17 3rd 8:43 3 65 0:58 ALA Jase McClellan (#2) 9-yard touchdown run, Will Reichard (#16) kick good 0 24 3rd 4:57 5 17 2:16 ALA 30-yard field goal by Will Reichard (#16) 0 27 4th 13:20 8 66 3:29 ALA Jermaine Burton (#3) 10-yard touchdown reception from Bryce Young (#9), Will Reichard (#16) kick good 0 34 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. APU 0 ALA 34

Coaching staff

• Head Coach - Scotty Walden
• Assistant head coach/defensive coordinator/safeties coach - Chris Kappas
• Co-defensive coordinator/defensive backs coach - Akeem Davis
• Defensive Run-Game Coordinator/defensive line coach - Chris Jones
• Co-offensive coordinator/offensive line coach - Ryan Stanchek
• Pass-Game Coordinator/wide receivers coach - Lanear Sampson
• Co-Special teams coordinator/Gov Backs coach - Joe Pappalardo
• Co-Special teams coordinator/linebacker Coach - J.J. Clark
• Running backs coach - Jourdan McNeill
• Tight ends coach - Ryan Yurachek

References

1. "ASUN Conference Welcomes Austin Peay State University as its Newest Member" (Press release). ASUN Conference. September 17, 2021. Retrieved January 6, 2022.