2023 Austin Peay Governors football | |
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UAC champion | |
NCAA Division I First Round, L 21–24 vs. Chattanooga | |
Conference | United Athletic Conference |
Ranking | |
STATS | No. 13 |
FCS Coaches | No. 10 |
Record | 9–3 (6–0 UAC) |
Head coach |
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Co-defensive coordinators |
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Home stadium | Fortera Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 18 Austin Peay $^ | 6 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Central Arkansas | 4 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Utah | 4 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern Kentucky | 4 | – | 2 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tarleton State* | 4 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilene Christian | 3 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
North Alabama | 1 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah Tech* | 1 | – | 5 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen F. Austin | 0 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2023 Austin Peay Governors football team represented Austin Peay State University as a member of the United Athletic Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Scotty Walden, the Governors played at Fortera Stadium in Clarksville, Tennessee.
After the 2022 season, the ASUN and the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), which had been partners in a football-only alliance in the 2021 and 2022 seasons, jointly announced that they would merge their football leagues. [1] [2]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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September 2 | 6:00 p.m. | at Southern Illinois * | ESPN+ | L 23–49 | 8,327 | ||
September 9 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 9 (FBS) Tennessee * | SECN+ | L 13–30 | 101,915 | ||
September 16 | 6:00 p.m. | East Tennessee State * | ESPN+ | W 63–3 | 8,296 | ||
September 23 | 6:00 p.m. | at Stephen F. Austin | ESPN+ | W 22–20 | 9,832 | ||
September 30 | 1:00 p.m. | at Lindenwood * | ESPN+ | W 52–10 | 2,816 | ||
October 14 | 1:00 p.m. | Gardner–Webb * |
| ESPN+ | W 41–14 | 7,503 | |
October 21 | 7:00 p.m. | at Southern Utah | No. 24 | ESPN+ | W 48–45 2OT | 3,547 | |
October 28 | 3:00 p.m. | North Alabama ![]() | No. 20 |
| ESPN+ | W 49–39 | 8,698 |
November 4 | 4:00 p.m. | at Eastern Kentucky | No. 19 | ESPN+ | W 33–30 OT | 10,067 | |
November 11 | 1:00 p.m. | Utah Tech | No. 20 |
| ESPN+ | W 30–17 | 7,116 |
November 18 | 1:00 p.m. | Central Arkansas | No. 15 |
| ESPN+ | W 14–12 | 9,931 |
November 25 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 18 Chattanooga * | No. 13 |
| ESPN+ | L 21–24 | 7,249 |
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Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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Austin Peay | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 13 |
No. 12 Tennessee (FBS) | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 30 |
at Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee
Game information |
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Statistics | PEAY | TENN |
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First downs | 19 | 17 |
Total yards | 75–339 | 65–456 |
Rushing yards | 34–79 | 32–228 |
Passing yards | 260 | 228 |
Passing: Comp–Att–Int | 29–41–1 | 21–33–0 |
Time of possession | 39:01 | 20:44 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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Austin Peay | Passing | Mike DiLiello | 29/39, 260 yards, TD, INT |
Rushing | Mike DiLiello | 21 carries, 36 yards | |
Receiving | Trey Goodman | 3 receptions, 70 yards, TD | |
Tennessee | Passing | Joe Milton III | 21/33, 228 yards, 2 TD |
Rushing | Jaylen Wright | 13 carries, 118 yards | |
Receiving | Ramel Keyton | 5 receptions, 52 yards, TD |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Runnin' Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
Governors | 7 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 41 |
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Statistics | AP | UNA |
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First downs | 23 | 20 |
Total yards | 520 | 408 |
Rushing yards | 167 | 57 |
Passing yards | 353 | 351 |
Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
Time of possession | 34:39 | 25:11 |
Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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AP | Passing | Mike DiLiello | 20/25, 353 yards, 6 TD's |
Rushing | Jevon Jackson | 30 carries, 160 yards | |
Receiving | Trey Goodman | 5 receptions, 129 yards, 1 TD | |
UNA | Passing | Noah Walters | 29/52, 351 yards, 5 TD's |
Rushing | Noah Walters | 9 carries, 31 yards, 1 TD | |
Receiving | Dakota Warfield | 7 receptions, 88 yards |
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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No. 18 Mocs | 7 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 24 |
No. 13 Governors | 7 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 |
The Governors, won the UAC Conference Title outright receiving the automatic bid for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Chattanooga. [6]