2023 Austin Peay Governors football team

The 2023 Austin Peay Governors football team will represent 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 play games at Fortera Stadium in Clarksville, Tennessee.

2023 Austin Peay Governors football
ConferenceUnited Athletic Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 20
FCS CoachesNo. 20 (tie)
Record5–2 (2–0 UAC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorJared Kaster (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorLanear Sampson (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJ.J. Clark (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorChris Jones (1st season)
Home stadiumFortera Stadium
(capacity: 10,000)
2023 United Athletic Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 18 Central Arkansas  3 –0   5 –2  
No. 20 Austin Peay  2 –0   5 –2  
Eastern Kentucky  2 –0   3 –4  
Abilene Christian  2 –1   4 –3  
Utah Tech*  1 –1   2 –5  
Southern Utah  1 –2   2 –5  
Tarleton State*  1 –2   5 –3  
North Alabama  1 –3   3 –5  
Stephen F. Austin  0 –4   3 –5  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Note: Tarleton State and Utah Tech are ineligible for the UAC title and FCS postseason play due to transitions from NCAA Division II.
Rankings from STATS Poll

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]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 26:00 p.m.at Southern Illinois*
ESPN+L 23–498,327
September 94:00 p.m.at No. 9 (FBS) Tennessee*
SECN+L 13–30101,915
September 166:00 p.m.East Tennessee State*
ESPN+W 63–38,296
September 236:00 p.m.at Stephen F. Austin
ESPN+W 22–209,832
September 301:00 p.m.at Lindewood*
ESPN+W 52–102,816
October 141:00 p.m.Gardner–Webb*
  • Fortera Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN
ESPN+W 41–147,503
October 217:00 p.m.at Southern UtahNo. 24
ESPN+W 48–45 2OT3,547
October 283:00 p.m.North AlabamadaggerNo. 20
  • Fortera Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN
ESPN+
November 44:00 p.m.at Eastern Kentucky
ESPN+
November 111:00 p.m.Utah Tech
  • Fortera Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN
ESPN+
November 181:00 p.m.Central Arkansas
  • Fortera Stadium
  • Clarksville, TN
ESPN+
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

[3][4]

Game summaries

at Tennessee (FBS)
See also: 2023 Tennessee Volunteers football team
Game Two – Austin Peay Governors (0-1) at No. 12 (FBS) Tennessee Volunteers (1-0) – Game summary
Period 1 2 34Total
Austin Peay 3 3 0713
No. 12 Tennessee (FBS) 3 10 10730

at Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee

  • Date: Saturday, September 9, 2023
  • Game time: 5:30 p.m. EST
  • Game weather: Cloudy, 78 °F (26 °C)
  • Game attendance: 101,915
  • Referee: Steve Marlowe
  • TV announcers (SECN+/ESPN+): Justin Kutcher (play-by-play), Dave Steckel (analyst)
Game information
First quarter
  • (11:06) PEAY — Maddux Trujillo 45-yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 48 yards, 3:54; Austin Peay 3-0)
  • (5:51) TENN – Charles Campbell 28-yard field goal (Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards, 1:01; Tied 3-3)
Second quarter
  • (8:15) PEAY – Maddux Trujillo 34-yard field goal (Drive: 12 plays, 67 yards, 6:39; Austin Peay 6-3)
  • (4:55) TENN – Charles Campbell 37-yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 65 yards, 3:11; Tied 6-6)
  • (0:15) TENN – Joe Milton III 6-yard run (Charles Campbell kick) (Drive: 11 plays, 67 yards, 2:04; Tennessee 13-6)
Third quarter
  • (13:30) TENN – Ramel Keyton 5-yard pass from Joe Milton III (Charles Campbell kick) (Drive: 5 plays, 66 yards, 1:21; Tennessee 20-6)
  • (6:33) TENN – Charles Campbell 22-yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 44 yards, 2:30; Tennessee 23-6)
Fourth quarter
  • (9:01) PEAY – Trey Goodman 52-yard pass from Mike DiLiello (Maddux Trujillo kick) (Drive: 6 plays, 90 yards, 2:30; Tennessee 23-13)
  • (8:03) TENN – McCallan Castles 43-yard pass from Joe Milton III (Charles Campbell kick) (Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 0:58; Tennessee 30-13)
StatisticsPEAYTENN
First downs1917
Total yards75–33965–456
Rushing yards34–7932–228
Passing yards260228
Passing: Comp–Att–Int29–41–121–33–0
Time of possession39:0120:44
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Austin PeayPassingMike DiLiello29/39, 260 yards, TD, INT
RushingMike DiLiello21 carries, 36 yards
ReceivingTrey Goodman3 receptions, 70 yards, TD
TennesseePassingJoe Milton III21/33, 228 yards, 2 TD
RushingJaylen Wright13 carries, 118 yards
ReceivingRamel Keyton5 receptions, 52 yards, TD

References
  1. "@ASUN_Football and WAC Release 2023 Schedule" (Press release). ASUN Conference. December 20, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  2. "ASUN And WAC Unveil 2023 Football Schedule" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. December 20, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  3. "2023 Austin Peay Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
  4. "2023 Football Schedule". Austin Peay Athletics. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
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