The 2022 Austin Peay Governors football team represented
Austin Peay State University
Austin Peay State University () is a public university in Clarksville, Tennessee. Standing on a site occupied by a succession of educational institutions since 1845, the precursor of the university was established in 1927 and named for then-sitt ...
during the
2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the
ASUN Conference
The ASUN Conference, formerly the Atlantic Sun Conference, is a collegiate athletic conference operating mostly in the Southeastern United States. The league participates at the NCAA Division I level, and began sponsoring football at the Divisio ...
(ASUN), coinciding with the conference's addition of football for that season.
They were led by third-year head coach
Scotty Walden
Scotty Walden (born November 15, 1989) is an American football coach who is currently the head coach at Austin Peay State University. Walden had previously served as the head coach at East Texas Baptist University and interim head coach at the Uni ...
and played their games at
Fortera Stadium
Fortera Stadium is a stadium located on the campus of Austin Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. It opened in 1946 and is the home venue for the Austin Peay Governors football team.
History
Clarksville Municipal Stadium, as it was ...
in
Clarksville, Tennessee
Clarksville is the county seat of Montgomery County, Tennessee, United States. It is the fifth-largest city in the state behind Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, and Chattanooga. The city had a population of 166,722 as of the 2020 United States ce ...
.
Previous season
The Governors finished the
2021 season 6–5 overall, and 4–2 in
Ohio Valley Conference
The Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern and Southeastern United States, Southeastern United States. It participates in NCAA Divisi ...
(OVC) play. The 2021 season was their last season in the OVC.
Schedule
Game summaries
at Western Kentucky
Presbyterian
Mississippi Valley State
at Alabama A&M
No. 16 Eastern Kentucky
at Central Arkansas
Murray State
Jacksonville State
at North Alabama
at Kennesaw State
at No. 8 (FBS) Alabama
*Sources:
Coaching staff
* Head Coach -
Scotty Walden
Scotty Walden (born November 15, 1989) is an American football coach who is currently the head coach at Austin Peay State University. Walden had previously served as the head coach at East Texas Baptist University and interim head coach at the Uni ...
* 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
Austin Peay
Austin Peay Governors football seasons
Austin Peay Governors football
The Austin Peay Governors football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Austin Peay State University (Peay or APSU), located in the U.S. state of Tennessee. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdiv ...
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