The 2022 Dayton Flyers football team represented the

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as a member of the

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during the

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. The Flyers were led by 14th-year head coach

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and played their home games at

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. Despite the Flyers finishing in a second place tie in the conference with a 6-2 conference record, they still had a chance to claim the PFL’s automatic bid in the FCS Playoffs (due to St. Thomas (MN) being ineligible due to their 5-year transition from Division III to Division I) but failed to do so after a narrow 24-23 loss to Davidson in the final week of the regular season.

Preseason

Preseason coaches' poll

The Pioneer League released their preseason coaches' poll on August 1, 2022. The Flyers were picked to finish in fourth place.

Preseason All-PFL teams

Schedule

Game summaries

at Robert Morris

at Youngstown State

Kentucky State

Drake

at Butler

at Marist

Stetson

Valparaiso

at Presbyterian

Morehead State

at Davidson

Coaching staff

References

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Dayton Flyers football seasons

Dayton Flyers football : ''For information on all University of Dayton sports, see Dayton Flyers'' The Dayton Flyers football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Dayton located in the U.S. state of Ohio. The team competes in the ...