The 2022 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team represented

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(SEMO) as a member of the

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(OVC) during the

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. Led by ninth-year head coach Tom Matukewicz, the Redhawks played their home games at

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. Although Southeast Missouri State finished as OVC co-champions with

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(both with 5–0 OVC records), SEMO was awarded the automatic bid to the 2022 FCS playoffs while UT Martin was not. Both teams had identical records in conference play, and no game had been played between the two teams that season, as a result of schedule changes to accommodate new member Lindenwood. The tiebreaker to determine an automatic conference bid ultimately then came down to a coin flip, which the Redhawks won.

Schedule

Game summaries

At Iowa State

At No. 17 Southern Illinois

Nicholls

Central Arkansas

At Lindenwood

Tennessee Tech

At Northwestern State

Eastern Kentucky

At Tennessee State

At Eastern Illinois

Murray State

FCS Playoffs

At No. 19 Montana – first round

References

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Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football The Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the Southeast Missouri State University located in the U.S. state of Missouri. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship ...