The 2022 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team represented Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Tom Matukewicz, the Redhawks played their home games at Houck Stadium in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Although Southeast Missouri State finished as OVC co-champions with UT Martin (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
Statistics SEMOISU First downs 15 26 Total yards 320 469 Rushes/yards 22/98 36/176 Passing yards 222 293 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 19–38–1 25–31–1 Turnovers 1 1 Time of possession 27:25 32:35 Team Category Player StatisticsSEMO Passing Paxton DeLaurent 19–38, 222 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT Rushing Paxton DeLaurent 12 CAR, 74 YDS Receiving Ryan Flournoy 3 REC, 56 YDS, 0 TDIowa State Passing Hunter Dekkers 25–31, 293 yards, 4TD, 1 INT Rushing Jirehl Brock 16 CAR, 104 YDS, 1 TD Receiving Xavier Hutchinson 8 REC, 128 YDS, 3 TD
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
At No. 19 Montana—NCAA Division I First Round
Coaching staff Southeast Missouri State Redhawks Name Position Consecutive season at Southeast Missouri State in current position Previous position Tom Matukewicz Head coach 9th Toledo defensive coordinator (2012–2013) Jeromy McDowell Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach 5th Colorado Mesa offensive coordinator (2016–2017) Ricky Coon Defensive coordinator 1st Dodge City CC head coach (2019–2021) Ray Smith Defensive pass game coordinator 2nd Southeast Missouri State cornerbacks coach (2017–2020) Justin Drudik Offensive pass game coordinator and wide receivers coach 2nd Southeast Missouri State wide receivers coach (2018–2020) Jerone Steckel Defensive line coach 4th Central Michigan graduate assistant (2017–2018) Lucas Orchard Offensive line coach 1st Southeast Missouri State graduate assistant (2020–2021) Tim Billings Outside linebackers coach 1st Southern Miss interim head coach, assistant head coach, defensive coordinator, and safeties coach (2020) Cole Cook Tight ends coach 1st Missouri offensive analyst (2020–2021) Connor Benado Special teams coordinator and inside linebackers coach 1stSoutheast Missouri State inside linebackers coach (2021) Darius Hicks Assistant defensive backs coach and cornerbacks coach 1stMorningside defensive backs coach (2020–2021)
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