The 2023 Austin Peay Governors football team represented 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 played at Fortera Stadium in Clarksville, Tennessee.
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.
Schedule
Game summaries at No. 12 Tennessee
Statistics PEAYTENN First downs 19 17 Total yards 75–339 65–456 Rushing yards 34–79 32–228 Passing yards 260 228 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 29–41–1 21–33–0 Time of possession 39:01 20:44 Team Category Player StatisticsAustin Peay Passing Mike DiLiello 29/39, 260 yards, TD, INT Rushing Mike DiLiello 21 carries, 36 yards Receiving Trey Goodman 3 receptions, 70 yards, TDTennessee Passing Joe Milton III 21/33, 228 yards, 2 TD Rushing Jaylen Wright 13 carries, 118 yards Receiving Ramel Keyton 5 receptions, 52 yards, TD
Gardner–Webb
North Alabama
Sources:
Statistics APUNA First downs 23 20 Total yards 520 408 Rushing yards 167 57 Passing yards 353 351 Turnovers 0 0 Time of possession 34:39 25:11 Team Category Player StatisticsAP Passing Mike DiLiello 20/25, 353 yards, 6 TD's Rushing Jevon Jackson 30 carries, 160 yards Receiving Trey Goodman 5 receptions, 129 yards, 1 TDUNA Passing Noah Walters 29/52, 351 yards, 5 TD's Rushing Noah Walters 9 carries, 31 yards, 1 TD Receiving Dakota Warfield 7 receptions, 88 yards
Chattanooga–NCAA Division I First Round
The Governors, won the UAC Conference Title outright receiving the automatic bid for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Chattanooga.
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