2023 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team

The 2023 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team will represent Eastern Kentucky University as a member of the United Athletic Conference during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fourth-year head coach Walt Wells, the Colonels play home games at Roy Kidd Stadium in Richmond, Kentucky.

2023 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football
ConferenceUnited Athletic Conference
Record0–0 (0–0 UAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAndy Richman (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorJake Johnson (4th season)
Home stadiumRoy Kidd Stadium
(capacity: 20,000)
2023 United Athletic Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Abilene Christian  0 –0   0 –0  
Austin Peay  0 –0   0 –0  
Central Arkansas  0 –0   0 –0  
Eastern Kentucky  0 –0   0 –0  
North Alabama  0 –0   0 –0  
Southern Utah  0 –0   0 –0  
Stephen F. Austin  0 –0   0 –0  
Tarleton*  0 –0   0 –0  
Utah Tech*  0 –0   0 –0  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Note: Tarleton and Utah Tech are ineligible for the UAC title and FCS postseason play due to transitions from NCAA Division II.
Rankings from STATS Poll

Previous season
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The Colonels finished the 2022 season with 7–5 overall record, 3–2 in ASUN Conference play. They earned a bid to the NCAA Division I First Round after Jacksonville State was inelgible for the postseason due to transition to FBS. They lost to Gardner–Webb 52–41.

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.[1][2]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResult
September 2at Cincinnati*
September 9Kentucky*
September 16Western Carolina*
ESPN+
September 23Southeast Missouri State*
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
ESPN+
September 307:00 p.m.at North Alabama
ESPN+
October 14Tarleton*
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
ESPN+
October 21at Gardner–Webb*
ESPN+
October 28at Utah Tech
ESPN+
November 4at Austin Peay
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
ESPN+
November 11at Central Arkansas
ESPN+
November 18Stephen F. Austin
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
ESPN+

[3][4]

References
  1. "@ASUN_Football and WAC Release 2023 Schedule" (Press release). ASUN Conference. December 20, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  2. "ASUN And WAC Unveil 2023 Football Schedule" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. December 20, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
  3. "2023 Eastern Kentucky Football Schedule". FBSchedules. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
  4. "FOOTBALL". Eastern Kentucky University. Retrieved 15 March 2023.
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