2023 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football
ConferenceUnited Athletic Conference
Record5–6 (4–2 UAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAndy Richman (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorJake Johnson (4th season)
Home stadiumRoy Kidd Stadium
Seasons
← 2022
2024 →
2023 United Athletic Conference standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 18 Austin Peay $^   6 – 0     9 – 3  
Central Arkansas   4 – 2     7 – 4  
Southern Utah   4 – 2     6 – 5  
Eastern Kentucky   4 – 2     5 – 6  
Tarleton State*   4 – 2     8 – 3  
Abilene Christian   3 – 3     5 – 6  
North Alabama   1 – 5     3 – 8  
Utah Tech*   1 – 5     2 – 9  
Stephen F. Austin   0 – 6     3 – 8  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Note: Tarleton State and Utah Tech are ineligible for the UAC title and FCS postseason play due to transitions from NCAA Division II.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2023 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented 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 played home games at Roy Kidd Stadium in Richmond, Kentucky.

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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 23:30 p.m.at Cincinnati*No. 24
ESPN+L 13–6638,193
September 93:00 p.m.at Kentucky*
SECN+/ESPN+L 17–2861,876
September 166:00 p.m.Western Carolina*
ESPN+L 24–2713,596
September 236:00 p.m.No. 16 Southeast Missouri State*
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
ESPN+W 41–3813,477
September 307:00 p.m.at North Alabama
ESPN+W 32–2211,430
October 143:00 p.m.Tarleton Statedagger
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
ESPN+W 41–35 2OT12,063
October 216:00 p.m.at Gardner–Webb*
ESPN+L 32–354,339
October 288:00 p.m.at Utah Tech
ESPN+W 34–305,245
November 45:00 p.m.No. 19 Austin Peay
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
ESPN+L 30–33 OT10,067
November 115:00 p.m.at Central Arkansas
ESPN+L 24–275,423
November 182:00 p.m.Stephen F. Austin
  • Roy Kidd Stadium
  • Richmond, KY
ESPN+W 36–249,069
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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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 March 15, 2023.
  4. ^ "FOOTBALL". Eastern Kentucky University. Retrieved March 15, 2023.
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