American college football season
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.[1][2]
Game summaries
at Tennessee
Game Two – Austin Peay Governors (0-1) at No. 12 (FBS) Tennessee Volunteers (1-0) – Game summary
Period |
1 |
2 |
3 | 4 | Total |
Austin Peay |
3 |
3 |
0 | 7 | 13 |
No. 12 Tennessee (FBS) |
3 |
10 |
10 | 7 | 30 |
at Neyland Stadium • Knoxville, Tennessee
- Date: Saturday, September 9, 2023
- Game time: 5:30 p.m. EST
- Game weather: Cloudy, 78 °F (26 °C)
- Game attendance: 101,915
- Referee: Steve Marlowe
- TV announcers (SECN+/ESPN+): Justin Kutcher (play-by-play), Dave Steckel (analyst)
Game information
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- First quarter
- (11:06) PEAY — Maddux Trujillo 45-yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 48 yards, 3:54; Austin Peay 3-0)
- (5:51) TENN – Charles Campbell 28-yard field goal (Drive: 4 plays, 2 yards, 1:01; Tied 3-3)
- Second quarter
- (8:15) PEAY – Maddux Trujillo 34-yard field goal (Drive: 12 plays, 67 yards, 6:39; Austin Peay 6-3)
- (4:55) TENN – Charles Campbell 37-yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 65 yards, 3:11; Tied 6-6)
- (0:15) TENN – Joe Milton III 6-yard run (Charles Campbell kick) (Drive: 11 plays, 67 yards, 2:04; Tennessee 13-6)
- Third quarter
- (13:30) TENN – Ramel Keyton 5-yard pass from Joe Milton III (Charles Campbell kick) (Drive: 5 plays, 66 yards, 1:21; Tennessee 20-6)
- (6:33) TENN – Charles Campbell 22-yard field goal (Drive: 8 plays, 44 yards, 2:30; Tennessee 23-6)
- Fourth quarter
- (9:01) PEAY – Trey Goodman 52-yard pass from Mike DiLiello (Maddux Trujillo kick) (Drive: 6 plays, 90 yards, 2:30; Tennessee 23-13)
- (8:03) TENN – McCallan Castles 43-yard pass from Joe Milton III (Charles Campbell kick) (Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 0:58; Tennessee 30-13)
|
Statistics |
PEAY |
TENN
|
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 |
Statistics
|
Austin Peay |
Passing |
Mike DiLiello |
29/39, 260 yards, TD, INT
|
Rushing |
Mike DiLiello |
21 carries, 36 yards
|
Receiving |
Trey Goodman |
3 receptions, 70 yards, TD
|
Tennessee |
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
|
Chattanooga–NCAA Division I First Round
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
No. 18 Mocs
|
7
|
14
|
0
|
3 |
24 |
No. 13 Governors
|
7
|
0
|
14
|
0 |
21 |
The Governors, won the UAC Conference Title outright receiving the automatic bid for the postseason tournament, with a first-round pairing against Chattanooga.[5]