2023 Austin Peay Governors football team

2023 Austin Peay Governors football
UAC champion
ConferenceUnited Athletic Conference
Ranking
STATSNo. 13
FCS CoachesNo. 10
Record9–3 (6–0 UAC)
Head coach
Co-offensive coordinatorJared Kaster (1st season)
Co-offensive coordinatorLanear Sampson (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorJ. J. Clark (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinatorChris Jones (1st season)
Home stadiumFortera 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 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]

  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.