2022 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team explained

The 2022 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team represented Southeast Missouri State University (SEMO) as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by ninth-year head coach Tom Matukewicz, the Redhawks played their home games at Houck Stadium in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Although Southeast Missouri State finished as OVC co-champions with UT Martin (both with 5–0 OVC records), SEMO was awarded the automatic bid to the 2022 FCS playoffs while UT Martin was not.^[1] Both teams had identical records in conference play, and no game had been played between the two teams that season, as a result of schedule changes to accommodate new member Lindenwood. The tiebreaker to determine an automatic conference bid ultimately then came down to a coin flip, which the Redhawks won.^[1]

Schedule

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Game summaries

At Iowa State

See also: 2022 Iowa State Cyclones football team.

Statistics	SEMO	ISU
First downs	15	26
Total yards	320	469
Rushes/yards	22/98	36/176
Passing yards	222	293
Passing: Comp–Att–Int	19–38–1	25–31–1
Turnovers	1	1
Time of possession	27:25	32:35

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
SEMO	Passing	Paxton DeLaurent	19–38, 222 YDS, 1 TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Paxton DeLaurent	12 CAR, 74 YDS
Receiving		3 REC, 56 YDS, 0 TD
Iowa State	Passing		25–31, 293 yards, 4TD, 1 INT
Rushing	Jirehl Brock	16 CAR, 104 YDS, 1 TD
Receiving		8 REC, 128 YDS, 3 TD

At No. 17 Southern Illinois

See also: 2022 Southern Illinois Salukis football team.

Nicholls

See also: 2022 Nicholls Colonels football team.

Central Arkansas

See also: 2022 Central Arkansas Bears football team.

At Lindenwood

See also: 2022 Lindenwood Lions football team.

Tennessee Tech

See also: 2022 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team.

At Northwestern State

See also: 2022 Northwestern State Demons football team.

Eastern Kentucky

See also: 2022 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team.

At Tennessee State

See also: 2022 Tennessee State Tigers football team.

At Eastern Illinois

See also: 2022 Eastern Illinois Panthers football team.

Murray State

See also: 2022 Murray State Racers football team.

FCS Playoffs

At No. 19 Montana – first round

See also: 2022 Montana Grizzlies football team and 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season.

Coaching staff

Southeast Missouri State Redhawks
Name	Position	Consecutive season at Southeast Missouri State in current position	Previous position
Tom Matukewicz	Head coach	9th	Toledo defensive coordinator (2012–2013)
Jeromy McDowell	Offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach	5th	Colorado Mesa offensive coordinator (2016–2017)
Ricky Coon	Defensive coordinator	1st	Dodge City CC head coach (2019–2021)
Ray Smith	Defensive pass game coordinator	2nd	Southeast Missouri State cornerbacks coach (2017–2020)
Justin Drudik	Offensive pass game coordinator and wide receivers coach	2nd	Southeast Missouri State wide receivers coach (2018–2020)
Jerone Steckel	Defensive line coach	4th	Central Michigan graduate assistant (2017–2018)
Lucas Orchard	Offensive line coach	1st	Southeast Missouri State graduate assistant (2020–2021)
Tim Billings	Outside linebackers coach	1st	Southern Miss interim head coach, assistant head coach, defensive coordinator, and safeties coach (2020)
Cole Cook	Tight ends coach	1st	Missouri offensive analyst (2020–2021)
Connor Benado	Special teams coordinator and inside linebackers coach	1st	Southeast Missouri State inside linebackers coach (2021)
Darius Hicks	Assistant defensive backs coach and cornerbacks coach	1st	Morningside defensive backs coach (2020–2021)

Notes and References

1. News: Weir . Grayson . November 20, 2022 . College football team misses out on playoffs because it lost a coin flip . Outkick . November 20, 2022.
2. Web site: . 2022 Football Schedule . . October 9, 2022 .
3. Web site: 2022 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks Football Schedule. FBSchedules.com.