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. The Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team drew an average home attendance of 11,655 in 2023.
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.
Schedule
Game summaries at Cincinnati
at Kentucky
Statistics EKUUK First downs 15 20 Total yards 56–311 61–414 Rushing yards 27–92 23–115 Passing yards 219 299 Passing: Comp–Att–Int 19–29–1 24–38–1 Time of possession 27:53 32:07 Team Category Player StatisticsEastern Kentucky Passing Parker McKinney 19/29, 219 yards, TD, INT Rushing Braedon Sloan 7 carries, 48 yards Receiving Bryant Johnson 2 receptions, 53 yardsKentucky Passing Devin Leary 24/38, 299 yards, 4 TD, INT Rushing Ray Davis 12 carries, 52 yards Receiving Tayvion Robinson 6 receptions, 136 yards, 2 TD
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