# 2022 Davidson Wildcats football team

The 2022 Davidson Wildcats football team represented Davidson College as a member of the Pioneer Football League (PFL) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Scott Abell and played their home games at Richardson Stadium. Although the Wildcats finished in a second place tie in the conference with a 6–2 conference record, they claimed the PFL's automatic bid in the FCS Playoffs (due to St. Thomas (MN) being ineligible due to their 5-year transition from Division III to Division I) after narrowly defeating Dayton 24–23 in the final week of the regular season.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 2:00 p.m. | at Jacksonville State* | Burgess–Snow Field at JSU StadiumJacksonville, AL | ESPN+ | L 17–35 | 18,462 |
| September 10 | 7:00 p.m. | Barton* | Richardson StadiumDavidson, NC | | W 37–17 | 3,971 |
| September 17 | 7:00 p.m. | St. Andrews* | Richardson StadiumDavidson, NC | | W 56–6 | 4,317 |
| September 24 | 7:00 p.m. | at Presbyterian | Bailey Memorial StadiumClinton, SC | ESPN+ | W 56–24 | 1,626 |
| October 1 | 1:00 p.m. | Butler | Richardson StadiumDavidson, NC | | W 31–0 | 2,114 |
| October 8 | 2:00 p.m. | at St. Thomas (MN) | O'Shaughnessy StadiumSaint Paul, MN | | L 16–27 | 6,177 |
| October 15 | 1:00 p.m. | Morehead State | Richardson StadiumDavidson, NC | | W 28–26 | 3,822 |
| October 22 | 2:00 p.m. | at Drake | Drake StadiumDes Moines, IA | ESPN3 | W 48–14 | 1,826 |
| November 5 | 1:00 p.m. | Stetson | Richardson StadiumDavidson, NC | | W 56–48 $^{2OT}$ | 4,294 |
| November 12 | 4:00 p.m. | at San Diego | Torero StadiumSan Diego, CA | WCC | L 14–31 | 2,518 |
| November 19 | 1:00 p.m. | Dayton | Richardson StadiumDavidson, NC | | W 24–23 | 4,103 |
| November 26 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 13 Richmond* | E. Claiborne Robins StadiumRichmond, VA (NCAA Division I First Round) | ESPN+ | L 0–41 | 3,000 |
| *Non-conference gameRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### At Jacksonville State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 7 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
| Gamecocks | 7 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 35 |

### Barton

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Barton Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Wildcats | 14 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 37 |

### St. Andrews

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Knights | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Wildcats | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 56 |

### At Presbyterian

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 14 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 56 |
| Blue Hose | 3 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 |

### Butler

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Butler Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Wildcats | 3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 31 |

### At St. Thomas (MN)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 0 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 |
| Tommies | 7 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 27 |

### Morehead State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Eagles | 7 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 26 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 28 |

### At Drake

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 7 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 48 |
| Drake Bulldogs | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

### Stetson

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
| Hatters | 7 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 48 |
| Wildcats | 10 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 56 |

### At San Diego

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Toreros | 14 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 31 |

### Dayton

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Flyers | 7 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 24 |

### At Richmond

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Wildcats | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Spiders | 10 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 41 |