# 2022 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

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. 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.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 3 | 1:00 p.m. | at Iowa State* | | Jack Trice StadiumAmes, IA | ESPN+ | L 10–42 | 57,142 |
| September 10 | 6:00 p.m. | at No. 17 Southern Illinois* | | Saluki StadiumCarbondale, IL | ESPN3/ESPN+ | W 34–31 | 8,662 |
| September 17 | 2:00 p.m. | Nicholls* | | Houck StadiumCape Girardeau, MO | ESPN+ | W 42–16 | 3,482 |
| September 24 | 2:00 p.m. | Central Arkansas* | | Houck StadiumCape Girardeau, MO | ESPN+ | W 35–27 | 3,756 |
| October 1 | 1:00 p.m. | at Lindenwood | No. 24 | Harlen C. Hunter StadiumSt. Charles, MO | ESPN+ | W 49–28 | 5,036 |
| October 8 | 2:00 p.m. | Tennessee Tech | No. 21 | Houck StadiumCape Girardeau, MO | ESPN+ | W 34–20 | 3,892 |
| October 22 | 1:00 p.m. | at Northwestern State* | No. 16 | Harry Turpin StadiumNatchitoches, LA | ESPN+ | W 51–16 | 4,326 |
| October 29 | 1:00 p.m. | Eastern Kentucky* | No. 15 | Houck StadiumCape Girardeau, MO | ESPN+ | L 23–28 | 4,902 |
| November 5 | 5:00 p.m. | at Tennessee State | No. 22 | Hale StadiumNashville, TN | ESPN+ | W 42–0 | 6,369 |
| November 12 | 2:00 p.m. | at Eastern Illinois | No. 20 | O'Brien FieldCharleston, IL | ESPN+ | W 31–7 | 1,831 |
| November 19 | 1:00 p.m. | Murray State | No. 17 | Houck StadiumCape Girardeau, MO | ESPN+ | W 52–22 | 3,375 |
| November 26 | 9:00 p.m. | at No. 19 Montana* | No. 14 | Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT (NCAA Division I First Round) | ESPN2/ESPN+ | L 24–34 | 13,390 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Central time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### At Iowa State

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Southeast Missouri State | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Iowa State | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
at Jack Trice Stadium • Ames, IA
* Date: Saturday, September 3, 2022
* Game time: 1:00 p.m. CDT
* Game weather: sunny • Temperature: 74°F
* Game attendance: 57,142
* Referee: Derek Anderson
* TV announcers (ESPN+): Shawn Kenney, Todd Doxzon
| 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 |
| SEMO | Rushing | Paxton DeLaurent | 12 CAR, 74 YDS |
| SEMO | Receiving | Ryan Flournoy | 3 REC, 56 YDS, 0 TD |
| Iowa State | Passing | Hunter Dekkers | 25–31, 293 yards, 4TD, 1 INT |
| Iowa State | Rushing | Jirehl Brock | 16 CAR, 104 YDS, 1 TD |
| Iowa State | Receiving | Xavier Hutchinson | 8 REC, 128 YDS, 3 TD |

### At No. 17 Southern Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Redhawks | 7 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 34 |
| No. 17 Salukis | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 31 |

### Nicholls

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Colonels | 0 | 7 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| Redhawks | 7 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 42 |

### Central Arkansas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 27 |
| Redhawks | 7 | 21 | 0 | 7 | 35 |

### At Lindenwood

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 24 Redhawks | 6 | 15 | 7 | 21 | 49 |
| Lions | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |

### Tennessee Tech

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Golden Eagles | 3 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 20 |
| No. 21 Redhawks | 10 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 34 |

### At Northwestern State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 16 Redhawks | 23 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 51 |
| Demons | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 16 |

### Eastern Kentucky

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Colonels | 0 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 28 |
| No. 15 Redhawks | 10 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 23 |

### At Tennessee State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 22 Redhawks | 7 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 42 |
| Tigers | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

### At Eastern Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 20 Redhawks | 0 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 31 |
| Panthers | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |

### Murray State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Racers | 3 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 22 |
| No. 17 Redhawks | 21 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 52 |

## FCS Playoffs
### At No. 19 Montana – first round

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 14 Redhawks | 7 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| No. 19 Grizzlies | 0 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 34 |

## 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) |