| Year: | 2023 |
| Team: | Eastern Kentucky Colonels |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | United Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | UAC |
| Record: | 5–6 |
| Conf Record: | 4–2 |
| Head Coach: | Walt Wells |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Off Coach: | Andy Richman |
| Oc Year: | 4th |
| Def Coach: | Jake Johnson |
| Dc Year: | 4th |
| Stadium: | Roy Kidd Stadium |
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.
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]
See also: 2023 Cincinnati Bearcats football team.
See also: 2023 Kentucky Wildcats football team.
| Statistics | EKU | UK |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | Statistics |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern Kentucky | Passing | Parker McKinney | 19/29, 219 yards, TD, INT |
| Rushing | Braedon Sloan | 7 carries, 48 yards | |
| Receiving | Bryant Johnson | 2 receptions, 53 yards | |
| Kentucky | Passing | 24/38, 299 yards, 4 TD, INT | |
| Rushing | 12 carries, 52 yards | ||
| Receiving | 6 receptions, 136 yards, 2 TD |