2022 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 2022

| team = East Tennessee State Buccaneers

| sport = football

| image = East Tennessee State Buccaneers logo.svg

| image_size = 150

| conference = Southern Conference

| short_conf = SoCon

| record = 3–8

| conf_record = 1–7

| head_coach = George Quarles

| hc_year = 1st

| off_coach = Adam Neugebauer

| oc_year = 1st

| off_scheme =

| def_coach = Billy Taylor

| dc_year = 8th

| def_scheme =

| captain =

| stadium = William B. Greene Jr. Stadium

}}

{{2022 Southern Conference football standings}}

The 2022 East Tennessee State Buccaneers football team represented East Tennessee State University as a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Buccaneers were led by first-year head coach George Quarles and play their home games at William B. Greene Jr. Stadium in Johnson City, Tennessee.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 2022

| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS

| poll = STATS

| timezone = Eastern

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{tooltip|September 1|Thursday}}

| time = 7:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank = 11

| opponent = {{cfb link|year=2022|team=Mars Hill Lions|title=Mars Hill}}

| site_stadium = William B. Greene Jr. Stadium

| site_cityst = Johnson City, TN

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 44–7

| attend = 9,701

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 10

| time = 4:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| rank = 9

| opponent = The Citadel

| stadium = Johnson Hagood Stadium

| cityst = Charleston, SC

| score = 17–20

| tv = ESPN+

| attend = 8,573

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 17

| time = 7:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| rank = 18

| opponent = Furman

| site_stadium = William B. Greene Jr. Stadium

| site_cityst = Johnson City, TN

| score = 14–27

| tv = ESPN+

| attend = 9,836

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 24

| time = 12:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Robert Morris

| site_stadium = Joe Walton Stadium

| site_cityst = Moon Township, PA

| score = 45–3

| tv = ESPN+

| attend = 2,629

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 1

| time = 3:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| opponent = Chattanooga

| opprank = 12

| site_stadium = William B. Greene Jr. Stadium

| site_cityst = Johnson City, TN

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 16–24

| attend = 10,247

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 8

| time = 1:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = VMI

| site_stadium = Alumni Memorial Field

| site_cityst = Lexington, VA

| tv =

| score = 44–21

| attend = 6,324

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 15

| time = 4:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = No. 12 Mercer

| site_stadium = Five Star Stadium

| site_cityst = Macon, GA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 33–55

| attend = 10,002

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 22

| time = 3:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| homecoming = y

| opponent = No. 15 Samford

| site_stadium = William B. Greene Jr. Stadium

| site_cityst = Johnson City, TN

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 45–55

| attend = 10,327

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 29

| time = 1:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Wofford

| site_stadium = Gibbs Stadium

| site_cityst = Spartanburg, SC

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 41–48

| attend = 5,849

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 12

| time = 1:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| opponent = Western Carolina

| site_stadium = William B. Greene Jr. Stadium

| site_cityst = Johnson City, TN

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 17–20

| attend = 7,244

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 19

| time = 12:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Mississippi State

| site_stadium = Davis Wade Stadium

| site_cityst = Starkville, MS

| score = 7–56

| tv = ESPN+

| attend = 49,117

}}

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=East Tennessee State Buccaneers Schedule 2022 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/2193/season/2022 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=December 23, 2023 }}{{cite web |author= |title=2022 Football |url=https://etsubucs.com/sports/football/schedule/2022 |publisher=East Tennessee State University |access-date=December 23, 2023 }}

Game summaries

=Mars Hill=

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|Road=Lions

|R1=0

|R2=0

|R3=7

|R4=0

|Home=No. 11 Buccaneers

|H1=20

|H2=14

|H3=10

|H4=0

}}

{{Clear}}

=At The Citadel=

{{Linescore Amfootball

|Road=No. 9 Buccaneers

|R1=0

|R2=7

|R3=7

|R4=3

|Home=Citadel Bulldogs

|H1=3

|H2=7

|H3=7

|H4=3

}}

{{see also|2022 The Citadel Bulldogs football team}}

{{Clear}}

=Furman=

{{Linescore Amfootball

|Road=Paladins

|R1=3

|R2=10

|R3=7

|R4=7

|Home=No. 18 Buccaneers

|H1=7

|H2=0

|H3=7

|H4=0

}}

{{see also|2022 Furman Paladins football team}}

{{Clear}}

=At Robert Morris=

{{Linescore Amfootball

|Road=Buccaneers

|R1=14

|R2=28

|R3=3

|R4=0

|Home=Colonials

|H1=0

|H2=0

|H3=0

|H4=3

}}

{{see also|2022 Robert Morris Colonials football team}}

{{Clear}}

=No. 12 Chattanooga=

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|Road=No. 12 Mocs

|R1=0

|R2=0

|R3=3

|R4=21

|Home=Buccaneers

|H1=10

|H2=3

|H3=0

|H4=3

}}

{{See also|2022 Chattanooga Mocs football team}}

{{Clear}}

=At VMI=

{{Linescore Amfootball

|Road=Buccaneers

|R1=14

|R2=13

|R3=7

|R4=10

|Home=Keydets

|H1=7

|H2=0

|H3=7

|H4=7

}}

{{see also|2022 VMI Keydets football team}}

{{Clear}}

=At No. 12 Mercer=

{{Linescore Amfootball

|Road=Buccaneers

|R1=3

|R2=17

|R3=6

|R4=7

|Home=No. 12 Bears

|H1=14

|H2=14

|H3=7

|H4=20

}}

{{see also|2022 Mercer Bears football team}}

{{Clear}}

=No. 15 Samford=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=No. 15 Samford Bulldogs

|R1=10

|R2=24

|R3=14

|R4=7

|Home=Buccaneers

|H1=10

|H2=14

|H3=7

|H4=14

}}

{{See also|2022 Samford Bulldogs football team}}

{{Clear}}

=At Wofford=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Buccaneers

|R1=3

|R2=14

|R3=10

|R4=14

|Home=Terriers

|H1=7

|H2=10

|H3=10

|H4=21

}}

{{See also|2022 Wofford Terriers football team}}

{{Clear}}

=Western Carolina=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Catamounts

|R1=7

|R2=3

|R3=0

|R4=10

|Home=Buccaneers

|H1=7

|H2=7

|H3=0

|H4=3

}}

{{See also|2022 Western Carolina Catamounts football team}}

{{Clear}}

=At Mississippi State=

{{Linescore Amfootball

|Road=Buccaneers

|R1=0

|R2=0

|R3=0

|R4=7

|Home=MSU Bulldogs

|H1=14

|H2=21

|H3=14

|H4=7

}}

{{see also|2022 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team}}

{{Clear}}

References