2022 Southern Illinois Salukis football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 2022

| team = Southern Illinois Salukis

| sport = football

| image = Southern Illinois Salukis wordmark.svg

| image_size = 200

| conference = Missouri Valley Football Conference

| short_conf = MVFC

| STATSRank =

| FCSCoachRank =

| record = 5–6

| conf_record = 4–4

| head_coach = Nick Hill

| hc_year = 7th

| off_coach = Blake Rolan

| oc_year = 4th

| off_scheme =

| def_coach = Jason Petrino

| dc_year = 4th

| def_scheme =

| captain =

| stadium = Saluki Stadium

| bowl =

| bowl_result =

}}

{{2022 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings}}

The 2022 Southern Illinois Salukis football team represented Southern Illinois University Carbondale as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Nick Hill, the Salukis played their home games at Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, Illinois.

==Schedule==

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 2022

| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS

| poll = STATS

| timezone = Central

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{tooltip|September 3|Saturday}}

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| rank = 9

| opponent = No. 14 Incarnate Word

| away = y

| site_stadium = Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium

| site_cityst = San Antonio, TX

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 29–64

| attend = 2,656

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 10

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| rank = 17

| opponent = Southeast Missouri State

| site_stadium = Saluki Stadium

| site_cityst = Carbondale IL

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 31–34

| attend = 8,662

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 17

| time = 11:00 a.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| rank =

| opponent = Northwestern

| away = y

| site_stadium = Ryan Field

| site_cityst = Evanston, IL

| tv = BTN

| score = 31–24

| attend = 23,146

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 24

| time = 2:00 pm

| w/l = w

| rank = 24

| opponent = No. 19 North Dakota

| site_stadium = Saluki Stadium

| site_cityst = Carbondale, IL

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 34–17

| attend = 8,053

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 1

| time = 6:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| rank = 19

| opponent = Illinois State

| away = y

| site_stadium = Hancock Stadium

| site_cityst = Normal, IL

| tv = Marquee

| score = 19–14

| attend = 11,127

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 8

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| rank = 17

| opponent = Missouri State

| opprank = 20

| away = y

| site_stadium = Robert W. Plaster Stadium

| site_cityst = Springfield, MO

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 38–21

| attend = 7,061

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 15

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| rank = 16

| opponent = Western Illinois

| away =

| opprank =

| site_stadium = Saluki Stadium

| site_cityst = Carbondale, IL

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 30–7

| attend = 10,118

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 22

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| rank = 14

| opponent = South Dakota

| opprank =

| away = y

| site_stadium = DakotaDome

| site_cityst = Vermillion, SD

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 24–27

| attend = 7,599

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 29

| time = 2:00 pm

| w/l = l

| rank = 20

| opponent = Northern Iowa

| site_stadium = Saluki Stadium

| site_cityst = Carbondale, IL

| tv = ESPN3

| score = 36–37

| attend = 6,155

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 12

| time = 1:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| rank =

| opponent = North Dakota State

| opprank = 4

| site_stadium = Saluki Stadium

| site_cityst = Carbondale, IL

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 18–21

| attend = 4,575

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 19

| time = 11:00 a.m.

| w/l = l

| rank =

| opponent = Youngstown State

| away = y

| site_stadium = Stambaugh Stadium

| site_cityst = Youngstown, OH

| tv = ESPN3 or ESPN+

| score = 21–28

| attend =

}}

}}

[https://siusalukis.com/sports/football/schedule 2022 Football Schedule]