2023 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

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

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 2023

| team = Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles

| sport = football

| image = Tennessee Tech Athletics pre-2005 logo.svg

| image_size = 150

| conference = Big South–OVC football

| short_conf = Big South–OVC

| STATSRank =

| FCSCoachRank =

| record = 4–7

| conf_record = 2–4

| head_coach = Dewayne Alexander

| hc_year = 6th

| off_coach = Wesley Satterfield

| oc_year = 2nd

| off_scheme =

| def_coach = Donnie Suber

| dc_year = 6th

| def_scheme =

| captain =

| stadium = Tucker Stadium

}}

{{2023 Big South–OVC football standings}}

The 2023 Tennessee Tech Golden Eagles football team represented Tennessee Technological University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2023 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by sixth-year head coach Dewayne Alexander, the Golden Eagles played home games at Tucker Stadium in Cookeville, Tennessee. The 2023 season was the last for coach Dewayne Alexander.{{cite web|last1=McKinnell|first1=Zach|url=https://www.si.com/college/fcs/news/tennessee-tech-golden-eagles-fire-head-coach-dewayne-alexander-fcs-football|title=Tennessee Tech Fires Head Coach Dewayne Alexander After Six Seasons|publisher=Sports Illustrated|date=November 21, 2023|website=si.com|access-date=December 4, 2023}}

Schedule

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{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 2023

| rankdivision = NCAA Division I FCS

| poll = STATS

| timezone = Central

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = {{tooltip|August 31|Thursday}}

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Furman

| opprank = 6

| site_stadium = Paladin Stadium

| site_cityst = Greenville, SC

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 10–45

| attend = 9,827

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 9

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = New Mexico

| site_stadium = University Stadium

| site_cityst = Albuquerque, NM

| tv = Stadium

| score = 10–56

| attend = 17,279

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 16

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = North Alabama

| site_stadium = Tucker Stadium

| site_cityst = Cookeville, TN

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 7–20

| attend = 7,676

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 23

| time = 6:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Kennesaw State

| site_stadium = Tucker Stadium

| site_cityst = Cookeville, TN

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 17–7

| attend = 9,923

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 7

| time = 1:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Lindenwood

| site_stadium = Harlen C. Hunter Stadium

| site_cityst = St. Charles, MO

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 0–23

| attend = 3,622

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 14

| time = 12:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = South Carolina State

| site_stadium = Oliver C. Dawson Stadium

| site_cityst = Orangeburg, SC

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 28–7

| attend = 5,969

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 21

| time = 1:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| opponent = Southeast Missouri State

| site_stadium = Tucker Stadium

| site_cityst = Cookeville, TN

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 3–28

| attend = 6,577

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 28

| time = 11:00 a.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Robert Morris

| site_stadium = Joe Walton Stadium

| site_cityst = Moon Township, PA

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 38–13

| attend = 1,727

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 4

| time = 1:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| homecoming = y

| opponent = UT Martin

| gamename = Sgt. York Trophy

| opprank = 21

| site_stadium = Tucker Stadium

| site_cityst = Cookeville, TN

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 41–44

| overtime = OT

| attend = 10,187

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 11

| time = 1:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Gardner–Webb

| site_stadium = Tucker Stadium

| site_cityst = Cookeville, TN

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 0–35

| attend = 5,740

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 18

| time = 2:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Tennessee State

| gamename = Sgt. York Trophy

| site_stadium = Hale Stadium

| site_cityst = Nashville, TN

| tv = ESPN+

| score = 35–0

| attend = 2,552

}}

}}

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