| 2022Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football | |
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Big South champion | |
NCAA Division I Second Round, L 14–54 atWilliam & Mary | |
| Conference | Big South Conference |
| Record | 7–6 (5–0 Big South) |
| Head coach |
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| Defensive coordinator | Josh Reardon (3rd season) |
| Home stadium | Ernest W. Spangler Stadium |
Seasons | |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gardner–Webb $^ | 5 | – | 0 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina A&T | 4 | – | 1 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Campbell | 2 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bryant | 2 | – | 3 | 4 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston Southern | 2 | – | 3 | 2 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Morris | 0 | – | 5 | 0 | – | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2022 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team representedGardner–Webb University as a member of theBig South Conference during the2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coachTre Lamb, the Runnin' Bulldogs played their home games at theErnest W. Spangler Stadium inBoiling Springs, North Carolina.
Three milestones were reached for the program this season. For the first time since 2003, Gardner-Webb won theBig South championship. With it, they clinched an automatic bid to theNCAA Division I Football Championship, their first playoff appearance as anFCS team and first as a program since the1992 NAIA playoffs.[1] Their best season in 19 years would be further added on with a win overEastern Kentucky in the first round of the playoffs, their first FCS playoff win in program history. They would ultimately fall toWilliam & Mary in the second round.
| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 1 | 7:00 p.m. | Limestone* | ESPN+ | W 56–21 | 4,560 | |
| September 10 | 6:00 p.m. | atCoastal Carolina* | ESPN+ | L 27–31 | 12,261 | |
| September 17 | 6:00 p.m. | atElon* | FloSports | L 24–30 | 8,126 | |
| September 24 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 17Mercer* |
| ESPN+ | L 14–45 | 4,750 |
| October 1 | 3:30 p.m. | atMarshall* | ESPN+ | L 7–28 | 19,845 | |
| October 8 | 12:00 p.m. | atRobert Morris | ESPN3 | W 48–0 | 2,416 | |
| October 15 | 3:30 p.m. | atLiberty* | ESPN+ | L 20–21 | 20,924 | |
| October 22 | 6:00 p.m. | atCharleston Southern | ESPN3 | W 28–14 | 4,112 | |
| October 29 | 1:30 p.m. | Bryant![]() |
| ESPN+ | W 48–40 | 3,060 |
| November 12 | 1:00 p.m. | atCampbell | ESPN3 | W 42–35 | 4,586 | |
| November 19 | 1:30 p.m. | North Carolina A&T |
| ESPN+ | W 38–17 | 268 |
| November 26 | 5:00 p.m. | atEastern Kentucky* | ESPN+ | W 52–41 | 4,973 | |
| December 3 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 6William & Mary* |
| ESPN+ | L 14–54 | 7,110 |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Saints | 0 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Runnin' Bulldogs | 28 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 56 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Runnin' Bulldogs | 0 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| Chanticleers | 3 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 31 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runnin' Bulldogs | 3 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| Phoenix | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 30 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. 17 Bears | 21 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 45 |
| Runnin' Bulldogs | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| Runnin' Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Thundering Herd | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |
atJoan C. Edwards Stadium •Huntington, West Virginia
| Game information |
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| Statistics | GWU | MRSH |
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| First downs | 8 | 21 |
| Plays–yards | 51–143 | 86–421 |
| Rushes–yards | 19–19 | 53–236 |
| Passing yards | 124 | 185 |
| Passing:comp–att–int | 11–32–3 | 21–33–1 |
| Time of possession | 21:34 | 38:26 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
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| Gardner–Webb | Passing | Bailey Fisher | 9/28, 114 yards, 3 INT |
| Rushing | Donovan Jones | 4 carries, 37 yards | |
| Receiving | Deland Thomas | 2 receptions, 49 yards | |
| Marshall | Passing | Henry Colombi | 13/20, 138 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT |
| Rushing | Khalan Laborn | 35 carries, 191 yards, 2 TD | |
| Receiving | Charles Montgomery | 5 receptions, 72 yards |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Runnin' Bulldogs | 7 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 48 |
| Colonials | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runnin' Bulldogs | 0 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 20 |
| Flames | 7 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 21 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Runnin’ Bulldogs | 3 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 28 |
| Buccaneers | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Bulldogs | 14 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 40 |
| Runnin' Bulldogs | 14 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 48 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Runnin' Bulldogs | 14 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 42 |
| Fighting Camels | 0 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 35 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Aggies | 7 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 17 |
| Runnin' Bulldogs | 3 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Runnin' Bulldogs | 21 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 52 |
| Colonels | 14 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 41 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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| Runnin' Bulldogs | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| No. 6 Tribe | 7 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 54 |