2022 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football
Big South champion
ConferenceBig South Conference
Record7–6 (5–0 Big South)
Head coach
Defensive coordinatorJosh Reardon (3rd season)
Home stadiumErnest W. Spangler Stadium
2022 Big South Conference football standings
ConfOverall
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  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2022 Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs football team represented Gardner–Webb University as a member of the Big South Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by third-year head coach Tre Lamb, the Runnin' Bulldogs played their home games at the Ernest W. Spangler Stadium in Boiling Springs, North Carolina.

Three milestones were reached for the program this season. For the first time since 2003, Gardner-Webb won the Big South championship. With it, they clinched an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Football Championship, their first playoff appearance as an FCS team and first as a program since the 1992 NAIA playoffs.[1] Their best season in 19 years would be further added on with a win over Eastern Kentucky in the first round of the playoffs, their first FCS playoff win in program history. They would ultimately fall to William & Mary in the second round.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m.Limestone*
ESPN+W 56–214,560
September 106:00 p.m.at Coastal Carolina*
ESPN+L 27–3112,261
September 176:00 p.m.at Elon*
FloSportsL 24–308,126
September 246:00 p.m.No. 17 Mercer*
  • Ernest W. Spangler Stadium
  • Boiling Springs, NC
ESPN+L 14–454,750
October 13:30 p.m.at Marshall*
ESPN+L 7–2819,845
October 812:00 p.m.at Robert Morris
ESPN3W 48–02,416
October 153:30 p.m.at Liberty*
ESPN+L 20–2120,924
October 226:00 p.m.at Charleston Southern
ESPN3W 28–144,112
October 291:30 p.m.Bryantdagger
  • Ernest W. Spangler Stadium
  • Boiling Springs, NC
ESPN+W 48–403,060
November 121:00 p.m.at Campbell
ESPN3W 42–354,586
November 191:30 p.m.North Carolina A&T
  • Ernest W. Spangler Stadium
  • Boiling Springs, NC
ESPN+W 38–17268
November 265:00 p.m.at Eastern Kentucky*
ESPN+W 52–414,973
December 32:00 p.m.at No. 6 William & Mary*
ESPN+L 14–547,110
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

Limestone

1 2 3 4 Total
Saints 0 7 7 7 21
Runnin' Bulldogs 28 14 14 0 56

At Coastal Carolina

1 2 3 4 Total
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 10 10 7 27
Chanticleers 3 14 7 7 31

At Elon

1 2 3 4 Total
Runnin' Bulldogs 3 21 0 0 24
Phoenix 13 7 7 3 30

No. 17 Mercer

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 17 Bears 21 7 7 10 45
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 7 7 0 14

At Marshall

Game Five – Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs (1–3) at Marshall Thundering Herd (2–2)
Period 1 2 34Total
Runnin' Bulldogs 7 0 007
Thundering Herd 7 7 7728

at Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia

  • Date: Saturday, October 1, 2022
  • Game time: 3:30 p.m. EDT
  • Game weather: Rain • Temperature: 54 °F (12 °C) • Wind: N/A
  • Game attendance: 19,845
  • Referee: Scott Jackson
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Chad Bush (play-by-play), Doug Chapman (analyst)
  • Pregame line: Marshall –31.0
Game information
First quarter
  • (9:30) MRSH – A.J. Turner 24 yard pass from Henry Colombi, Rece Verhoff kick (Drive: 7 plays, 41 yards, 2:40; Marshall 7–0)
  • (3:03) GWU – Ty Anderson 45 yard interception return, Jay Billingsly kick (Tied 7–7)
Second quarter
  • (5:48) MRSH – Corey Gammage 10 yard pass from Henry Colombi, Rece Verhoff kick (Drive: 6 plays, 57 yards, 2:59; Marshall 14–7)
Third quarter
  • (11:09) MRSH – Khalan Laborn 1 yard run, Rece Verhoff kick (Drive: 10 plays, 67 yards, 3:13; Marshall 21–7)
Fourth quarter
  • (8:11) MRSH – Khalan Laborn 78 yard run, Rece Verhoff kick (Drive: 1 play, 78 yards, 0:12; Marshall 28-7)
Statistics GWU MRSH
First downs821
Plays–yards51–14386–421
Rushes–yards19–1953–236
Passing yards124185
Passing: comp–att–int11–32–321–33–1
Time of possession21:3438:26
TeamCategoryPlayerStatistics
Gardner–Webb PassingBailey Fisher9/28, 114 yards, 3 INT
RushingDonovan Jones4 carries, 37 yards
ReceivingDeland Thomas2 receptions, 49 yards
Marshall PassingHenry Colombi13/20, 138 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT
RushingKhalan Laborn35 carries, 191 yards, 2 TD
ReceivingCharles Montgomery5 receptions, 72 yards

At Robert Morris

1 2 3 4 Total
Runnin' Bulldogs 7 13 14 14 48
Colonials 0 0 0 0 0

At Liberty

1 2 3 4 Total
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 10 7 3 20
Flames 7 7 0 7 21

At Charleston Southern

1 2 3 4 Total
Runnin’ Bulldogs 3 10 15 0 28
Buccaneers 7 0 7 0 14

Bryant

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 14 9 6 11 40
Runnin' Bulldogs 14 14 14 6 48

At Campbell

1 2 3 4 Total
Runnin' Bulldogs 14 21 7 0 42
Fighting Camels 0 14 14 7 35

North Carolina A&T

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 7 7 3 0 17
Runnin' Bulldogs 3 21 7 7 38

FCS Playoffs

At Eastern Kentucky – first round

1 2 3 4 Total
Runnin' Bulldogs 21 10 21 0 52
Colonels 14 13 0 14 41

At No. 6 Wiiliam & Mary – second round

1 2 3 4 Total
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 0 7 7 14
No. 6 Tribe 7 27 13 7 54

References

  1. ↑ "Gardner-Webb Wins 2022 Big South Football Championship". Big South Conference. November 19, 2022. Retrieved December 6, 2022.
  2. ↑ "Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs Schedule 2022". ESPN. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  3. ↑ "2022 Football Schedule". Gardner–Webb University. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
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