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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] 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.
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance 7:00 p.m. Limestone * ESPN+ W 56–214,560 September 10 6:00 p.m. at Coastal Carolina * ESPN+ L 27–3112,261 September 17 6:00 p.m. at Elon * FloSports L 24–308,126 September 24 6:00 p.m. No. 17 Mercer * Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC ESPN+ L 14–454,750 October 1 3:30 p.m. at Marshall * ESPN+ L 7–2819,845 October 8 12:00 p.m. at Robert Morris ESPN3 W 48–02,416 October 15 3:30 p.m. at Liberty * ESPN+ L 20–2120,924 October 22 6:00 p.m. at Charleston Southern ESPN3 W 28–144,112 October 29 1:30 p.m. Bryant Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC ESPN+ W 48–403,060 November 12 1:00 p.m. at Campbell ESPN3 W 42–354,586 November 19 1:30 p.m. North Carolina A&T Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC ESPN+ W 38–17268 November 26 5:00 p.m. at Eastern Kentucky * ESPN+ W 52–414,973 December 3 2:00 p.m. at No. 6 William & Mary * ESPN+ L 14–547,110 *Non-conference game Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time
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1
2
3
4
Total
Saints
0
7
7
7
21
Runnin' Bulldogs
28
14
14
0
56
At Coastal Carolina [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
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
Game Five – Gardner–Webb Runnin' Bulldogs (1–3) at Marshall Thundering Herd (2–2)
Quarter
1
2
3 4 Total
Runnin' Bulldogs
7
0
0 0 7
Thundering Herd 7
7
7 7 28
at Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, West Virginia
Date : Saturday, October 1, 2022Game time : 3:30 p.m. EDT Game weather : Rain • Temperature : 54 °F (12 °C) • Wind : N/AGame attendance : 19,845Referee : Scott JacksonTV 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 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
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
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
At Charleston Southern [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Runnin’ Bulldogs
3
10
15
0
28
Buccaneers
7
0
7
0
14
1
2
3
4
Total
Bulldogs
14
9
6
11
40
Runnin' Bulldogs
14
14
14
6
48
1
2
3
4
Total
Runnin' Bulldogs
14
21
7
0
42
Fighting Camels
0
14
14
7
35
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
7
7
3
0
17
Runnin' Bulldogs
3
21
7
7
38
[ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Runnin' Bulldogs
21
10
21
0
52
Colonels
14
13
0
14
41
[ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Runnin' Bulldogs
0
0
7
7
14
No. 6 Tribe
7
27
13
7
54
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