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The 2024 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University as a member of the United Athletic Conference (UAC) during the 2024 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Colonels were be coached by fifth-year head coach Walt Wells and played at Roy Kidd Stadium in Richmond, Kentucky .
Eastern Kentucky University football is considered the first dynasty in FCS football. Including a four-year run to the championship game from 1979 to 1982. During this time period they went 46–7 under legendary coach Roy Kidd. Eastern Kentucky is third all time in the FCS for playoff appearances with 21 total appearances (Montana 26/UNI 22).
The Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team drew an average home attendance of 11,655 in 2023. After the 2022 season, the ASUN and the Western Athletic Conference (WAC), which had been partners in a football-only alliance in the 2021 and 2022 seasons, jointly announced that they would merge their football leagues. [1] [2]
As players enter the transfer portal, declare for the 2024 NFL Draft and announce returns, stay up to date with Kentucky football's roster for 2024.
The 2022 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University as a member of the ASUN Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Walt Wells in his third season, and played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium. On August 28, Wells had a cardiac episode. [1]
EKU, WKU rivalry has always featured big atmospheres, crowds. If one thing has remained a constant during the EKU-WKU football rivalry — a series that began in 1914 — it’s the big-time ...
The 2020 Eastern Kentucky Colonels football team represented Eastern Kentucky University during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by Walt Wells in his first season as the program's 15th head coach. [1] The Colonels played their home games at Roy Kidd Stadium and competed as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference.
[2] [3] The football team plays in the second level of Division I football, the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Before joining the ASUN in July 2021, EKU had spent the previous 73 years as a charter member [4] of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). [5] The EKU mascot is The Colonel, and the school colors are maroon and white.