Gardner-Webb at Austin Peay 2026: Final Score & Stats

Thu, Aug 27, 2026Governors StadiumClarksville, TN

The Story

Austin Peay rolls past Gardner-Webb 35–17.

SeriesSeries tied 2–2 · Austin Peay won the last meeting, 41–14 · 2023

BOX SCORE

Week 0 · 2026

	1	2	3	4	T
Gardner-Webb	3	7	0	7	17
Austin Peay	7	14	14	0	35

PLAYER STATS

Week 0 · 2026

Passing

Gardner-WebbGardner-Webb	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Cole Pennington	27/49	312	6.4	1	1

Austin PeayAustin Peay	C/ATT	YDS	AVG	TD	INT
Chris Parson	14/21	308	14.7	1	1

Rushing

Gardner-WebbGardner-Webb	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Christian Vann	4	15	3.8	0	10
Adrian Cormier	7	11	1.6	1	5
Randy Young	2	9	4.5	0	6
Cole Pennington	7	-3	-0.4	0	5
Totals	20	32	1.6	1	10

Austin PeayAustin Peay	CAR	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Courtland Simmons	11	73	6.6	2	19
Chris Parson	12	31	2.6	1	17
Isaiah Groves	11	31	2.8	1	11
Kaden Williams	4	27	6.8	0	25
Corey Richardson	6	17	2.8	0	6
Nate Garnett	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Matthew Wilson	1	-2	-2.0	0	0
Team	1	-1	-1.0	0	0
Totals	47	175	3.7	4	25

Receiving

Gardner-WebbGardner-Webb	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Kory Jones	9	102	11.3	0	18
Jalile Bost	2	63	31.5	1	43
Giovanni Adopte	6	60	10.0	0	14
Brian Green Jr.	3	30	10.0	0	19
Adrian Cormier	3	26	8.7	0	14
Christian Vann	1	15	15.0	0	15
Montez Green	1	7	7.0	0	7
Sean Brady	1	5	5.0	0	5
Tae'Shaun Johnson	1	4	4.0	0	4
Totals	27	312	11.6	1	43

Austin PeayAustin Peay	REC	YDS	AVG	TD	LONG
Denver Harper	3	108	36.0	1	49
Marvin Sims	3	78	26.0	0	53
Jackson Head	2	61	30.5	0	49
Corey Richardson	1	23	23.0	0	23
Nate Garnett	2	16	8.0	0	11
Ben Marshall	1	10	10.0	0	10
Courtland Simmons	1	9	9.0	0	9
Kaden Williams	1	3	3.0	0	3
Totals	14	308	22.0	1	53

Fumbles

Gardner-WebbGardner-Webb	FUM	LOST	REC
Christian Vann	1	0	0

Interceptions

Gardner-WebbGardner-Webb	INT	YDS	TD
Tyshawn Sanders	1	0	0

Austin PeayAustin Peay	INT	YDS	TD
Ta'Ron Haile	1	0	0

Kick Returns

Gardner-WebbGardner-Webb	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Randy Young	3	57	19.0	26	0

Austin PeayAustin Peay	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Kaden Williams	2	33	16.5	19	0

Punt Returns

Austin PeayAustin Peay	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG	TD
Denver Harper	1	1	1.0	1	0

Kicking

Gardner-WebbGardner-Webb	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Tyler Simpson	1/1	100.0	36	1/1	4
Andrew Bontekoe	0/0	0.0	0	1/1	1
Totals	1/1	100.0	36	2/2	5

Austin PeayAustin Peay	FG	PCT	LONG	XP	PTS
Nick Guagliano	0/0	0.0	0	5/5	5

Punting

Gardner-WebbGardner-Webb	NO	YDS	AVG	LONG
Aidan Bonde	2	75	37.5	40
Andrew Bontekoe	1	39	39.0	39
Totals	3	114	38.0	40

Austin PeayAustin Peay	NO	YDS	AVG	TB	In 20	LONG
Logan Leftrick	3	102	34.0	0	1	38

Defense

Gardner-WebbGardner-Webb	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Tre Yanez	13	6	0	0.5	0	1
Cahari Haynes	10	7	1	1	1	0
Jamarion Ravenell	6	4	6	0	0	0
Sabin McLaughlin	5	4	0	2	0	0
Preston Hamilton	4	2	0	1.5	0	0
Jordan Jackson	3	2	0	0	1	0
Nigel Lucas	3	2	0	0	0	0
Josiah Harris	3	1	0	0	0	0
Anthony Mebane	3	0	0.5	1	0	0
Caden Ross	3	0	0.5	1	0	0
Trenton Bell	2	2	0	0	0	0
Taylor Smallwood	2	1	1	1	0	0
Tyshawn Sanders	2	1	0	0	0	0
Zalen Watkins	2	1	0	1	0	0
Renardo Lewis	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ethan Chandler	2	0	0	0	0	0
Daejuan Thompson	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ruben Tshilombo	2	0	0	0.5	0	1
Hunter West	1	1	0	0	0	0
Elisha Luckett III	1	1	0	0	0	0
David Williams	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tye Holsey	1	0	0	0	0	0
Luke Gilbertson	1	0	0	0	0	0
Michael Luisa Jr.	1	0	0	0	0	0
Talon Fisher	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bryce Marcus	1	0	0	0	0	0
Terrill Hopkins	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Trey Weems	0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	78	36	9	10	2	3

Austin PeayAustin Peay	TOT	SOLO	SACKS	TFL	PD	QB HUR
Trevor Hardy	10	7	0	1	0	0
Canaan Williams	10	4	0	0.5	0	0
Eli Jones	7	4	0.5	1.5	0	0
Demoris Jenkins	3	2	0	1	0	2
Quan Peterson	3	1	0	0	2	0
Deandre Creary	3	1	0	0	0	0
Kelton Crisp	2	1	1.5	1.5	0	1
Caleb Merritt	2	1	0	0	0	0
Ta'Ron Haile	2	1	0	0	0	0
Tywan Royal	2	1	0	0	1	0
Markell Redding	2	1	0	0	0	1
Al Sandifer	2	1	0	0	0	0
Antori Hamilton	2	0	0	0	0	0
Kingston Johnson	2	0	0	0	0	0
William Wiebush	1	1	0	0	0	0
Ronald Jackson	1	1	0	0	0	0
Kahlil Tate	1	0	0	0	0	0
David Portu	1	0	0	0.5	0	0
Caleb King	1	0	0	0	0	0
Joshua Lloyd	1	0	0	0	0	0
Hamilton DiBoyan	1	0	0	0	0	0
Malik Denkins	0	0	0	0	0	1
Kendal Howard	0	0	0	0	0	1
Mason Fleming	0	0	0	0	0	1
Totals	59	27	2	6	3	7

Gardner-Webb vs Austin Peay Team StatsGardner-Webb vs Austin Peay Team Stats

Week 0 · 2026

Gardner-WebbGWEB		Austin PeayAPSU
22	1ST DOWNS	22
3-13	3RD DOWN	4-13
2-5	4TH DOWN	3-4
344	TOTAL YDS	483
312	PASS YDS	308
27-49	COMP/ATT	14-21
6.4	YDS/PASS	14.7
32	RUSH YDS	175
20	RUSH ATT	47
1.6	YDS/RUSH	3.7
2-5	PENALTIES	6-50
1	TURNOVERS	1
0	FUMBLES LOST	0
1	INT THROWN	1
23:21	POSSESSION	36:39

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