2022 Northern Colorado Bears football team American college football season
The 2022 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the University of Northern Colorado as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by second-year head coach Ed McCaffrey and played their home games at Nottingham Field . McCaffrey was fired on November 21, 2022, two days after the Bears completed their season with a 3–8 record (2–6 in Big Sky play), repeating the win-loss record of the prior season .[ 1]
Preseason
Polls
On July 25, 2022, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Bengals were predicted to finish in a tie for eleventh in the Big Sky by the coaches and eleventh by the media.[ 2]
Coaches poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Montana
111 (3)
2
Sacramento State
110 (4)
3
Montana State
109 (5)
4
Weber State
84
5
UC Davis
82
6
Eastern Washington
76
7
Northern Arizona
62
8
Idaho
45
9
Portland State
42
10
Cal Poly
33
T-11
Idaho State
19
T-11
Northern Colorado
19
Media poll
Predicted finish
Team
Votes (1st place)
1
Montana
356 (14)
2
Montana State
352 (13)
3
Sacramento State
335 (4)
4
Weber State
261
5
UC Davis
255 (1)
6
Eastern Washington
236
7
Northern Arizona
191
8
Portland State
146
9
Idaho
142
10
Cal Poly
85
11
Northern Colorado
71
12
Idaho State
66
Preseason All–Big Sky team
The Bears had one player selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[ 3]
Schedule
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 3 2:00 p.m. Houston Baptist * ESPN+ L 34–464,419
September 10 2:00 p.m. at Wyoming * MW Network L 10–3322,863
September 17 5:00 p.m. at Lamar * ESPN+ W 21–144,933
September 24 1:00 p.m. Idaho State Nottingham Field Greeley, CO ESPN+ W 35–145,292
October 1 7:00 p.m at Idaho ESPN+ L 35–5510,759
October 8 7:00 p.m. at No. 5 Sacramento State ESPN+ L 7–5511,013
October 15 1:00 p.m. No. 4 Montana State Nottingham Field Greeley, CO ESPN+ L 14–374,796
October 22 1:00 p.m. UC Davis Notthingham Field Greeley, CO ESPN+ L 10–584,499
November 5 3:00 p.m. at Portland State ESPN+ L 21–352,771
November 12 12:00 p.m. Northern Arizona Nottingham Field Greeley, CO ESPN+ W 21–203,769
November 19 2:00 p.m. at Eastern Washington ESPN+ L 21–454,099
Conference opponents not played this season: Cal Poly , Montana , Weber State
Game summaries
vs Houston Baptist
Total
Huskies
6
16
10
14
46
Bears
7
7
0
20
34
at Wyoming
Total
Bears
0
0
3
7
10
Cowboys
3
6
7
17
33
at Lamar
Total
Bears
7
7
7
0
21
Cardinals
0
7
0
7
14
Statistics
Statistics
Northern Colorado
Lamar
First downs
19
21
Total yards
270
299
Rushing yards
52
217
Passing yards
218
82
Turnovers
3
0
Time of possession
27:39
32:21
Team
Category
Player
Statistics
Northern Colorado
Passing
Jacob Sirmon
16/28; 218 total yards; 43 long
Rushing
David Afari
7 attempts; 41 yards; 11 long
Receiving
Trevis Graham
5 receptions; 97 total yards; 43 long
Lamar
Passing
Nick Yockey
10/11; 71 total yards; 16 long
Rushing
Khalan Griffin
10 attempts; 66 total yards; 10 yards long
Receiving
Sevonne Rhea
3 receptions; 36 yards; 16 yards long
vs Idaho State
Total
Bengals
0
14
0
0
14
Bears
0
14
0
21
35
at Idaho
Northern Colorado Bears (2–2) vs Idaho Vandals (2–2) – Game summary
Quarter
Total
Bears
6
14
8 7 35
Vandals
10
14
21 10 55
at Kibbie Dome • Moscow, ID
Date : October 1, 2022Game time : 7:00 p.m. MST Game weather : SunnyGame attendance : 10,759Referee : Steve HanniTV : ESPN+
Game information
First Quarter
IDHO – Jermaine Jackson 26-yard pass from Gevani McCoy (Ricardo Chavez kick), 13:25. Drive: 4 play, 75 yards, 1:35.
NCU – David Afari 14-yard run, 9:04. Drive: 8 plays, 75 yards, 4:21.
IDHO – Ricardo Chavez 21-yard field goal, 0:40. Drive: 15 plays, 67 yards, 8:18.
Second Quarter
NCU – Ty Arrington 31-yard pass from Dylan McCaffrey (Devin Bale kick), 7:19. Drive: 3 plays, 71 yards, 1:03.
IDHO – Elisha Cummings 27-yard run (Ricardo Chavez kick), 4:12. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 3:07.
NCU - Elijah Dotson 2-yard run (Devin Bale kick), 1:21. Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:51.
IDHO - Elisha Cummings 25-yard run (Ricardo Chavez kick), 0:35. Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 0:46.
Third Quarter
IDHO – Anthony Woods 15-yard run (Ricardo Chavez kick), 10:35. Drive: 6 plays, 59 yards, 2:50.
NCU – Elijah Dotson 8-yard pass from Dylan McCaffrey (Ty Arrington pass), 6:43. Drive: 11 plays, 75 yards, 3:52.
IDHO - Hayden Hatten 35-yard pass from Gevani McCoy (Ricardo Chavez kick), 5:08. Drive: 4 plays, 75 yards, 1:35.
IDHO - Hayden Hatten 9-yard pass from Gevani McCoy (Ricardo Chavez kick), 0:36. Drive: 7 plays, 34 yards, 3:13.
Fourth Quarter
IDHO - Elisha Cummings 12-yard pass from Gevani McCoy (Ricardo Chavez kick), 7:49. Drive: 12 plays, 88 yards, 6:22.
IDHO - Richard Chavez 39-yard field goal, 5:02. Drive: 4 plays, 5 yards, 2:14.
NCU – Ty Arrington 11-yard pass from Jacob Sirmon (Devin Bale kick), 0:51. Drive: 9 plays, 71 yards, 4:03.
Top passers
NCU – Dylan McCaffrey – 17/26, 264 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
IDHO – Gevani McCoy – 22/27, 298 yards, 4 TD
Top rushers
Top receivers
NCU – Ty Arrington – 4 receptions, 56 yards, 2 TD
IDHO – Hayden Hatten – 8 receptions, 131 yards, 2 TD
at No. 5 Sacramento State
Total
Bears
0
0
7
0
7
No. 5 Hornets
7
17
21
10
55
vs no. 4 Montana State
Total
No. 4 Bobcats
3
14
13
7
37
Bears
7
7
0
0
14
vs UC Davis
Total
Aggies
6
21
14
17
58
Bears
3
0
0
7
10
at Portland State
Total
Bears
0
28
7
0
35
Vikings
14
0
0
7
21
vs Northern Arizona
Total
Lumberjacks
7
3
0
10
20
Bears
3
0
10
8
21
at Eastern Washington
Total
Bears
0
14
7
0
21
Eagles
7
14
14
10
45
References
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