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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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] The Bears had one player selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[3]
Schedule [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] vs Houston Baptist [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Huskies
6
16
10
14
46
Bears
7
7
0
20
34
at Wyoming [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
0
3
7
10
Cowboys
3
6
7
17
33
at Lamar [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
7
7
7
0
21
Cardinals
0
7
0
7
14
vs Idaho State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bengals
0
14
0
0
14
Bears
0
14
0
21
35
at Idaho [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
6
14
8
7
35
Vandals
10
14
21
10
55
at No. 5 Sacramento State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
0
7
0
7
No. 5 Hornets
7
17
21
10
55
vs no. 4 Montana State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
No. 4 Bobcats
3
14
13
7
37
Bears
7
7
0
0
14
vs UC Davis [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Aggies
6
21
14
17
58
Bears
3
0
0
7
10
at Portland State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
28
7
0
35
Vikings
14
0
0
7
21
vs Northern Arizona [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Lumberjacks
7
3
0
10
20
Bears
3
0
10
8
21
at Eastern Washington [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Bears
0
14
7
0
21
Eagles
7
14
14
10
45
References [ edit ]
Venues Culture & lore People Seasons National championship seasons in bold
