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.

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.

Preseason All–Big Sky team The Bears had one player selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.

Defense

David Hoage – LB

Schedule

Game summaries

vs Houston Baptist

at Wyoming

at Lamar

Statistics Statistics Northern ColoradoLamar 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 StatisticsNorthern 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 longLamar 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

Statistics IDSTUNCO First downs 22 23 Plays–yards 69–423 69–384 Rushes–yards 29–141 41–150 Passing yards 282 234 Passing: –– 27–40–1 23–28–0 Time of possession 29:34 30:26 Team Category Player Statistics Idaho State Passing Hunter Hays 25/34, 264 yards, 2 TD, 1 INT Rushing Raiden Hunter 17 carries, 111 yards Receiving Xavier Guillory 7 receptions, 120 yards, TD Northern Colorado Passing Dylan McCaffrey 23/28, 234 yards, TD Rushing Elijah Dotson 24 carries, 102 yards, TD Receiving Alec Pell 6 receptions, 86 yards

at Idaho

at No. 5 Sacramento State

vs no. 4 Montana State

vs UC Davis

at Portland State

vs Northern Arizona

at Eastern Washington

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