2022 Northern Colorado Bears football team
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

Source: Schedule

Conference opponents not played this season: Cal Poly, Montana, Weber State

Game summaries

vs Houston Baptist

at Wyoming

at Lamar

vs Idaho State

at Idaho

at No. 5 Sacramento State

vs no. 4 Montana State

vs UC Davis

at Portland State

vs Northern Arizona

at Eastern Washington

References

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