The 2022 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the

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as a member of the

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during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach

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and played their home games at

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. 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

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Schedule
/small> Conference opponents not played this season: Cal Poly,

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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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Northern Colorado Bears football seasons

Northern Colorado Bears football The Northern Colorado Bears football program is the intercollegiate American football team for the University of Northern Colorado located in Greeley, Colorado. The team competes in the Big Sky Conference at the NCAA Division I Football Champio ...