2022_Weber_State_Wildcats_football_team

2022 Weber State Wildcats football
2022 Weber State Wildcats football
NCAA Division I Second Round, L 25–33 vs. Montana State
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
STATS	No. 9
FCS Coaches	No. 9
Record	10–3 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jay Hill (9th season);
Offensive coordinator	Mickey Mental (1st season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Grant Duff (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Joe Dale (2nd season)
Home stadium	Stewart Stadium
	Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 Weber State Wildcats football team

American college football season

The 2022 Weber State Wildcats football team represented Weber State University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Wildcats were led by ninth-year head coach Jay Hill and played their games at Stewart Stadium in Ogden, Utah. The Wildcats began the regular season ranked number 20 in the FCS rankings. On September 10, the Wildcats defeated the Utah State Aggies, their first win against the Aggies since 1978, and their first win against an FBS opponent since their victory against Nevada in 1993. The Wildcats finished the regular season with a record of 9–2, good enough to qualify for the NCAA Division I FCS Playoffs, their fifth appearance under Jay Hill. The Wildcats defeated North Dakota in the opening round, but were defeated by Montana State the following round. After the season, head coach Jay Hill announced he would step down as Weber State head coach to accept the Defensive Coordinator position at BYU. Offensive coordinator Mickey Mental was announced as Hill's successor.

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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

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Western Oregon*	No. 20	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	ESPN+	W 41–5	6,522
September 10	4:00 p.m.	at Utah State*	No. 16	Maverik Stadium Logan, UT	MW Network	W 35–7	17,781
September 17	6:00 p.m.	Utah Tech*	No. 12	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	KJZZ	W 44–14	9,035
September 24	8:00 p.m.	at UC Davis	No. 12	UC Davis Health Stadium Davis, CA	ESPN+	W 17–12	8,822
October 8	6:00 p.m.	No. 24 Eastern Washington	No. 7	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	KJZZ/ESPN+	W 45–21	10,724
October 15	3:00 p.m.	at Portland State	No. 6	Hillsboro Stadium Hillsboro, OR	ESPN+	W 42–7	4,067
October 22	1:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Montana State	No. 5	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	ESPN+	L 38–43	20,707
October 29	1:00 p.m.	No. 11 Montana	No. 5T	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	ESPN+	W 24–21	11,722
November 5	1:00 p.m.	No. 2 Sacramento State	No. 5	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	ESPN+	L 30–33	7,152
November 12	1:00 p.m.	Idaho State	No. 7	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	ESPN+	W 45–7	7,756
November 19	1:00 p.m.	at Northern Arizona	No. 7	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	ESPN+	W 33–31	5,217
November 26	2:00 p.m.	No. 20 North Dakota*	No. 9	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT (NCAA Division I First Round)	ESPN+	W 38–31	4,495
December 3	1:00 p.m.	at No. 3 Montana State*	No. 9	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN+	L 25–33	16,397
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wolves	2	0	3	0	5
No. 20 Wildcats	14	10	7	10	41

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 16 Wildcats	13	0	15	7	35
Aggies	7	0	0	0	7

2022_Weber_State_Wildcats_football_team

2022 Weber State Wildcats football team

Preseason

Polls

Preseason All–Big Sky team

Schedule

Game summaries

Western Oregon

At Utah State

Utah Tech

At UC Davis

No. 24 Eastern Washington

At Portland State

At No. 3 Montana State

No. 11 Montana

No. 2 Sacramento State

Idaho State

At Northern Arizona

FCS Playoffs

No. 20 North Dakota – first round

At No. 3 Montana State – second round

References

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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Montana State +^	8	–	0	12	–	2
No. 5 Sacramento State +^	8	–	0	12	–	1
No. 9 Weber State ^	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. 18 Idaho ^	6	–	2	7	–	5
No. 25 UC Davis	5	–	3	6	–	5
No. 14 Montana ^	4	–	4	8	–	5
Portland State	3	–	5	4	–	7
Eastern Washington	2	–	6	3	–	8
Northern Colorado	2	–	6	3	–	8
Northern Arizona	2	–	6	3	–	8
Idaho State	1	–	7	1	–	10
Cal Poly	1	–	7	2	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from STATS Poll