2022 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

2022 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record3–8 (2–6 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAaron Pflugrad (5th season)
Defensive coordinatorJerry Partridge (4th season)
Home stadiumWalkup Skydome
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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

The 2022 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University as a member of the Big Sky Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Chris Ball and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome.

Preseason

Polls

On July 25, 2022, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Lumberjacks were predicted to finish seventh in the Big Sky by the coaches and the media.[1]

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

The Lumberjacks had two players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.[2]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:00 p.m.at Arizona State*
P12NL 3–4044,764  
September 104:00 p.m.at Sam Houston*
ESPN+W 10–37,117
September 171:00 p.m.No. 22 North Dakota*
ESPN+L 24–277,841
September 241:00 p.m.Idaho
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
ESPN+L 10–277,022
October 12:05 p.m.at Portland State
ESPN+L 27–353,595
October 81:00 p.m.Cal Poly
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
ESPN+W 31–299,417
October 155:00 p.m.at UC Davis
ESPN+L 27–569,152
October 2212:00 p.m.at Idaho State
ESPN+W 24–101
November 51:00 p.m. No. 3 Montana Statedagger
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
ESPN+L 38–418,676
November 1212:00 p.m.at Northern Colorado
ESPN+L 20–213,769
November 191:00 p.m.No. 7 Weber State
  • Walkup Skydome
  • Flagstaff, AZ
ESPN+L 31–335,217

[3]

Game summaries

At Arizona State

See also: 2022 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
Northern Arizona Lumberjacks vs. Arizona State Sun Devils – Game summary
Quarter 1 2 34Total
Lumberjacks 0 3 003
Sun Devils 3 21 13340

at Sun Devil Stadium • Tempe, AZ

  • Date: September 1, 2022
  • Game time: 7:07 p.m.
  • Game weather: Clear, 103 °F (39 °C)
  • Game attendance: 44,764
  • Referee: Michael Mothershed
  • TV announcers (P12N): Roxy Bernstein, Lincoln Kennedy
  • -
Game information
First Quarter
  • ASU – Carter Brown 27-yard field goal, 8:21. ASU 3–0. Drive: 11 plays, 69 yards, 5:07.

Second Quarter

  • ASU – Emory Jones 1-yard run (Carter Brown kick), 8:05. ASU 10–0. Drive: 9 plays, 72 yards, 4:42.
  • ASU – Xazavian Valladay 4-yard run (Carter Brown kick), 3:44. ASU 17–0. Drive: 6 plays, 75 yards, 2:39.
  • ASU – Emory Jones 17-yard run (Carter Brown kick), 2:19. ASU 24–0. Drive: 2 plays, 45 yards, 0:30.
  • NAU – Collin Robbins 48-yard field goal, 0:05. ASU 24–3. Drive: 4 plays, -2 yards, 0:54.

Third Quarter

  • ASU – Xazavian Valladay 27-yard run (Carter Brown kick), 12:32. ASU 31–3. Drive: 5 plays, 68 yards, 2:28.
  • ASU – Carter Brown 36-yard field goal, 9:42. ASU 34–3. Drive: 4 plays, 6 yards, 1:16.
  • ASU – Carter Brown 44-yard field goal, 0:17. ASU 37–3. Drive: 10 plays, 39 yards, 5:14.

Fourth Quarter

  • ASU – Carter Brown 44-yard field goal, 7:54. ASU 40–3. Drive: 10 plays, 55 yards, 5:43.
Statistics Northern Arizona Arizona State
First downs 7 24
Plays–yards 53–120 67–419
Rushes–yards 23–23 49–267
Passing yards 120 152
Passing: comp–att–int 20–30–2 13–18
Time of possession 23:49 36:10
Team Category Player Statistics
Northern Arizona Passing RJ Martinez 18/28, 92 yards, 2 INT
Rushing Draycen Hall 2 carries, 14 yards
Receiving Coleman Owen 5 receptions, 24 yards
Arizona State Passing Emory Jones 13/18, 152 yards
Rushing Xazavian Valladay 15 carries, 116 yards, 2 TD
Receiving Messiah Swinson 3 receptions, 50 yards

At Sam Houston

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 0 7 3 0 10
Bearkats 0 3 0 0 3
See also: 2022 Sam Houston Bearkats football team

No. 22 North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 22 Fighting Hawks 0 13 0 14 27
Lumberjacks 7 7 0 10 24
See also: 2022 North Dakota Fighting Hawks football team

Idaho

1 2 3 4 Total
Vandals 7 10 3 7 27
Lumberjacks 7 3 0 0 10
See also: 2022 Idaho Vandals football team

At Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 0 0 20 27
Vikings 14 14 0 7 35
See also: 2022 Portland State Vikings football team

Cal Poly

1 2 3 4 Total
Mustangs 6 14 0 9 29
Lumberjacks 14 7 7 3 31
See also: 2022 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

At UC Davis

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 6 0 14 7 27
Aggies 7 28 21 0 56
See also: 2022 UC Davis Aggies football team

At Idaho State

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 3 14 7 0 24
Bengals 0 7 0 3 10
See also: 2022 Idaho State Bengals football team

No. 3 Montana State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 3 Bobcats 17 0 7 17 41
Lumberjacks 7 14 7 10 38
See also: 2022 Montana State Bobcats football team

At Northern Colorado

1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 7 3 0 10 20
Bears 3 0 10 8 21
See also: 2022 Northern Colorado Bears football team

No. 7 Weber State

1 2 3 4 Total
No. 7 Wildcats 14 7 6 6 33
Lumberjacks 0 21 0 10 31
See also: 2022 Weber State Wildcats football team

References

  1. ^ "Montana Tabbed Big Sky Preseason Favorites by Coaches & Media". July 25, 2022. Retrieved July 27, 2022.
  2. ^ "Leader, Vest Earn Preseason All-Big Sky Honors, Lumberjacks Seventh in Both Polls". Northern Arizona University. July 25, 2022. Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  3. ^ "2022 Northern Arizona Football Schedule". nauathletics.com. Retrieved May 6, 2022.