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2023 Northern Colorado

0–⁠11 (0–⁠8 Big Sky).

Schedule and results

Northern Colorado in 2023, game by game: lost at Abilene Christian 11–31; lost vs. Incarnate Word 7–42; lost at No. 23 Washington State 21–64; lost at Idaho State 21–35; lost vs. Weber State 21–28; lost vs. Sacramento State 13–21; lost at Cal Poly 17–24; lost at Montana 0–40; lost vs. Idaho 13–27; lost at Northern Arizona 7–28; lost vs. Portland State 23–27+7−43Lost 11–31 at Abilene Christian-20Abilene Christi…Lost 7–42 vs. Incarnate Word-35Incarnate WordLost 21–64 at No. 23 Washington State-43No. 23 Washington StateLost 21–35 at Idaho State-14Idaho StateLost 21–28 vs. Weber State-7Weber StateLost 13–21 vs. Sacramento State-8Sacramento StateLost 17–24 at Cal Poly-7Cal PolyLost 0–40 at Montana-40MontanaLost 13–27 vs. Idaho-14IdahoLost 7–28 at Northern Arizona-21Northern ArizonaLost 23–27 vs. Portland State-4Portland State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 31atAbilene ChristianL 11–⁠3123%
Sep 9vsIncarnate WordL 7–⁠4222%
Sep 16at23Washington StateL 21–⁠647%
Sep 23atIdaho StateL 21–⁠3546%
Sep 30vsWeber StateL 21–⁠2821%
Oct 14vsSacramento StateL 13–⁠2114%
Oct 21atCal PolyL 17–⁠2437%
Oct 28atMontanaL 0–⁠409%
Nov 4vsIdahoL 13–⁠2715%
Nov 11atNorthern ArizonaL 7–⁠2820%
Nov 18vsPortland StateL 23–⁠2732%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Portland State 27–⁠23; unranked in the final AP poll; 12th in the Big Sky.

In program history: The 53rd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 56 on file).

Record
0–⁠11
Conference
0–⁠8 12th in Big Sky
AP final
Unranked
Points
154–⁠367
Coach
—
Elo
1071 −118 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−34.1 No. 86 of 128 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 156
Offensive coordinator
Blair Peterson
Defensive coordinator
Preston Hadley

Leaders

Passing yardsJacob Sirmon QB1,189 yds
Passing touchdownsJacob Sirmon QB7 TD
Rushing yardsDavid Afari RB630 yds
Rushing touchdownsDavid Afari RB2 TD
Receiving yardsJamarii Robinson WR474 yds
Receiving touchdownsBlake Haggerty WR2 TD
TacklesFranky Morales S9 tkl
InterceptionsCameron Murray DB2 INT

Top recruits in the 2023 class

Kamron Taylor RB★★★No. 1128
Jace Villers ATH★★★No. 2391
Carver Cheeks WR
Brayden Munroe WR

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2023 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Running backs13.00.860
Athletes and specialists13.00.810
Whole class23.00.835

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Transfers in 2

The 2023 portal
Brooks Maile SDE★★★from BYU
Nathaniel Gillis ATH★★from BYU

Transfers out 1

Elijah Anderson-Taylor LB★★to Florida International

2023 Big Sky standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Montana7–⁠113–⁠2
Idaho6–⁠29–⁠4
Montana State6–⁠28–⁠4
UC Davis5–⁠37–⁠4
Northern Arizona5–⁠35–⁠6
Sacramento State4–⁠48–⁠5
Weber State4–⁠46–⁠5
Portland State4–⁠45–⁠6
Eastern Washington3–⁠54–⁠7
Idaho State3–⁠53–⁠8
Cal Poly1–⁠73–⁠8
Northern Colorado0–⁠80–⁠11

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.