Northern Colorado Bears
FCS
Big Sky Conference · UNCO
Team Vitals
-3.8
power · 2026 · #263 D1
-3.6 / -0.2
off / def (higher = better)
4–8
2025 record
111
roster (2025)
Upcoming 2026
| Date | Wk | Opponent | Site | Model Lean |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-29 | Wk 1 | Weber State FCS | HOME | Northern Colorado 55% |
| 2026-09-05 | Wk 1 | South Dakota FCS | HOME | South Dakota 63% |
| 2026-09-12 | Wk 2 | Wyoming FBS | AWAY | Wyoming 61% |
| 2026-09-19 | Wk 3 | Northeastern State | HOME | Northern Colorado 62% |
| 2026-09-26 | Wk 4 | Utah Tech FCS | HOME | Northern Colorado 62% |
| 2026-10-03 | Wk 5 | Montana FCS | AWAY | Montana 77% |
| 2026-10-10 | Wk 6 | Eastern Washington FCS | AWAY | Eastern Washington 60% |
| 2026-10-17 | Wk 7 | Cal Poly FCS | HOME | Cal Poly 53% |
| 2026-10-24 | Wk 8 | UC Davis FCS | AWAY | UC Davis 73% |
| 2026-11-07 | Wk 10 | Southern Utah FCS | AWAY | Southern Utah 69% |
| 2026-11-14 | Wk 11 | Montana State FCS | HOME | Montana State 76% |
| 2026-11-21 | Wk 12 | Northern Arizona FCS | AWAY | Northern Arizona 63% |
Recent Results
| Date | Season | Wk | Opponent | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-22 | 2025 | Wk 13 | Portland State vs | W | 24–13 |
| 2025-11-15 | 2025 | Wk 12 | Eastern Washington @ | L | 7–27 |
| 2025-11-08 | 2025 | Wk 11 | Northern Arizona @ | L | 10–49 |
| 2025-11-01 | 2025 | Wk 10 | Montana State vs | L | 7–55 |
| 2025-10-25 | 2025 | Wk 9 | UC Davis vs | L | 16–27 |
| 2025-10-18 | 2025 | Wk 8 | Sacramento State @ | L | 35–40 |
| 2025-10-11 | 2025 | Wk 7 | Idaho @ | W | 49–33 |
| 2025-09-27 | 2025 | Wk 5 | Idaho State vs | L | 18–26 |
| 2025-09-20 | 2025 | Wk 4 | Houston Christian @ | W | 26–23 |
| 2025-09-13 | 2025 | Wk 3 | South Dakota @ | L | 17–24 |
| 2025-09-06 | 2025 | Wk 2 | Colorado State @ | L | 17–21 |
| 2025-08-30 | 2025 | Wk 1 | Chadron State vs | W | 17–3 |
Season by Season
| Season | W | L | PF | PA | Diff |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | 8 | 243 | 341 | -98 |
| 2024 | 1 | 11 | 136 | 453 | -317 |
| 2023 | 0 | 11 | 154 | 367 | -213 |
| 2022 | 3 | 8 | 229 | 412 | -183 |
| 2021 | 3 | 8 | 164 | 329 | -165 |
| 2019 | 2 | 10 | 241 | 453 | -212 |
| 2018 | 2 | 9 | 262 | 391 | -129 |
| 2017 | 3 | 7 | 278 | 341 | -63 |
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | 321 | 371 | -50 |
| 2015 | 6 | 5 | 330 | 378 | -48 |
Injuries
None reported.
Player grades 2025 season
Box production, opponent-adjusted, ranked within position (50 = positional average). 2025 is the last season played, so these describe that team, not this year's. OL rows are team-inferred — college football publishes no individual OL box stats. Full leaderboard →
| Player | Pos | Grade | Pos rank | G | 2025 season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carver Cheeks | WR | 79 | #71 | 12 | 71 rec · 929 yds · 6 TD |
| Ezra Ekuban | DL | 76 | #110 | 1 | 9 tkl · 1.0 sacks · 2.0 TFL |
| Brayden Munroe | WR | 72 | #176 | 10 | 46 rec · 696 yds · 3 TD |
| Charles Garrison | TE | 68 | #100 | 10 | 27 rec · 329 yds · 2 TD |
| Darrell Bryant Jr. | DB | 64 | #548 | 3 | 8 tkl · 1 PD · 2 INT |
| Mathias Price | RB | 64 | #338 | 11 | 483 rush yds · 3 TD · 16 rec |
| Hudson Voggesser | LB | 63 | #394 | 1 | 5 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Brandon Johnson | RB | 61 | #456 | 11 | 319 rush yds · 6 TD · 8 rec |
| Zach Nowatzke | LB | 61 | #469 | 2 | 10 tkl |
| Cam Chapa | DB | 60 | #801 | 5 | 8 tkl · 4 INT |
| KJ Smedley | LB | 58 | #598 | 1 | 6 tkl |
| Dawson Menegatti | WR | 58 | #788 | 5 | 17 rec · 190 yds |
| Roshawn Lacy | WR | 57 | #835 | 1 | 3 rec · 35 yds |
| Justin Guin | RB | 56 | #698 | 9 | 284 rush yds · 1 TD · 14 rec |
| Jacob Willig | K | 55 | #196 | 12 | 13 FG · 24 XP · 63 pts |
| Aliou-Rocco Traore | RB | 55 | #718 | 8 | 125 rush yds · 1 TD · 25 rec |
| Sione Tuha | LB | 54 | #774 | 2 | 4 tkl |
| Brody Bliek | DL | 54 | #1084 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Mekhi Toms | DB | 54 | #1336 | 1 | 1 tkl · 1 PD |
| Alfred Smith | DB | 51 | #1522 | 1 | 1 PD |
| Franky Morales | DB | 51 | #1523 | 1 | 3 tkl |
| Brody Judd | TE | 51 | #432 | 2 | 2 rec · 43 yds |
| Dominic Butts | DL | 50 | #1296 | 2 | 4 tkl · 1.0 TFL |
| Kai Shelton | LB | 50 | #1007 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Blake Weslin | DL | 50 | #1356 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Brooks Maile | DL | 50 | #1355 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Derrick Jones | DB | 49 | #1712 | 2 | 2 tkl · 1 INT |
| Evan Harrell | DB | 48 | #1786 | 1 | 2 tkl |
| Eric Gibson Jr. | QB | 48 | #548 | 12 | 2,502 pass yds · 11 TD · 11 INT |
| Keenan Guthrie | LB | 46 | #1245 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Mikhail Benner | DB | 43 | #2197 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Myles McClarity | DB | 43 | #2198 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Makur Abram | DL | 43 | #1788 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Andres Rodriguez | DL | 43 | #1789 | 1 | 1 tkl |
| Kieryus Boone | RB | 43 | #1347 | 9 | 128 rush yds · 2 TD · 4 rec |
| Brandon Lambert Jr. | RB | 42 | #1370 | 2 | 8 rush yds · 1 rec |
| Kia'i Keone | QB | 40 | #727 | 2 | 0 INT · 6 rush yds |
| Zach Pekarek | DB | 40 | #2439 | 1 | — |
| Brennen Acosta | DL | 38 | #2038 | 1 | — |
| Peter Costelli | QB | 37 | #796 | 4 | 272 pass yds · 1 TD · 4 INT |