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2022 Conference USA Football Championship Game

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2022 Ryan Conference USA Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
Alamodome Conference USA Championship.jpg
The Alamodome during the 2022 Conference USA Championship Game
North Texas Mean Green UTSA Roadrunners
(7–5) (10–2)
27 48
Head coach: 
Seth Littrell		 Head coach: 
Jeff Traylor
APCoaches
2324
1234 Total
North Texas 73107 27
UTSA 7171014 48
DateDecember 2, 2022
Season2022
StadiumAlamodome
LocationSan Antonio, Texas[1]
MVPFrank Harris, QB, UTSA
FavoriteUTSA by 8.5
RefereeRory Bernard
Attendance41,412
United States TV coverage
NetworkCBSSN
AnnouncersRich Waltz, Aaron Taylor and Sherree Burruss
Conference USA Football Championship Game
  2021  2023 > 

The 2022 Conference USA Football Championship Game was a college football game played on December 2, 2022, at the Alamodome in San Antonio. It was the 18th edition of the Conference USA Football Championship Game and determined the champion of Conference USA (C–USA) for the 2022 season. The game began at 7:00 pm and aired on CBS Sports Network. The contest saw the host UTSA Roadrunners defeat the North Texas Mean Green 48–27 to claim the conference title for the second straight season. Sponsored by tax services and consulting firm Ryan LLC, the game was officially known as the Ryan Conference USA Football Championship Game.

This was the final C-USA game for both teams, which are joining the American Athletic Conference in July 2023.[2]

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Alamodome

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San Antonio, officially the City of San Antonio, is a city in Bexar County, Texas. The city is the seventh most populous in the United States, the second largest in the Southern United States, and the second most populous in Texas. It is the 12th most populous city in North America, with 1,434,625 residents as of 2020.

Conference USA Football Championship Game

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The Conference USA Football Championship Game is an annual American football game that has determined the season champion of Conference USA (C-USA) since 2005.

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Conference USA is an intercollegiate athletic conference whose current member institutions are located within the Southern United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. C-USA's offices are located in Dallas, Texas.

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2022 UTSA Roadrunners football team

2022 UTSA Roadrunners football team

The 2022 UTSA Roadrunners football team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio as a member of Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by head coach Jeff Traylor, who was coaching his third season with the team. The Roadrunners played their home games at the Alamodome in San Antonio.

2022 North Texas Mean Green football team

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The 2022 North Texas Mean Green football team represented the University of North Texas as a member of Conference USA (C-USA) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Seth Littrell. The Mean Green played their home games at Apogee Stadium in Denton, Texas.

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The American Athletic Conference (AAC), also known as the American, is an American collegiate athletic conference, featuring 11 member universities and five affiliate member universities that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Division I, with its football teams competing in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS). Member universities represent a range of private and public universities of various enrollment sizes located primarily in urban metropolitan areas in the Northeastern, Midwestern, and Southern regions of the United States.

Previous season

Main article: 2021 Conference USA Football Championship Game

The 2021 Conference USA Football Championship Game featured UTSA against Western Kentucky. UTSA won 49–41.[3]

Teams

North Texas

Main article: 2022 North Texas Mean Green football team

UTSA

Main article: 2022 UTSA Roadrunners football team


Game summary

2022 Ryan Conference USA Football Championship Game
Period 1 2 34Total
North Texas 7 3 10727
No. 23 UTSA 7 17 101448

at Alamodome • San Antonio, Texas

  • Date: December 2, 2021
  • Game time: 6:30 p.m. CST
  • Game weather: n/a (game played indoors)
  • Game attendance: 41,412
  • Referee: Rory Bernard
  • TV announcers (CBSSN): Rich Waltz (play-by-play), Aaron Taylor (analyst), and Sherree Burruss (sidelines)
  • Pregame line: UTSA –8.5
Game information
1st quarter
  • (12:04) UTSA – Kevorian Barnes 27 yard rush, Jared Sackett kick (Drive: 7 plays, 75 yards, 2:56; UTSA 7–0)
  • (8:09) UNT – Ikaika Ragsdale 2 yard rush, Ethan Mooney kick (Drive: 11 plays, 70 yards, 3:55; Tied 7–7)
2nd quarter
  • (10:34) UNT – Ethan Mooney 22 yard field goal (Drive: 14 plays, 93 yards, 5:10; North Texas 10–7)
  • (8:25) UTSA – Frank Harris 11 yard rush, Jared Sackett kick (Drive: 2 plays, 15 yards, 0:35; UTSA 14–10)
  • (1:12) UTSA – Jared Sackett 42 yard field goal (Drive: 14 plays, 65 yards, 5:40; UTSA 17–10)
  • (0:11) UTSA – Zakhari Franklin 32 yard pass from Frank Harris, Jared Sackett kick (Drive: 3 plays, 62 yards, 0:26; UTSA 24–10)
3rd quarter
  • (12:26) UNT – Ethan Mooney 24 yard field goal (Drive: 9 plays, 61 yards, 2:34; UTSA 24–13)
  • (10:33) UTSA – Zakhari Franklin 14 yard pass from Frank Harris, Jared Sackett kick (Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 1:53; UTSA 31–13)
  • (8:42) UNT – Jyaire Shorter 36 yard pass from Austin Aune, Ethan Mooney kick (Drive: 6 plays, 65 yards, 1:51; UTSA 31–20)
  • (1:47) UTSA – Jared Sackett 43 yard field goal (Drive: 14 plays, 49 yards, 6:55; UTSA 34–20)
4th quarter
  • (13:34) UNT – Isaiah Johnson 1 yard rush, Ethan Mooney kick (Drive: 8 plays, 64 yards, 3:13; UTSA 34–27)
  • (11:09) UTSA – Zakhari Franklin 39 yard pass from Frank Harris, Jared Sackett kick (Drive: 5 plays, 75 yards, 2:25; UTSA 41–27)
  • (4:07) UTSA – Oscar Cardenas 16 yard pass from Frank Harris, Jared Sackett kick (Drive: 3 plays, 21 yards, 0:22; UTSA 48–27)
Statistics North Texas UTSA
First downs 19 32
plays–yards 65–366 85–571
Rushes/yards 35–172 47–227
Passing yards 194 344
Passing: Comp–Att–Int 14–30–2 33–38–0
Time of possession 22:17 37:43
Team Category Player Statistics
North Texas Passing Austin Aune 14/29, 194 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs
Rushing Ikaika Ragsdale 17 carries, 108 yards, 1 TD
Receiving Kaylon Horton 3 receptions, 58 yards
UTSA Passing Frank Harris 32/37, 341 yards, 4 TDs
Rushing Kevorian Barnes 28 carries, 175 yards, 1 TD
Receiving Zakhari Franklin 10 receptions, 144 yards, 3 TDs

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Austin Aune

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Austin Palmer Aune is an American football quarterback for the North Texas Mean Green and former professional baseball player. He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the second round of the 2012 MLB draft, where he played six seasons in the minor leagues before being released. He then enrolled at North Texas, and is the oldest starting quarterback in FBS football at the age of 29.

Source: "2022 Conference USA Football Championship Game", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 4th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Conference_USA_Football_Championship_Game.

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References
  1. ^ "UTSA crushes Rice 41-7, will host Conference USA title game for second straight season". ksat.com. Retrieved November 25, 2022.
  2. ^ "American Announces Entrance Agreements With Incoming Members for 2023-24 Season" (Press release). American Athletic Conference. June 16, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  3. ^ "UTSA wins Conference USA championship 49-41 over Western Kent". ESPN. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
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