# 2022 Idaho State Bengals football team

The 2022 Idaho State Bengals football team represented Idaho State University in the Big Sky Conference during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. In their only season under head coach Charlie Ragle, the Bengals were 1–10 (1–7 in Big Sky, last) and played their home games on campus at Holt Arena in Pocatello, Idaho.
Hired in December 2021, Ragle was previously the special teams coach at California of the Pac-12 Conference. After the season, he resigned in late November 2022 to join the staff at Arizona State.

## Preseason
### Polls

On July 25, 2022, during the virtual Big Sky Kickoff, the Bengals were predicted to finish in a tie for eleventh in the Big Sky by the coaches and last by the media.
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 Bengals did not have any players selected to the preseason all-Big Sky team.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 27 | 12:30 p.m. | at UNLV* | Allegiant StadiumParadise, NV | CBSSN | L 21–52 | 19,579 |
| September 10 | 6:00 p.m. | at San Diego State* | Snapdragon StadiumSan Diego, CA | MWN | L 7–38 | 27,865 |
| September 17 | 1:00 p.m. | Central Arkansas* | Holt ArenaPocatello, ID | ESPN+ | L 16–31 | 5,125 |
| September 24 | 1:00 p.m. | at Northern Colorado | Nottingham FieldGreeley, CO | ESPN+ | L 14–35 | 5,292 |
| October 1 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 3 Montana | Holt ArenaPocatello, ID | ESPN+ | L 20–28 | 6,659 |
| October 8 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 4 Montana State | Bobcat StadiumBozeman, MT | ESPN+ | L 6–37 | 21,647 |
| October 15 | 1:00 p.m. | Cal Poly | Holt ArenaPocatello, ID | ESPN+ | W 40–31 | 5,921 |
| October 22 | 1:00 p.m. | Northern Arizona | Holt ArenaPocatello, ID | ESPN+ | L 10–24 | |
| November 5 | 5:00 p.m. | at UC Davis | UC Davis Health StadiumDavis, CA | ESPN+ | L 3–43 | 6,802 |
| November 12 | 1:00 p.m. | at No. 7 Weber State | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | ESPN+ | L 7–45 | 7,756 |
| November 19 | 1:00 p.m. | No. 21т Idaho | Holt ArenaPocatello, ID (rivalry) | ESPN+ | L 7–38 | 7,706 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from STATS Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time |||||||

## Game summaries
### at UNLV (FBS)

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bengals | 7 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 21 |
| Rebels (FBS) | 10 | 35 | 0 | 7 | 52 |
at Allegiant Stadium • Paradise, Nevada
* Date: August 27
* Game time: 12:30 p.m. MDT
* Game weather: None (indoor stadium)
* Game attendance: 19,579
* Referee: Kevin Boitmann
* TV announcers (CBSSN): Chris Lewis (play-by-play) and Donte Whitner (analyst)
* Box score, Recap
| Statistics | IDST | UNLV |
| First downs | 13 | 23 |
| Plays–yards | 67–241 | 59–554 |
| Rushes–yards | 40–50 | 33–149 |
| Passing yards | 191 | 405 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 14–27–1 | 26–35–0 |
| Time of possession | 29:36 | 30:24 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Idaho State | Passing | Tyler Vander Waal | 7/13, 130 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT |
| Idaho State | Rushing | Raiden Hunter | 13 carries, 26 yards |
| Idaho State | Receiving | Xavier Guillory | 4 receptions, 73 yards, 1 TD |
| UNLV | Passing | Doug Brumfield | 21/25, 356 yards, 4 TD |
| UNLV | Rushing | Courtney Reese | 7 carries, 73 yards |
| UNLV | Receiving | Ricky White | 8 receptions, 182 yards, 2 TD |

### at San Diego State (FBS)

| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bengals | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Aztecs (FBS) | 14 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 38 |
at Snapdragon Stadium • San Diego, California
* Date: September 10
* Game time: 6:00 p.m. MDT
* Game weather: Cloudy • Temperature: 83 °F (28 °C) • Wind: N at 3 miles per hour (4.8 km/h)
* Game attendance: 27,865
* Referee: Abram Anaya
* TV announcers (MWN): Jon Schaeffer (play-by-play) and J. R. Tolver (analyst)
* Box score, Recap
| Statistics | IDST | SDSU |
| First downs | 14 | 19 |
| Plays–yards | 73–338 | 69–488 |
| Rushes–yards | 33–80 | 43–380 |
| Passing yards | 258 | 108 |
| Passing: comp–att–int | 24–40–0 | 15–26–0 |
| Time of possession | 30:40 | 29:20 |
| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
| Idaho State | Passing | Hunter Hays | 18/30, 140 yards |
| Idaho State | Rushing | Raiden Hunter | 13 carries, 53 yards |
| Idaho State | Receiving | Xavier Guillory | 3 receptions, 94 yards, 1 TD |
| San Diego State | Passing | Braxton Burmeister | 15/26, 108 yards, 1 TD |
| San Diego State | Rushing | Jaylon Armstead | 5 carries, 96 yards |
| San Diego State | Receiving | Tyrell Shavers | 3 receptions, 36 yards, 1 TD |

### Central Arkansas

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 31 |
| Bengals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 16 |

### At Northern Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bengals | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 |
| Bears | 0 | 14 | 0 | 21 | 35 |

### No. 3 Montana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| No. 3 Grizzlies | 0 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 28 |
| Bengals | 3 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 20 |

### At No. 4 Montana State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bengals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| No. 4 Bobcats | 14 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 37 |

### Cal Poly

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mustangs | 7 | 0 | 10 | 14 | 31 |
| Bengals | 14 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 40 |

### Northern Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 24 |
| Bengals | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 10 |

### At UC Davis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bengals | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Aggies | 9 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 43 |

### At No. 7 Weber State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bengals | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| No. 7 Wildcats | 7 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 45 |

### No. 21т Idaho

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #21 Vandals | 7 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 38 |
| Bengals | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |