| 2022 Ryan Conference USA Football Championship Game | |||||||||||||||||||
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 The Alamodome during the 2022 Conference USA Championship Game | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | December 2, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Season | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Stadium | Alamodome | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | San Antonio, Texas[1] | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Frank Harris, QB, UTSA | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | UTSA by 8.5 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referee | Rory Bernard | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 41,412 | ||||||||||||||||||
| United States TV coverage | |||||||||||||||||||
| Network | CBSSN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Rich Waltz,Aaron Taylor and Sherree Burruss | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTSA y$ | 8 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Kentucky | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Texas y | 6 | – | 2 | 7 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Middle Tennessee | 4 | – | 4 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UAB | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida Atlantic | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTEP | 3 | – | 5 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIU | 2 | – | 6 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Charlotte | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana Tech | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship:UTSA 48, North Texas 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2022 Conference USA Football Championship Game was acollege football game played on December 2, 2022, at theAlamodome inSan Antonio. It was the 18th edition of theConference USA Football Championship Game and determined the champion ofConference USA (C–USA) for the2022 season. The game began at 7:00 pm and aired onCBS Sports Network. The contest saw the hostUTSA Roadrunners defeat theNorth Texas Mean Green 48–27 to claim the conference title for the second straight season. Sponsored by tax services and consulting firmRyan LLC, the game was officially known as theRyan Conference USA Football Championship Game.
This was the final C-USA game for both teams, which joined theAmerican Athletic Conference in July 2023.[2]
North Texas and UTSA previously met in the regular season, also hosted at the Alamodome, with the Roadrunners defeating the Mean Green 31–27.
North Texas finished the regular season with an overall record of 7–5, going 6–2 in C-USA play to finish tied for second in the conference withWestern Kentucky. The Mean Green were selected for the championship game over the Hilltoppers due to tiebreakers as North Texas defeated Western Kentucky 40–13 in the regular season. This was the Mean Green's second appearance in the C-USA championship game, losing 17–41 toFlorida Atlantic in the2017 championship game.
The Mean Green were led by seventh-year head coachSeth Littrell in what would be his last game as the program's head coach.[3]
The Roadrunners finished the regular season with an overall record of 10–2, going 8–0 in C-USA play to finish first in the conference. UTSA's only losses of the regular season were against no. 24Houston, 35–37 in triple overtime, and 20–41 against no. 21 Texas. This was the Roadrunners' second appearance in the C-USA Championship game, having defeated Western Kentucky 49–41 in the previous year'schampionship game.
The Roadrunners were led by third-year head coachJeff Traylor.
| Quarter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
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| North Texas | 7 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 27 |
| No. 23 UTSA | 7 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 48 |
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| Statistics | North Texas | UTSA |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |