2022 Maine Black Bears football team

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2022 Maine Black Bears football
Maine Black Bears script.svg
Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Record2–9 (2–6 CAA)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorAndrew Dresner (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorJared Keyte (1st season)
Home stadium Alfond Stadium
Seasons
←  2021
2023  →
2022 Colonial Athletic Association football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 8 William & Mary +^  7 –1   11 –2  
No. 13 New Hampshire +^  7 –1   9 –4  
No. 11 Richmond ^  6 –2   9 –4  
No. 17 Elon ^  6 –2   8 –4  
Rhode Island  5 –3   7 –4  
No. 19 Delaware ^  4 –4   8 –5  
Towson  4 –4   6 –5  
Villanova  4 –4   6 –5  
Monmouth  3 –5   5 –6  
Albany  2 –6   3 –8  
Maine  2 –6   2 –9  
Hampton  1 –7   4 –7  
Stony Brook  1 –7   2 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2022 Maine Black Bears football team represented the University of Maine as a member of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) in the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. The Black Bears, led by first-year head coach Jordan Stevens, played their home games at Alfond Stadium.

Contents

Transfers

Outgoing

Over the off-season, Maine lost twelve players through the transfer portal. Nine are currently committed while the remainder are still actively pursuing new schools. [1]

NamePos.New school
David GelbP Charleston Southern
Fofie BazzieS Charleston
Jack CorcoranTEUnknown
Chris GlassDT UMass
Logan MartinWR Husson
Joey McCrackenQB Shippensburg
Richie PekmezianK Edinboro
Kolubah Pewee, Jr.CB Georgetown
Larry St. Pierre, Jr.RBUnknown
Devin YoungWR Sacred Heart

Incoming

Over the off-season, Maine added six players through the transfer portal. [1]

NamePos.ClassPrevious school
Terrence GanyiLBJR UConn
Braeden HealdWRGR Northwestern
Cooper HeiseyTEJR Rutgers
Bailey TimmsPGR La Trobe University
Kobay WhiteWRSR Boston College
Cody WilliamsKSR Portland State

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 38:00 p.m.at New Mexico *
L 0–4115,166
September 101:00 p.m. Colgate *
 FloSports L 18–215,295
September 177:30 p.m.at Boston College *
 ACCRSN L 17–3834,325
October 11:00 p.m. No. 14 Villanova
  • Alfond Stadium
  • Orono, ME
FloSportsL 20–457,168
October 82:00 p.m.at Hampton
FloSportsW 31–244,512
October 151:00 p.m. Monmouth Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Alfond Stadium
  • Orono, ME
FloSportsW 38–286,241
October 223:30 p.m.at Stony Brook
FloSportsL 27–287,174
October 291:00 p.m. No. 17 Richmond
  • Alfond Stadium
  • Orono, ME
FloSportsL 21–314,278
November 51:00 p.m.at No. 23 Rhode Island
FloSportsL 22–264,377
November 1212:00 p.m.at Albany
FloSportsL 21–232,301
November 1912:00 p.m. No. 18 New Hampshire
FloSportsL 41–42 OT4,638
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[2]

Roster

2021 Maine Black Bears football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 1 Joe Fagnano Sr
RB 2Elijah Barnwell Redshirt.svg  Sr
WR 5Kobay White Redshirt.svg  Sr
WR 10Tyrese Baptiste Redshirt.svg  Fr
QB 11Ayden PereiraFr
WR 12Braeden Heald Redshirt.svg  Sr
QB 13 Derek Robertson So
QB 14Anthony HarrisSo
WR 15Zaheem Crawford-PattersonFr
WR 17Zavier Scott Redshirt.svg  Sr
TE 18Shawn BowmanSr
QB 19Jack Kelley Redshirt.svg  Fr
RB 25Tavion BanksJr
RB 28Freddie BrockJr
RB 29Garrison Burnett Redshirt.svg  Sr
WR 34Daren OmoregieFr
RB 35Stone ComptonSo
RB 36Symon SathlerFr
RB 37Zachariah OjaFr
WR 41Aaron ArteagaFr
TE 45Eli Mahan Redshirt.svg  Fr
RB 46John GaySr
TE 48Declan McKevitt Redshirt.svg  Fr
RB 49Evan WallaceFr
OL 55Darius Bell Redshirt.svg  Fr
OL 57David GrossSo
OL 62Michael Gerace Redshirt.svg  Sr
OL 63Jack WebbSr
OL 64Jack BoutaughFr
OL 65Nick CrujiFr
OL 67Tyler Royal Redshirt.svg  Sr
OL 68Max GregorFr
OL 71Tyler WilliamsFr
OL 75Sean PozniakFr
OL 76Tyrie FrancoisSr
OL 77Kevin JonesSr
OL 79Max LövbladJr
WR 80Jamie LamsonJr
WR 81Montigo MossJr
TE 82Cooper Heisey Redshirt.svg  Sr
WR 83Michael MoniosJr
WR 84Trevin EwingJr
TE 85Matt TomanSo
TE 86Antonio Corsi Redshirt.svg  Fr
WR 87Jacob Hennie Redshirt.svg  Sr
TE 88Rohan JonesFr
WR 89Gianni RossittoFr
TE 92Francisco PrattsFr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
LB 0Vince ThomasSo
CB 3Benito SpeightSr
DT 4Justin SambuSr
DT 5Josh LezinSr
LB 6Adrian OteroSr
LB 7Xavier NurseJr
S 8Robby RiobeJr
DE 9Jamehl Wiley Redshirt.svg  Sr
DE 11Khairi MannsJr
CB 13Daniel Doegan Redshirt.svg  Fr
S 14Harvey Clayton Jr. Redshirt.svg  Sr
LB 15Brian Lee Jr.Sr
DE 16Xavier Mitchell Redshirt.svg  Sr
S 20Jylun Spence Redshirt.svg  Fr
S 21Austin AmbushJr
CB 22Jabari Echols Redshirt.svg  Fr
S 23Shakur SmallsSo
CB 24Aaron Gethers Redshirt.svg  Jr
S 26Jamond DuBose Redshirt.svg  Sr
CB 27Jamaree GibsonFr
CB 30Kahzir BrownSo
LB 31Terrence Ganyi Redshirt.svg  Jr
LB 32Jaylen LongFr
LB 33Christian ThomasSo
CB 35Navonn BarrettFr
S 37Luca GebhardFr
S 38Sherrod HudsonFr
LB 40Tyshawn StewartSo
LB 41Devin HairstonFr
S 42Abdul StewartSo
DT 44Raffaele Salamone Redshirt.svg  Sr
LB 47Darius McKenzieSo
DB 48Nic SwansonFr
DB 49Nassir Young Redshirt.svg  Fr
LB 50Latrell Couchman Redshirt.svg  Fr
DT 52John CostanzaJr
LB 53Isaac Ofielu Redshirt.svg  Fr
LB 54Zion CheeksFr
DE 56Jacob TuiasosopoJr
DT 58Thomas HortonFr
DE 90Xavier Holmes Redshirt.svg  Fr
DT 91Shymell Davis Redshirt.svg  Fr
DT 95Michael HamiltonFr
DT 96Dorian RoyalSo
DE 97Elijah AlexanderFr
DE 99Nicolas KalumeFr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
LS/LB 43Charles EberleSo
K/P 51Joey BrysonFr
K/P 59Cody WilliamsSr
P/K 93Brian CooeySr
LS 94Clayton Ritter Redshirt.svg  Fr
P 95Bailey TimmsSr
K/P 98Cole Baker Redshirt.svg  Fr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Andrew Dresner (Union)
    Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
  • Jared Keyte (Utica)
    Defensive coordinator/linebackers
  • Justin Flores (Maine)
    Wide receivers/recruiting coordinator
  • Mikahael Waters (Nevada)
    Tight ends/Asst. Special Team Coord./Pro Liaison
  • Patrick Kugler (Michigan)
    Offensive line
  • Bryan Anthony Murray (Boston College)
    Defensive line
  • Tom McEntire (Thiel)
    Defensive backs
  • Jimmy Walsh (Bates)
    Special teams coordinator/cornerbacks
  • Spencer Carey (Maine)
    Outside linebackers
  • Pushaun Brown (Maine)
    Running backs
  • Thomas Hanscom (Maine)
    Director of football operations
  • Jon Lynch (Westfield State)
    Director of sports performance
  • Trey Hall (Edinboro)
    Head football sports performance coach
  • Jessica Bishop
    Athletic academic counselor – tutor/mentor coordinator
  • Kristin Gilmour
    Athletic academic counselor
  • Mark Puleo
    Assistant equipment manager
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster
Last update: July 9, 2021

Game summaries

At New Mexico

1234Total
Black Bears00000
Lobos02113741

Colgate

1234Total
Raiders077721
Black Bears0031518

At Boston College

1234Total
Black Bears1007017
Eagles14143738

No. 14 Villanova

1234Total
No. 14 Wildcats10217745
Black Bears770620

At Hampton

1234Total
Black Bears71001431
Pirates14010024

Monmouth

1234Total
Hawks776828
Black Bears71414338

At Stony Brook

1234Total
Black Bears3177027
Seawolves7014728

No. 17 Richmond

1234Total
No. 17 Spiders2107331
Black Bears0701421

At No. 23 Rhode Island

1234Total
Black Bears3106322
No. 23 Rams21217049

At Albany

1234Total
Black Bears707721
Great Danes0107623

No. 18 New Hampshire

1234OTTotal
No. 18 Wildcats71477742
Black Bears014714641

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References

  1. 1 2 "2022 Maine Football Roster". ON3.
  2. ↑ "2022 Maine Black Bears Football Schedule". FBSchedules.com. Retrieved June 14, 2022.
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