2022 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team

2022 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football
2022 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football
Conference	Lone Star Conference
Record	5–6 (3–6 LSC)
Head coach	Hunter Hughes (6th season);
Offensive coordinator	Russ Martin (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	J. T. Haddan (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Bain–Schaeffer Buffalo Stadium
	Seasons ← 2021 2023 →

2022 Lone Star Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 7 Angelo State $^	9	–	0	12	–	1
Central Washington	6	–	3	6	–	4
Texas A&M–Kingsville #	5	–	4	7	–	5
Midwestern State	5	–	4	6	–	5
Western New Mexico	5	–	4	6	–	5
Western Oregon	5	–	4	6	–	5
UT Permian Basin	4	–	5	5	–	6
West Texas A&M	3	–	6	5	–	6
Eastern New Mexico	2	–	7	3	–	8
Simon Fraser	1	–	8	1	–	9

$ – Conference champion ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant # – Heritage Bowl participant Rankings from AFCA Poll

The 2022 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team represented West Texas A&M University during the 2022 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC). The Buffaloes were led by sixth-year head coach Hunter Hughes and played their home games at the newly renamed Bain–Schaeffer Buffalo Stadium in Canyon, Texas.^[1]

Following the season, Hughes was fired as the program's head coach. The Buffs went 32–29 under Hughes through six seasons.^[2]

LSC media poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
LSC media poll
1	Angelo State	257 (15)
2	Midwestern State	236 (9)
3	Central Washington	207
4	West Texas A&M	198 (1)
5	UT Permian Basin	150 (2)
6	Texas A&M–Kingsville	143
7	Western Oregon	108
8	Eastern New Mexico	97
9	Western New Mexico	57
10	Simon Fraser	32

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Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 3	7:00 p.m.	No. 17 Western Colorado*		Bain–Schaeffer Buffalo Stadium Canyon, TX	W 44–6	6,781
September 10	7:00 p.m.	at Adams State*	No. 23	Rex Stadium Alamosa, CO	W 34–19	1,543
September 17	7:00 p.m.	Texas A&M–Kingsville	No. 14	Bain–Schaeffer Buffalo Stadium Canyon, TX	L 24–31	7,337
September 24	6:00 p.m.	at No. 4 Angelo State		LeGrand Sports Complex San Angelo, TX	L 14–34	4,283
October 1	7:00 p.m.	UT Permian Basin		Bain–Schaeffer Buffalo Stadium Canyon, TX	W 28–27	9,414
October 8	7:00 p.m.	at Midwestern State		Memorial Stadium Wichita Falls, TX	W 38–26	7,128
October 15	3:05 p.m.	at Western Oregon		MacArthur Field Monmouth, OR	L 13–27	1,212
October 22	7:00 p.m.	Central Washington		Bain–Schaeffer Buffalo Stadium Canyon, TX	W 35–16	6,033
October 29	1:00 p.m.	at Western New Mexico		Altamirano Stadium Silver City, NM	L 37–41	805
November 5	6:00 p.m.	Eastern New Mexico		Bain–Schaeffer Buffalo Stadium Canyon, TX (Wagon Wheel)	L 21–24	5,469
November 12	8:00 p.m.	at Simon Fraser		Terry Fox Field Burnaby, BC	L 14–46	649
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Final
AFCA	RV	23	14	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Game summaries

No. 17 Western Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 17 Mountaineers	3	3	0	0	6
Buffaloes	20	7	0	17	44

Statistics	WCU	WT
First downs	18	25
Total yards	295	479
Rushing yards	125	229
Passing yards	170	250
Turnovers	4	1
Time of possession	28:29	31:31

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Western Colorado	Passing	Connor Desch	10/21, 103 yards, INT
	Rushing	Braeden Hogan	18 rushes, 86 yards
	Receiving	Braeden Hogan	3 receptions, 34 yards
West Texas A&M	Passing	Nick Gerber	15/25, 186 yards, 2 TD, INT
	Rushing	Jarrod Compton	18 rushes, 86 yards
	Receiving	Noah Bogardus	6 receptions, 118 yards, TD

At Adams State

	1	2	3	4	Total
No. 23 Buffaloes	10	10	7	7	34
Grizzlies	3	3	6	7	19

Statistics	WT	ASU
First downs	29	22
Total yards	443	361
Rushing yards	219	134
Passing yards	224	227
Turnovers	0	2
Time of possession	33:08	26:52

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Texas A&M	Passing	Nick Gerber	26/42, 224 yards, TD
	Rushing	Brian Okoye	11 rushes, 74 yards
	Receiving	Jeremie Karngbaye	2 receptions, 34 yards
Adams State	Passing	Mark Salazar	30/51, 227 yards, INT
	Rushing	Daylen Boddie	16 rushes, 64 yards, TD
	Receiving	Elijah Harper	8 receptions, 69 yards

Texas A&M–Kingsville

	1	2	3	4	Total
Javelinas	10	0	14	7	31
No. 14 Buffaloes	0	10	14	0	24

Statistics	AMK	WT
First downs	15	16
Total yards	366	317
Rushing yards	124	103
Passing yards	242	214
Turnovers	2	6
Time of possession	36:17	23:43

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Texas A&M–Kingsville	Passing	Jacob Cavazos	20/30, 235 yards, 2 TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Chris Anderson	34 rushes, 155 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Craig Clemons	4 receptions, 103 yards
West Texas A&M	Passing	Nick Gerber	12/26, 214 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT
	Rushing	Isaiah Smallwood	13 rushes, 50 yards
	Receiving	Shakell Brown	3 receptions, 84 yards, TD

At No. 4 Angelo State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	0	7	0	7	14
No. 4 Rams	6	0	14	14	34

Statistics	WT	ASU
First downs	20	23
Total yards	356	455
Rushing yards	117	176
Passing yards	239	279
Turnovers	2	2
Time of possession	30:00	30:00

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Texas A&M	Passing	Nick Gerber	14/24, 189 yards
	Rushing	Jarrod Compton	15 rushes, 61 yards
	Receiving	Noah Bogardus	3 receptions, 71 yards
Angelo State	Passing	Zach Bronkhorst	27/39, 279 yards, TD, INT
	Rushing	Nate Omayebu III	19 rushes, 97 yards, TD
	Receiving	Rasheen Green	5 receptions, 67 yards

UT Permian Basin

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	0	14	10	3	27
Buffaloes	9	7	3	9	28

Statistics	TPB	WT
First downs	21	27
Total yards	419	503
Rushing yards	107	232
Passing yards	312	271
Turnovers	2	2
Time of possession	27:18	32:42

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
UT Permian Basin	Passing	Dylan Graham	33/46, 306 yards, 2 TD, INT
	Rushing	Antonio Malone	11 rushes, 58 yards
	Receiving	MJ Link	12 receptions, 114 yards, 2 TD
West Texas A&M	Passing	Nick Gerber	27/43, 271 yards
	Rushing	Nick Gerber	14 rushes, 105 yards, TD
	Receiving	Noah Bogardus	11 receptions, 195 yards

At Midwestern State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	14	14	7	3	38
Mustangs	10	0	13	3	26

Statistics	WT	MSU
First downs	29	19
Total yards	585	402
Rushing yards	277	171
Passing yards	308	231
Turnovers	1	4
Time of possession	36:51	23:01

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Texas A&M	Passing	Nick Gerber	23/28, 308 yards, TD
	Rushing	Jarrod Compton	24 rushes, 99 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Noah Bogardus	8 receptions, 88 yards
Midwestern State	Passing	Neiko Hollins	14/31, 201 yards, TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Trenton Kennedy	15 rushes, 103 yards, TD
	Receiving	Jayden Moore	6 receptions, 72 yards

At Western Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	0	6	7	0	13
Wolves	7	0	3	17	27

Statistics	WT	WOU
First downs	21	18
Total yards	347	417
Rushing yards	105	195
Passing yards	242	222
Turnovers	2	2
Time of possession	32:03	27:57

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Texas A&M	Passing	Nick Gerber	32/51, 242 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	Brian Okoye	12 rushes, 65 yards
	Receiving	Noah Bogardus	6 receptions, 81 yards
Western Oregon	Passing	Gannon Winker	15/38, 222 yards, 2 INT
	Rushing	Andrew Valladares	6 rushes, 98 yards, TD
	Receiving	Damon Hickok	7 receptions, 132 yards

Central Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	0	0	3	13	16
Buffaloes	14	14	7	0	35

Statistics	CWU	WT
First downs	15	25
Total yards	262	301
Rushing yards	117	165
Passing yards	145	136
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	26:49	33:11

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Central Washington	Passing	J. J. Lemming	13/38, 126 yards
	Rushing	Tre'Jon Henderson	21 rushes, 75 yards, 2 TD
	Receiving	Demonte Horton	4 receptions, 38 yards
West Texas A&M	Passing	Nick Gerber	12/19, 128 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Brian Okoye	24 rushes, 83 yards, TD
	Receiving	Noah Bogardus	2 receptions, 42 yards

At Western New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	3	17	7	10	37
Mustangs	7	13	14	7	41

Statistics	WT	WNM
First downs	25	27
Total yards	511	525
Rushing yards	175	92
Passing yards	336	433
Turnovers	2	1
Time of possession	24:13	35:47

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Texas A&M	Passing	Nick Gerber	18/28, 336 yards, 3 TD
	Rushing	Nick Gerber	5 rushes, 57 yards, TD
	Receiving	Noah Bogardus	3 receptions, 86 yards, TD
Western New Mexico	Passing	Devin Larsen	29/42, 433 yards, 2 TD
	Rushing	Maurice Smith	10 rushes, 39 yards, TD
	Receiving	Vincent Rankin	3 receptions, 98 yards, TD

Eastern New Mexico

	1	2	3	4	Total
Greyhounds	0	3	7	14	24
Buffaloes	0	7	7	7	21

Statistics	ENM	WT
First downs	24	22
Total yards	408	396
Rushing yards	146	227
Passing yards	262	169
Turnovers	1	2
Time of possession	35:24	24:36

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Eastern New Mexico	Passing	Kason Martin	25/38, 262 yards, 2 TD, INT
	Rushing	Kiante Stoker	13 rushes, 49 yards, TD
	Receiving	Asa Wondeh	15 receptions, 147 yards, TD
West Texas A&M	Passing	Nick Gerber	16/29, 169 yards, TD, 2 INT
	Rushing	Nick Gerber	11 rushes, 78 yards
	Receiving	Hunter Kaufman	3 receptions, 58 yards

At Simon Fraser

	1	2	3	4	Total
Buffaloes	7	0	0	7	14
Red Leafs	10	22	14	0	46

Statistics	WT	SFU
First downs	19	25
Total yards	197	465
Rushing yards	64	115
Passing yards	133	350
Turnovers	2	0
Time of possession	21:16	38:44

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
West Texas A&M	Passing	Nick Gerber	13/23, 98 yards
	Rushing	Jarrod Compton	6 rushes, 45 yards, TD
	Receiving	Noah Bogardus	5 receptions, 37 yards
Simon Fraser	Passing	Justin Seiber	24/34, 293 yards, 5 TD
	Rushing	Somto Anyadike	19 rushes, 82 yards, TD
	Receiving	Sam Davenport	7 receptions, 156 yards, TD

References

^ Cuviello, Michael (September 2, 2022). "WT officially renames facility as Bain-Schaeffer Buffalo Stadium". Amarillo Globe-News. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
^ Pisani, Hart (November 21, 2022). "Hunter Hughes out as head football coach at West Texas A&M after six seasons". Amarillo Globe-News. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
^ "2022 LSC Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved September 12, 2024.
^ "2022 Football Schedule". Retrieved September 12, 2024.

[1] Cuviello, Michael (September 2, 2022). "WT officially renames facility as Bain-Schaeffer Buffalo Stadium". Amarillo Globe-News. Retrieved September 12, 2024.

[2] Pisani, Hart (November 21, 2022). "Hunter Hughes out as head football coach at West Texas A&M after six seasons". Amarillo Globe-News. Retrieved September 12, 2024.

[3] "2022 LSC Football Media Guide" (PDF). p. 2. Retrieved September 12, 2024.

[4] "2022 Football Schedule". Retrieved September 12, 2024.

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Venues	Buffalo Stadium (–1958) Kimbrough Memorial Stadium (1959–2018) Bain–Schaeffer Buffalo Stadium (2019–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Bowl games Eastern New Mexico: Wagon Wheel Texas A&M–Commerce: East Texas vs. West Texas
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
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