2022 Simon Fraser Red Leafs football team explained
The 2022 Simon Fraser Red Leafs football team represented Simon Fraser University (SFU) in the 2022 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference (LSC). The team played most of its home games at Terry Fox Field on the university's campus in Burnaby, British Columbia, while Borderite Stadium in nearby Blaine, Washington hosted two games. Led by third-year head coach Mike Rigell, the Red Leafs finished the 2022 season with an overall record of 1–9, going 1–8 in LSC play to finish 10th in the conference.
This would be the Red Leafs' final season as the university announced it would be dropping football on April 4, 2023.
Conference change and end of football program
The Red Leafs had previously competed as a member of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference (GNAC) since 2010; however, the GNAC dropped football after the 2021 season. Simon Fraser, along with fellow GNAC members Central Washington and Western Oregon, joined the LSC as football-only members.[1] Following the 2022 season, the LSC announced that it would not be extending Simon Fraser's membership past the 2023–24 season.[2]
On April 4, 2023, the university announced that it would be disbanding the football program.[3] Earlier, on February 1, athletic director Theresa Hanson and head coach Mike Rigell released a joint statement that the Red Leafs would play in 2023; however, an internal memo written around this time, and publicly released on June 28 via Business in Vancouver, showed there were no plans to continue football past the 2023 season. The memo also suggested that the football program be dropped prior to the 2023 season as the continuation of the program was deemed to not be feasible.[4]
Preseason
LSC media poll
| 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 | Texas–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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Source: [5]
Schedule
[6]
Game summaries
Central Washington
| Statistics | CWU | SFU |
|---|
| First downs | 27 | 11 |
| Total yards | 523 | 153 |
| Rushing yards | 250 | 57 |
| Passing yards | 273 | 96 |
| Turnovers | 2 | 0 |
| Time of possession | 32:23 | 27:37 |
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| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|
| Central Washington | Passing | Quincey Glasper | 12/20, 231 yards, 2 TD, INT |
| Rushing | Tre'jon Henderson | 17 rushes, 91 yards, 2 TD |
| Receiving | Darius Morrison | 4 receptions, 78 yards, TD |
| Simon Fraser | Passing | Justin Seiber | 9/19, 141 yards, TD |
| Rushing | Somto Anyadike | 19 rushes, 36 yards |
| Receiving | Ethan Beselt | 4 receptions, 91 yards, TD | |
At Midwestern State
See also: 2022 Midwestern State Mustangs football team.
| Statistics | SFU | MSU |
|---|
| First downs | 2 | 34 |
| Total yards | 61 | 597 |
| Rushing yards | 30 | 377 |
| Passing yards | 31 | 220 |
| Turnovers | 3 | 0 |
| Time of possession | 22:30 | 37:30 |
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| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|
| Simon Fraser | Passing | Justin Seiber | 7/16, 29 yards, INT |
| Rushing | Mason Glover | 12 rushes, 20 yards |
| Receiving | Somto Anyadike | 1 reception, 9 yards |
| Midwestern State | Passing | Dillon Sterling-Cole | 11/14, 126 yards, TD |
| Rushing | Braxton Ash | 19 rushes, 150 yards, 2 TD |
| Receiving | Ja'Juan Mason | 3 receptions, 55 yards, TD | |
Texas A&M–Kingsville
| Statistics | TAMUK | SFU |
|---|
| First downs | 28 | 13 |
| Total yards | 457 | 300 |
| Rushing yards | 252 | 49 |
| Passing yards | 205 | 251 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 3 |
| Time of possession | 35:07 | 24:53 |
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| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|
| Texas A&M–Kingsville | Passing | Jacob Cavazos | 20/33, 199 yards, 3 TD, INT |
| Rushing | Christian Anderson | 14 rushes, 81 yards, TD |
| Receiving | Zaraivion Armendarez | 3 receptions, 63 yards, TD |
| Simon Fraser | Passing | Justin Seiber | 18/27, 251 yards, TD, INT |
| Rushing | Somto Anyadike | 14 rushes, 42 yards |
| Receiving | Sam Davenport | 6 receptions, 115 yards, TD | |
At Texas–Permian Basin
See also: 2022 Texas–Permian Basin Falcons football team.
| Statistics | SFU | TPB |
|---|
| First downs | 19 | 25 |
| Total yards | 417 | 462 |
| Rushing yards | 21 | 150 |
| Passing yards | 396 | 312 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 1 |
| Time of possession | 33:53 | 26:07 |
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| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|
| Simon Fraser | Passing | Justin Seiber | 23/39, 396 yards, 3 TD, INT |
| Rushing | Mason Glover | 8 rushes, 17 yards |
| Receiving | Ethan Beselt | 8 receptions, 223 yards, TD |
| Texas–Permian Basin | Passing | Dylan Graham | 28/40, 301 yards, 2 TD, INT |
| Rushing | Antonio Malone | 21 rushes, 110 yards |
| Receiving | M. J. Link | 8 receptions, 141 yards, TD | |
At Eastern New Mexico
| Statistics | SFU | ENM |
|---|
| First downs | 14 | 19 |
| Total yards | 196 | 366 |
| Rushing yards | 4 | 92 |
| Passing yards | 192 | 274 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Time of possession | 31:29 | 28:31 |
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| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|
| Simon Fraser | Passing | Justin Seiber | 23/40, 192 yards, 2 TD |
| Rushing | Mason Glover | 9 rushes, 34 yards |
| Receiving | Robert Meadors | 8 receptions, 75 yards |
| Eastern New Mexico | Passing | Kason Martin | 21/30, 274 yards, 4 TD |
| Rushing | Isaiah Tate | 24 rushes, 107 yards, TD |
| Receiving | Asa Wondeh | 6 receptions, 79 yards, 2 TD | |
Western New Mexico
| Statistics | WNM | SFU |
|---|
| First downs | 26 | 19 |
| Total yards | 452 | 273 |
| Rushing yards | 241 | 95 |
| Passing yards | 211 | 178 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 4 |
| Time of possession | 28:59 | 31:01 |
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| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|
| Western New Mexico | Passing | Devin Larson | 21/30, 211 yards, 2 TD, INT |
| Rushing | Devin Larson | 5 rushes, 80 yards, TD |
| Receiving | Charles Byers | 4 receptions, 57 yards, TD |
| Simon Fraser | Passing | Justin Seiber | 15/29, 171 yards, 2 TD, 3 INT |
| Rushing | Somto Anyadike | 16 rushes, 74 yards |
| Receiving | Aidan Pearce | 5 receptions, 70 yards, TD | |
No. 2 Angelo State
See also: 2022 Angelo State Rams football team.
| Statistics | ASU | SFU |
|---|
| First downs | 28 | 4 |
| Total yards | 428 | 55 |
| Rushing yards | 238 | 16 |
| Passing yards | 190 | 39 |
| Turnovers | 0 | 0 |
| Time of possession | 40:12 | 19:48 |
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| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|
| Angelo State | Passing | Zack Bronkhorst | 18/30, 190 yards |
| Rushing | Kason Philips | 23 rushes, 111 yards, 2 TD |
| Receiving | Kason Philips | 4 receptions, 44 yards |
| Simon Fraser | Passing | Justin Seiber | 7/20, 39 yards |
| Rushing | Somto Anyadike | 10 rushes, 19 yards |
| Receiving | Aidan Pearce | 3 receptions, 17 yards | |
At Western Oregon
| Statistics | SFU | WOU |
|---|
| First downs | 9 | 28 |
| Total yards | 171 | 452 |
| Rushing yards | 30 | 257 |
| Passing yards | 141 | 195 |
| Turnovers | 1 | 0 |
| Time of possession | 20:07 | 39:53 |
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| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|
| Simon Fraser | Passing | Justin Seiber | 11/30, 136 yards, TD |
| Rushing | Sam Davenport | 1 rush, 26 yards |
| Receiving | Ethan Beselt | 4 receptions, 71 yards, TD |
| Western Oregon | Passing | Gannon Winker | 16/21, 163 yards, 2 TD |
| Rushing | Omari Land | 20 rushes, 97 yards, TD |
| Receiving | Thomas Wright | 5 receptions, 76 yards, TD | |
West Texas A&M
| Statistics | WTAM | 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 |
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| 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 | |
UBC
| Statistics | UBC | SFU |
|---|
| First downs | 21 | 11 |
| Total yards | 346 | 249 |
| Rushing yards | 135 | -12 |
| Passing yards | 211 | 261 |
| Turnovers | 4 | 2 |
| Time of possession | 31:12 | 28:48 |
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| Team | Category | Player | Statistics |
|---|
| UBC | Passing | Derek Engel | 20/36, 211 yards, TD, INT |
| Rushing | Dane Kapler | 15 rushes, 85 yards, TD |
| Receiving | Edgerrin Williams | 9 receptions, 76 yards, TD |
| Simon Fraser | Passing | Justin Seiber | 18/25, 261 yards, TD |
| Rushing | Mason Glover | 13 rushes, 59 yards, TD |
| Receiving | Ethan Beselt | 4 receptions, 106 yards, TD | |
Notes and References
- Three football teams to join LSC as affiliate members . Lone Star Conference . November 18, 2021 . December 31, 2023.
- . Simon Fraser, NCAA’s Only Canadian Member School, Ends Football Program . December 31, 2023.
- Web site: . Bonagura . Kyle . Simon Fraser, Canada's only NCAA member, drops football program . April 4, 2023 . December 31, 2023.
- News: . Mackin . Bob . FOI records reveal details behind SFU's decision to cut its football program . June 28, 2023 . December 31, 2023.
- Web site: 2022 LSC Football Media Guide . 2 . December 31, 2023.
- Web site: Simon Fraser University Athletics . 2022 Football Schedule . December 31, 2023.
