2022 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

2022 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record5–6 (1–3 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorBlair Peterson (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorJohn Kelling (1st season)
Home stadiumEccles Coliseum
Seasons
← 2021
2023 →
2022 WAC–ASUN Challenge football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Eastern Kentucky $^   4 1     7 5  
Central Arkansas   4 1     5 6  
Austin Peay   3 1     7 4  
Stephen F. Austin   2 1     6 5  
Abilene Christian   1 1     7 4  
Kennesaw State   1 3     5 6  
Southern Utah   0 3     5 6  
North Alabama   0 4     1 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from STATS Poll
2022 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Stephen F. Austin +   3 1     6 5  
Abilene Christian +   3 1     7 4  
Sam Houston *   3 2     5 4  
Utah Tech *   2 2     4 7  
Tarleton *   1 3     6 5  
Southern Utah   1 3     5 6  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • * Note: Sam Houston ineligible for WAC championship and FCS postseason play due to start of transition to FBS; Tarleton and Utah Tech ineligible for FCS postseason play due to transition from NCAA Division II.
Rankings from STATS Poll

The 2022 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) during the 2022 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach DeLane Fitzgerald, the Thunderbirds played home games at Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, Utah. Previously a member of the Big Sky Conference for a decade, this was Southern Utah's first season in the WAC.