The 2022 Sam Houston Bearkats football team represented

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as a member of the

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(WAC) during the

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. Led by ninth-year head coach K. C. Keeler, the Bearkats compiled an overall record of 5–4. Sam Houston played home games at

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. The 2022 season was the program's last season as a member of the WAC as the Bearkats joined

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in 2023.

Offseason

Transfers

Outgoing

Incoming

Roster

Schedule

Sam Houston and the WAC announced the 2022 football schedule on January 12, 2022.

Game summaries

at No. 6 (FBS) Texas A&M

vs Northern Arizona

vs Texas A&M–Commerce

vs. Stephen F. Austin (Battle of the Piney Woods)

at No. 23 Eastern Kentucky

at Utah Tech

at Tarleton State

vs Abilene Christian

vs Southern Utah

References

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Sam Houston Bearkats football seasons

Sam Houston Bearkats football The Sam Houston Bearkats football program is the intercollegiate American football team for Sam Houston State University located in the U.S. state of Texas. The team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) as a member of ...