So, it’ll be a good one, but it really just boils down to doing our fundamentals and doing the little things right on defense,” Chapa said.

The University of Northern Colorado football team will play four of its first five games at home in 2026, including opening the season against a Big Sky Conference opponent in late August.

After stops at LSU and Monterey Peninsula College, Gibson landed at Northern Colorado in 2025. He’s completed 172 of 260 passes (66.2%) for 2,087 yards, 10 touchdowns and eight interceptions. Gibson ranks second in the Big Sky Conference in total pass attempts and passing yards, and also ranks fifth in passing yards per game (208.6).

The Bears open their eight-game Big Sky Conference schedule next week. UNC hosts Idaho State at 1 p.m. Saturday (Sept. 27) at Nottingham Field on homecoming weekend in Greeley.

Windsor's 1 vs. 2 Halloween clash and another top-10 3A battle leads the local football action. Here are the top games in Northern Colorado this week.

The Montana State Bobcats are coming off their sixth straight win after beating Cal Poly on Saturday, after the game Cats Head Coach Brent Vigen said that it wa

Gibson Jr. found running back Mathias Price on a 6-yard swing pass from the Sacramento State 30-yard line. Price picked up six more on a first-down run to the Hornets’ 12. Price earned nine more on second down, giving UNC a prime chance to win the game with 43 seconds remaining.

No. 4 Montana State faces its second consecutive road opponent Saturday as the team heads to Greeley, Colo., for a matchup with the Northern Colorado Bears.

A major brawl kicked off after Sacramento State won their homecoming game against Northern Colorado on Saturday.

UC Davis bested Northern Colorado as quarterback Grant Harper stepped in for ill starter Caden Pinnick, moving the Aggies to 6-1 this season.