2012 University of North Dakota football team

2012 University of North Dakota football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record5–6 (3–5 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorGreg Breitbach
Defensive coordinatorMike Mannausau
Home stadiumAlerus Center
Seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^   7 1     11 3  
No. 5 Montana State +^   7 1     11 2  
No. 12 Cal Poly +^   7 1     9 3  
No. 20 Northern Arizona   6 2     8 3  
Sacramento State   4 4     6 5  
Northern Colorado   4 4     5 6  
Southern Utah   4 4     5 6  
North Dakota   3 5     5 6  
Montana   3 5     5 6  
UC Davis   3 5     4 7  
Portland State   2 6     3 8  
Weber State   2 6     2 9  
Idaho State   0 8     1 10  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 University of North Dakota football team represented the University of North Dakota in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Chris Mussman and played their home games at the Alerus Center. This was their first year as a member of the Big Sky Conference.

This season North Dakota officially played without a mascot name after the decision to retire "Fighting Sioux" as the school's mascot amid controversy.[1]

They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place.

Schedule

[edit]
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 pmSouth Dakota M&T*MSN/Big Sky TVW 66–08,847
September 86:00 pmPortland State*
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
MSN/Big Sky TVW 45–379,210
September 157:00 pmat San Diego State*KUSIL 41–4924,826
September 228:00 pmat Sacramento StateBig Sky TVW 35–1310,774
September 296:00 pmNo. 23 Cal Poly
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
MSN/Big Sky TVL 17–359,531
October 66:00 pmat No. 7 Eastern WashingtonSWX/Big Sky TVL 17–558,646
October 133:00 pmNo. 16 Northern Arizona
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
MSN/Big Sky TVL 38–459,742
October 202:30 pmMontana
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
RTRM/RTNWW 40–349,000
October 273:00 pmat No. 4 Montana StateBig Sky TVL 10–5517,137
November 31:00 pmSouthern Utah
  • Alerus Center
  • Grand Forks, ND
MSN/Big Sky TVW 33–297,144
November 171:00 pmat Northern ColoradoBig Sky TVL 27–283,418

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Portland State on September 8 was considered a non conference game and had no effect on the Big Sky Standings. [2][3]

Game summaries

[edit]

South Dakota M&T

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
Hardrockers 0 0 0 0 0
North Dakota 14 31 7 14 66

Portland State

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
Vikings 9 15 0 13 37
North Dakota 14 21 10 0 45

@ San Diego State

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
North Dakota 14 6 7 14 41
Aztecs 21 14 7 7 49

@ Sacramento State

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
North Dakota 7 7 14 7 35
Hornets 7 0 0 6 13

Cal Poly

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Mustangs 14 0 0 21 35
North Dakota 0 7 3 7 17

@ Eastern Washington

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
North Dakota 10 7 0 0 17
#7 Eagles 20 14 14 7 55

Northern Arizona

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Lumberjacks 14 3 14 14 45
North Dakota 0 17 14 7 38

Montana

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
Grizzlies 7 10 17 0 34
North Dakota 17 14 0 9 40

@ Montana State

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
North Dakota 7 0 3 0 10
#4 Bobcats 14 14 7 20 55

Southern Utah

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
Thunderbirds 3 19 0 7 29
North Dakota 0 13 13 7 33

@ Northern Colorado

[edit]
1 2 3 4 Total
North Dakota 14 10 3 0 27
Bears 7 14 7 0 28

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "ND board: Fighting Sioux nickname is retired".
  2. ^ "North Dakota Fighting Hawks Schedule 2012". ESPN. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
  3. ^ "2012 M Football Schedule". University of North Dakota Athletics. Retrieved December 23, 2022.