2012 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

2012 Appalachian State Mountaineers football

Southern Conference Co–Champions
FCS Playoffs Second Round vs. Illinois State, L 37–38 ^OT
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	#7
FCS Coaches	#6
2012 record	8–4 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Jerry Moore (24th year)
Offensive coordinator	Scott Satterfield
Defensive coordinator	Dale Jones
Home stadium	Kidd Brewer Stadium (Capacity: 24,050)

2012 Southern Conference football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#6 Georgia Southern +^		6	–	2		10	–	4
#9 Wofford +^		6	–	2		9	–	4
#7 Appalachian State +^		6	–	2		8	–	4
The Citadel		5	–	3		7	–	4
Samford		5	–	3		7	–	4
Chattanooga		5	–	3		6	–	5
Furman		2	–	6		3	–	8
Elon		1	–	7		3	–	8
Western Carolina		0	–	8		1	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2012 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 24th year head coach Jerry Moore and played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 8–4, 6–2 in SoCon play to share the conference championship with Georgia Southern and Wofford. They received an at–large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the second round to Illinois State in what would turn out to be the school's last postseason game as an FCS program, as the Mountaineers will move to FBS and the Sun Belt Conference in 2014.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	12:00 PM	at East Carolina*	#6	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	FSN	L 13–35	49,023
September 8	6:30 PM	#12 Montana*	#11	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC	ESPN3	W 35–27	30,856
September 15	3:30 PM	#21 The Citadel	#8	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		L 28–52	24,137
September 22	6:00 PM	at Chattanooga	#17	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN		W 34–17	13,726
September 29	3:30 PM	Coastal Carolina*	#17	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		W 55–14	27,619
October 6	3:30 PM	Elon†	#15	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		W 35–23	29,073
October 13	3:00 PM	at #25 Samford	#13	Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL		W 28–25	9,712
October 20	3:30 PM	#8 Wofford	#13	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		L 28–38	27,115
October 27	3:30 PM	at Western Carolina	#16	E.J Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC (Battle for the Old Mountain Jug)		W 38–27	13,279
November 3	2:00 PM	at #2 Georgia Southern	#15	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA	ESPN3	W 31–28	22,155
November 10	3:30 PM	Furman	#12	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		W 33–28	28,946
December 1	2:00 PM	#16 Illinois State*	#7	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	L 37–38 ^OT	16,716
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: Schedule

Fans storm Kidd Brewer Stadium after defeating the Furman Paladins and securing a share of the Southern Conference football championship

Ranking Movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Sports Network	6	11	8	17	17	15	13	13	16	15	12	8	7
Coaches	5	8	7	18	16	14	12	11	15	14	12	8	6

References

Appalachian State Mountaineers football

Venues	College Field (1928–1961) Kidd Brewer Stadium (1962–present)

Bowls & rivalries	Playoff games Georgia Southern Western Carolina (Battle for the Old Mountain Jug)

Culture & lore	"Hi Hi Yikas" Marching Mountaineers 2007 Michigan game Miracle on the Mountain Yosef

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

National championship seasons in bold

Southern Conference football champions

Pre-SEC	Vanderbilt, Georgia Tech & North Carolina (1922) Vanderbilt & Washington and Lee (1923) Alabama (1924) Alabama & Tulane (1925) Alabama (1926) Georgia Tech, Tennessee, & NC State (1927) Georgia Tech (1928) Tulane (1929) Alabama & Tulane (1930) Tulane (1931) Tennessee & Auburn & LSU (1932)

Pre-ACC	Duke (1933) Washington and Lee (1934) Duke (1935) Duke (1936) Maryland (1937) Duke (1938) Duke (1939) Clemson (1940) Duke (1941) William & Mary (1942) Duke (1943) Duke (1944) Duke (1945) North Carolina (1946) William & Mary (1947) Clemson (1948) North Carolina (1949) Washington and Lee (1950) Maryland & VMI (1951) Duke (1952)

Post-ACC	West Virginia (1953) West Virginia (1954) West Virginia (1955) West Virginia (1956) VMI (1957) West Virginia (1958) VMI (1959) VMI (1960) The Citadel (1961) VMI (1962) VPI (1963) West Virginia (1964) West Virginia (1965) East Carolina & William & Mary (1966) West Virginia (1967) Richmond (1968) Davidson & Richmond (1969) William & Mary (1970) Richmond (1971) East Carolina (1972) East Carolina (1973) VMI (1974) Richmond (1975) East Carolina (1976) Chattanooga & VMI (1977) Chattanooga & Furman (1978) Chattanooga (1979) Furman (1980) Furman (1981)

I-AA/FCS	Furman (1982) Furman (1983) Chattanooga (1984) Furman (1985) Appalachian State (1986) Appalachian State (1987) Furman & Marshall (1988) Furman (1989) Furman (1990) Appalachian State (1991) The Citadel (1992) Georgia Southern (1993) Marshall (1994) Appalachian State (1995) Marshall (1996) Georgia Southern (1997) Georgia Southern (1998) Appalachian State, Furman, & Georgia Southern (1999) Georgia Southern (2000) Furman & Georgia Southern (2001) Georgia Southern (2002) Wofford (2003) Furman & Georgia Southern (2004) Appalachian State (2005) Appalachian State (2006) Appalachian State & Wofford (2007) Appalachian State (2008) Appalachian State (2009) Appalachian State & Wofford (2010) Georgia Southern (2011) Appalachian State, Georgia Southern, & Wofford (2012) Chattanooga, Furman, & Samford (2013) Chattanooga (2014) Chattanooga & The Citadel (2015)

National championships in bold

2012 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants

Appalachian State Bethune-Cookman Cal Poly Central Arkansas Coastal Carolina Colgate Eastern Illinois Eastern Washington Georgia Southern Illinois State Montana State New Hampshire North Dakota State Old Dominion Sam Houston State South Dakota State Stony Brook Villanova Wagner Wofford

Champion – North Dakota State

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