2012 South Alabama Jaguars football team

2012 South Alabama Jaguars football
Conference Sun Belt Conference
2012 record 2–11 (1–7 Sun Belt)
Head coach Joey Jones (4th year)
Offensive coordinator Robert Matthews
Defensive coordinator Bill Clark
Home stadium Ladd Peebles Stadium
(Capacity: 33,471)
2012 Sun Belt football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Arkansas State $   7 – 1         10 – 3  
Louisiana–Lafayette   6 – 2         9 – 4  
Louisiana–Monroe   6 – 2         8 – 5  
Middle Tennessee   6 – 2         8 – 4  
WKU   4 – 4         7 – 6  
Troy   3 – 5         5 – 7  
North Texas   3 – 5         4 – 8  
Florida Atlantic   2 – 6         3 – 9  
FIU   2 – 6         3 – 9  
South Alabama*   1 – 7         2 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • South Alabama not eligible for conference title or bowl game as part of their transition to the FBS.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 South Alabama Jaguars football team represented the University of South Alabama in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth year head coach Joey Jones and played their home games at Ladd Peebles Stadium. They were a member of the Sun Belt Conference. As part of their two year transition to the FBS from the FCS, the Jaguars were not eligible for the Sun Belt championship and were not eligible to play in a bowl game. They finished the season 2–11, 1–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in last place.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 1:00 PM UTSA* Ladd Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL ESPN3 L 31–33   17,144
September 8 4:00 PM Nicholls State* Ladd Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL ESPN3 W 9–3   15,237
September 15 5:00 PM at NC State* Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC ESPN3 L 7–31   54,132
September 22 6:00 PM at #23 Mississippi State* Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS Bulldog Sports Properties L 10–30   55,186
September 29 2:30 PM Troy Ladd Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL (Rivalry) Sun Belt Network/CSS L 10–31   23,789
October 13 6:00 PM at Arkansas State Liberty Bank Stadium • Jonesboro, AR L 29–36   22,143
October 20 2:30 PM Florida Atlanticdagger Ladd Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL W 37–34 2OT  17,566
October 27 6:00 PM at Louisiana–Monroe Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA L 24–38   14,556
November 3 2:30 PM FIU Ladd Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL L 20–28   11,936
November 10 4:00 PM at North Texas Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX L 14–24   15,963
November 17 2:30 PM Middle Tennessee Ladd Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL ESPN3 L 12–20   15,087
November 24 4:00 PM at Louisiana–Lafayette Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA RCN/ESPN3 L 30–52   20,333
December 1 10:00 PM at Hawaiʻi* Aloha Stadium • Honolulu, HI Oceanic PPV/ROOT/TWCSN L 7–23   27,865
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from Coaches Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Coach death

On April 11, inside linebacker coach Kurt Crain was found dead in Spanish Fort, Alabama from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.[1] Crain had been on the Jaguars staff since 2008. He was 47 years old.

References

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