2012 Wofford Terriers football team

2012 Wofford Terriers football

Southern Conference Co–Champions
FCS Playoffs quarterfinals vs. North Dakota State, L 7–14
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	#9
FCS Coaches	#9
2012 record	9–4 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Mike Ayers (25th year)
Offensive coordinator	Wade Long
Defensive coordinator	Nate Woody
Home stadium	Gibbs Stadium (Capacity: 13,000)

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 Wofford Terriers football team represented Wofford College in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 25th year head coach Mike Ayers and played their home games at Gibbs Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in SoCon play to claim a share of the conference championship with Appalachian State and Georgia Southern. They received an at-large bid into the FCS Playoffs where they defeated New Hampshire in the second round before falling in the quarterfinals to North Dakota State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 PM	at Gardner–Webb*	#10	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC		W 34–7	3,140
September 8	7:00 PM	Lincoln*	#10	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC		W 82–0	4,309
September 15	7:00 PM	Western Carolina	#9	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC		W 49–20	8,544
September 29	1:30 PM	at Elon	#6	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC		W 49–24	10,302
October 6	1:30 PM	Furman	#6	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC		W 20–17	9,170
October 13	6:00 PM	at #7 Georgia Southern	#5	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA		L 9–17	20,983
October 20	3:30 PM	at #13 Appalachian State	#8	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		W 38–28	27,115
October 27	1:30 PM	The Citadel	#7	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC	ESPN3	W 24–21	9,658
November 3	3:00 PM	at Samford	#6	Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL		L 17–24	8,147
November 10	1:30 PM	Chattanooga	#13	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC		W 16–13 ^OT	8,112
November 17	1:00 PM	at #12 (FBS) South Carolina*	#9	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	PPV	L 7–24	79,982
December 1	2:00 PM	#11 New Hampshire*	#9	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 23–7	6,346
December 8	2:00 PM	#1 North Dakota State*	#9	Fargodome • Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN3	L 7–14	18,267
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Source: Schedule

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	10	10	9	7	6	6	5	8	7	6	13	9	9
Coaches	13	13	9	6	5	5	4	9	8	7	14	9	9

References

Wofford Terriers football

Venues	Synder Field (1930–1995) Gibbs Stadium (1996–present)

People	Head coaches

Seasons	1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 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

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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