2012 Georgia Southern Eagles football team
2012 Georgia Southern Eagles football | |
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SoCon co-champion | |
FCS Playoffs Semifinals, L 20–23 vs. North Dakota State | |
Conference | Southern Conference |
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Sports Network | No. 6 |
FCS Coaches | No. 7 |
2012 record | 10–4 (6–2 SoCon) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Brent Davis |
Defensive coordinator | Jack Curtis |
Home stadium | Paulson Stadium (Capacity: 18,000) |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 Georgia Southern +^ | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 9 Wofford +^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Paulson Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 10–4, 6–2 in SoCon play to claim a share of the conference championship with Appalachian State and Wofford. They received the SoCon's automatic bid into the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Central Arkansas in the second round and Old Dominion in the quarterfinals before falling to North Dakota State in the semifinals. That would turn out to be Georgia Southern's final FCS playoff game, as they announced they were moving to FBS and the Sun Belt Conference in 2014.
Schedule[]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 1 | 6:00 pm | Jacksonville* | No. 3 |
| W 58–0 | 20,132 | ||
September 8 | 6:00 pm | at The Citadel | No. 3 |
| L 21–23 | 12,299 | ||
September 22 | 6:00 pm | Elon | No. 11 |
| W 26–23 | 18,353 | ||
September 29 | 6:00 pm | Samford | No. 10 |
| ESPN3 | W 35–16 | 20,832 | |
October 6 | 3:30 pm | at Western Carolina | No. 8 |
| W 45–13 | 9,514 | ||
October 13 | 6:00 pm | No. 5 Wofford | No. 7 |
| W 17–9 | 20,983 | ||
October 20 | 1:30 pm | at Furman | No. 3 |
| W 37–17 | 11,191 | ||
October 27 | 6:00 pm | at Chattanooga | No. 2 |
| W 39–31 3OT | 8,908 | ||
November 3 | 2:00 pm | No. 15 Appalachian State | No. 2 |
| ESPN3 | L 28–31 | 22,155 | |
November 10 | 2:00 pm | Howard* | No. 7 |
| W 69–26 | 18,069 | ||
November 17 | 1:30 pm | at No. 5 (FBS) Georgia* | No. 6 |
| ESPN3 | L 14–45 | 92,746 | |
December 1 | 2:00 pm | No. 8 Central Arkansas* | No. 6 |
| ESPN3 | W 24–16 | 8,888 | |
December 8 | 12:00 pm | at No. 3 Old Dominion* | No. 6 |
| ESPN | W 49–35 | 20,068 | |
December 14 | 8:00 pm | at No. 1 North Dakota State* | No. 6 |
| ESPN2 | L 20–23 | 18,484 | [1] |
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Ranking movements[]
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final | ||||
Sports Network | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | ||||||||
Coaches | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 |
References[]
- ^ "No luck in North Dakota". The Macon Telegraph. December 15, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Schedule
- 2012 Southern Conference football season
- Georgia Southern Eagles football seasons
- Southern Conference football champion seasons
- 2012 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
- 2012 in sports in Georgia (U.S. state)
- College football 2010s season stubs