2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

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2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football
Northern Illinois Huskies football wordmark.svg
MAC champion
MAC West Division champion
MAC Championship Game, W 44–37 2OT vs. Kent State
Orange Bowl, L 10–31 vs. Florida State
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
APNo. 22
2012 record12–2 (8–0 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Dunbar (game 1 & bowl, 1st season)
Rod Carey (games 2–13, 1st as OC, 2nd overall season)
Defensive coordinatorJay Niemann (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorRyan Nielsen (1st as co-DC, 2nd overall season)
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium (Capacity: 24,000)
Seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Mid-American Conference football standings
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 Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Kent State x   8 – 0     11 – 3  
Bowling Green   6 – 2     8 – 5  
Ohio   4 – 4     9 – 4  
Buffalo   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Miami   3 – 5     4 – 8  
UMass   1 – 7     1 – 11  
Akron   0 – 8     1 – 11  
West Division
No. 22 Northern Illinois x$   8 – 0     12 – 2  
Toledo   6 – 2     9 – 4  
Ball State   6 – 2     9 – 4  
Central Michigan   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Western Michigan   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Eastern Michigan   1 – 7     2 – 10  
Championship: Northern Illinois 44, Kent State 37
  • $ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • UMass not eligible for conference title or bowl game as part of FBS transition
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Huskies competed in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They were led by second-year head coach Dave Doeren for the regular season and Rod Carey in the 2013 Orange Bowl. They played their home games at Huskie Stadium. They finished the season 12–2, 8–0 in MAC play to win MAC West Division Title. With their win over Kent State in the MAC Championship Game on November 30, NIU moved to 12–1, the most regular season wins in the program's 113-year history.[1]

Since the MAC was a non-automatic qualifying (non-AQ) conference, its conference champion had to finish 16th or higher in the BCS ranking and be ranked ahead of at least one AQ conference champion to qualify for a BCS game.[2] With their MAC Championship, the Huskies moved to No. 15 in the final Bowl Championship Series rankings, while Big East champion Louisville was ranked No. 21. As a result, Northern Illinois received a BCS bid to the Orange Bowl against Florida State.[3] It was the first major-bowl appearance in school history, as well as the first-ever major-bowl appearance for a MAC team. Head coach Doeren did not coach the Huskies in the Orange Bowl after accepting the head coaching job at North Carolina State.[4] Co-offensive coordinator Rod Carey was named his successor, and coached the bowl game. The Huskies lost to Florida State 10–31.[5][6]

The season marked the Huskies' fifth consecutive trip to a bowl game.

Schedule[]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 12:30 p.m.vs. Iowa*
  • Soldier Field
  • Chicago, IL
ESPNUL 17–1852,117[7]
September 86:00 p.m.Tennessee–Martin*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
ESPN3W 35–716,010[8]
September 1511:00 a.m.at Army*
  • Michie Stadium
  • West Point, NY
CBSSNW 41–4030,176[9]
September 222:30 p.m.Kansas*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
ESPN3W 30–2318,374[10]
September 292:30 p.m.Central Michigan
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
ESPN3W 55–2416,292[11]
October 61:00 p.m.at Ball State
  • Scheumann Stadium
  • Muncie, IN (Battle of the Bronze Stalk)
ESPN3W 35–2311,238[12]
October 132:30 p.m.Buffalodagger
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
CSNCW 45–314,419[13]
October 2011:00 a.m.at Akron
  • Summa Field at InfoCision Stadium
  • Akron, OH
ESPN+W 37–77,074[14]
October 2711:00 a.m.at Western Michigan
  • Waldo Stadium
  • Kalamazoo, MI
ESPN+W 48–3412,974[15]
November 32:30 p.m.Massachusetts
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
W 63–011,114[16]
November 148:00 p.m.Toledo
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
ESPN2W 31–2417,813[17]
November 2312:00 p.m.at Eastern MichiganNo. 24
  • Rynearson Stadium
  • Ypsilanti, MI
ESPN3W 49–71,349[18]
November 306:00 p.m.vs. No. 18 Kent StateNo. 19
  • Ford Field
  • Detroit, MI (MAC Championship Game)
ESPN2W 44–37 2OT18,132[19]
January 1, 20137:30 p.m.vs. No. 13 Florida State*No. 16
  • Sun Life Stadium
  • Miami Gardens, FL (Orange Bowl)
ESPNL 10–3172,073
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Rankings[]

See also: 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings


Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Final 
AP RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV 24 19 16 22 
Coaches RV NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV 23 18 16 24 
Harris Not released NR NR RV RV RV RV 24 19 16 Not released 
BCS Not released NR NR NR NR NR NR 21 15 Not released

Roster[]

2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OL 74 Dustin Adams Fr
OL 64 Sal Arceo Fr
WR 7 Perez Ashford Sr
OL 66 Matt Battaglia Sr
RB 25 Giorgio Bowers Redshirt.svg So
WR 82 Juwan Brescasin Redshirt.svg Fr
WR 86 Jacob Brinlee Fr
WR 4 Da'Ron Brown Redshirt.svg So
OL 68 Ron Brown Fr
OL 78 Ryan Brown Redshirt.svg So
OL 61 Aidan Conlon Redshirt.svg Fr
FB 48 Ricky Connors Redshirt.svg So
RB 3 Akeem Daniles Jr
QB 19 Johnny Eagan Fr
TE 83 Luke Eakes Redshirt.svg So
RB 44 Perez Ford Fr
C 59 Michael Gegner Redshirt.svg So
WR 81 Clayton Glasper Fr
QB 12 Drew Hare Fr
RB 20 Keith Harris Fr
TE 98 Lincoln Howard Fr
OL 62 Patrick Husain Jr
OL 73 Matt Killian Redshirt.svg Fr
OL 79 Matt Krempel Redshirt.svg Jr
WR 80 Tommylee Lewis So
OL 75 Tyler Loos Redshirt.svg So
QB 6 Jordan Lynch Redshirt.svg Jr
TE 44 DeVonte' Majors Redshirt.svg Fr
TE 37 Desroy Maxwell Fr
QB 16 Matt McIntosh Redshirt.svg Fr
WR 13 Charlie Miller Fr
WR 1 Martel Moore Sr
RB 26 Alex Morrow Fr
OL 71 Levon Myers Fr
OL 55 Andrew Ness Redshirt.svg Fr
OL 65 Wes Ott Redshirt.svg So
OL 70 Logan Pegram Redshirt.svg Sr
OL 67 Tyler Pitt Redshirt.svg So
OL 72 Josh Ruka Fr
TE 87 Jason Schepler Redshirt.svg Sr
WR 85 Angelo Sebastiano Redshirt.svg Fr
TE 88 Tim Semisch Redshirt.svg So
RB 23 Leighton Settle Jr
RB 34 James Spencer Redshirt.svg So
OL 76 Brad Steger Fr
FB 47 Rob Sterling So
RB 42 Cameron Stingly Redshirt.svg So
TE 43 Jess Striedl Redshirt.svg So
OL 57 Scott Taylor Fr
TE 84 Kevin Tennenbaum Redshirt.svg Fr
OL 77 Jared Volk Redshirt.svg Jr
WR 22 Jamison Wells Redshirt.svg Jr
QB 12 Matt Williams Fr
RB 5 Jamal Womble Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DL 51 Zach Anderson Redshirt.svg Jr
DE 53 Matthew Baltimore Fr
LB 6 Jamaal Bass Redshirt.svg So
DE 90 Alan Baxter Sr
DT 93 Ken Bishop Jr
CB 31 Anthony Brooks Fr
LB 36 Tyrone Clark Sr
DE 54 Cameron Clinton-Earl Redshirt.svg Fr
LB 58 Mike Cotton Fr
S 21 Dechane Durante Redshirt.svg So
CB 2 Sean Evans Redshirt.svg Jr
CB 28 Jhony Faustin Jr
LB 8 Ladell Fleming Fr
S 34 Connor Gavin Fr
DT 94 Donovan Gordon Redshirt.svg So
DE 50 Ryan Gorrell Redshirt.svg So
DE 56 Daniel Green Redshirt.svg Sr
CB 17 Marckie Hayes Redshirt.svg So
LB 41 Cody Hazelett Fr
DT 57 Cornellus Henry Fr
DE 96 Michael Ippolito Fr
CB 16 Charles Ivory Fr
LB 40 Victor Jacques Redshirt.svg Sr
DL 99 Nabal Jefferson Sr
DT 92 Mario Jones Fr
S 38 Rasheen Lemon Redshirt.svg Fr
DE 63 Larry Lloyd Redshirt.svg So
CB 29 Paris Logan Redshirt.svg Fr
LB 45 Boomer Mays Redshirt.svg Fr
CB 41 Nate McNeal Redshirt.svg Jr
DE 49 Jason Meehan So
CB 11 Rashan Melvin Redshirt.svg Sr
CB 30 Marlon Moore Fr
S 33 Tre' Moore Redshirt.svg Fr
LB 35 Videl Nelson Redshirt.svg Fr
DE 89 Stephen O'Neal Redshirt.svg Jr
DE 95 Sean Progar Redshirt.svg Sr
DE 46 George Rainey Redshirt.svg Jr
LB 52 Michael Santacaterina Redshirt.svg So
S 14 Courtney Stephen Redshirt.svg Sr
S 19 Demetrius Stone Sr
DT 69 Corey Thomas Fr
DB 15 Jimmie Ward Jr
CB 24 Dominique Ware Redshirt.svg Jr
DL 91 Anthony Wells Redshirt.svg Jr
DE 97 Joe Windsor Jr
LB 27 Bobby Winkel Redshirt.svg So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
DS 84 Brian Mayer Redshirt.svg So
P 18 Ryan Neir Redshirt.svg Sr
DS Bobby Ramlet Fr
K 99 Mathew Sims Jr
P 39 Mark Strbjak Fr
PK 26 Tyler Wedel So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Mike Dunbar – Offensive Coordinator
  • Ryan Nielsen – Co-Defensive Coord./Defensive Line/Recruiting Coord.
  • Jay Niemann – Defensive Coordinator/Safeties
  • Rod Carey – Assistant Coach/Offensive Line/Run Game Coordinator
  • Bob Cole – Assistant Coach/Quarterbacks
  • Frisman Jackson – Assistant Coach/Wide Receivers
  • Kevin Kane – Assistant Coach/Linebackers
  • Richard McNutt – Assistant Coach/Cornerbacks
  • Joe Tripodi – Graduate Assistant/Tight Ends & Fullbacks
  • Mike Uremovich – Assistant Coach/Running Backs/Special Teams Coord.
  • Brad Ohrt – Director of Sports Performance
  • Matt Lipman – Director of Football Operations
  • Joe McKillip – Graduate Assistant/Operations
  • Zach Opsal – Graduate Assistant/Video
  • Peter Roley – Asst. Dir. Football Operations/Video
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 7/14/12

Game summaries[]

vs Iowa[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawkeyes 3 3 3 9 18
Huskies 0 10 7 0 17
See also: 2012 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

UT Martin[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Skyhawks 0 0 0 7 7
Huskies 7 14 7 7 35
See also: 2012 UT Martin Skyhawks football team

@ Army[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 14 14 0 13 41
Black Knights 7 12 15 6 40
See also: 2012 Army Black Knights football team

Kansas[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Jayhawks 3 7 7 6 23
Huskies 6 7 0 17 30
See also: 2012 Kansas Jayhawks football team

Central Michigan[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Chippewas 7 7 10 0 24
Huskies 14 10 10 21 55
See also: 2012 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

@ Ball State[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 7 7 7 14 35
Cardinals 3 13 7 0 23
See also: 2012 Ball State Cardinals football team and Bronze Stalk Trophy

Buffalo[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 3 0 0 0 3
Huskies 7 21 14 3 45
See also: 2012 Buffalo Bulls football team

@ Akron[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 10 10 10 7 37
Zips 0 7 0 0 7
See also: 2012 Akron Zips football team

@ Western Michigan[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 7 10 14 17 48
Broncos 14 7 0 13 34
See also: 2012 Western Michigan Broncos football team

Massachusetts[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Minutemen 0 0 0 0 0
Huskies 14 21 21 7 63
See also: 2012 UMass Minutemen football team

Toledo[]

1 2 3 4 Total
Rockets 7 7 0 10 24
Huskies 0 7 21 3 31
See also: 2012 Toledo Rockets football team

@ Eastern Michigan[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Huskies 14 14 7 14 49
Eagles 7 0 0 0 7
See also: 2012 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team

#18 Kent State (MAC Championship Game)[]

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
#19 Huskies 3 14 10 737 44
#18 Golden Flashes 10 0 3 2130 37
See also: 2012 MAC Championship Game
See also: 2012 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

#12 Florida State (Orange Bowl)[]

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Huskies 3 0 7 0 10
#12 Seminoles 7 7 3 14 31
See also: 2013 Orange Bowl
See also: 2012 Florida State Seminoles football team

References[]

  1. ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Kent State - Game Recap - November 30, 2012 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  2. ^ "BCS selection procedures". ESPN.com. July 25, 2013. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "Northern Illinois is a BCS team years in the making". USA Today. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  4. ^ "NC State hires N. Illinois' Doeren as next coach". Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  5. ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Florida State - Game Recap - January 1, 2013 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  6. ^ "Florida State solves Northern Illinois offense in win". USA Today. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
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  19. ^ http://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=323352309


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