American college football season
2012 University of North Dakota football Conference Big Sky Conference 2012 record 5–6 (3–5 Big Sky) Head coach Offensive coordinator Greg Breitbach Defensive coordinator Mike Mannausau Home stadium Alerus Center (Capacity: 12,283)Seasons
The 2012 University of North Dakota football team represented the University of North Dakota in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by fifth-year head coach Chris Mussman and played their home games at the Alerus Center . This was their first year as a member of the Big Sky Conference .
This season North Dakota officially played without a mascot name after the decision to retire "Fighting Sioux" as the school's mascot amid controversy .[1]
They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place.
Schedule [ ]
Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 30 7:00 pm South Dakota M&T * MSN /Big Sky TVW 66–08,847
September 8 6:00 pm Portland State * Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND MSN/Big Sky TV W 45–379,210
September 15 7:00 pm at San Diego State * KUSI L 41–4924,826
September 22 8:00 pm at Sacramento State Big Sky TV W 35–1310,774
September 29 6:00 pm No. 23 Cal Poly Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND MSN/Big Sky TV L 17–359,531
October 6 6:00 pm at No. 7 Eastern Washington SWX /Big Sky TVL 17–558,646
October 13 3:00 pm No. 16 Northern Arizona Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND MSN/Big Sky TV L 38–459,742
October 20 2:30 pm Montana Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND RTRM /RTNW W 40–349,000
October 27 3:00 pm at No. 4 Montana State Big Sky TV L 10–5517,137
November 3 1:00 pm Southern Utah Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND MSN/Big Sky TV W 33–297,144
November 17 1:00 pm at Northern Colorado Big Sky TV L 27–283,418
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Portland State on September 8 was considered a non conference game and had no effect on the Big Sky Standings.
Game summaries [ ]
South Dakota M&T [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hardrockers
0
0
0
0
0
North Dakota
14
31
7
14
66
Portland State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Vikings
9
15
0
13
37
North Dakota
14
21
10
0
45
@ San Diego State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
North Dakota
14
6
7
14
41
Aztecs
21
14
7
7
49
@ Sacramento State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
North Dakota
7
7
14
7
35
Hornets
7
0
0
6
13
Cal Poly [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#23 Mustangs
14
0
0
21
35
North Dakota
0
7
3
7
17
@ Eastern Washington [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
North Dakota
10
7
0
0
17
#7 Eagles
20
14
14
7
55
Northern Arizona [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#16 Lumberjacks
14
3
14
14
45
North Dakota
0
17
14
7
38
Montana [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Grizzlies
7
10
17
0
34
North Dakota
17
14
0
9
40
@ Montana State [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
North Dakota
7
0
3
0
10
#4 Bobcats
14
14
7
20
55
Southern Utah [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Thunderbirds
3
19
0
7
29
North Dakota
0
13
13
7
33
@ Northern Colorado [ ]
1
2
3
4
Total
North Dakota
14
10
3
0
27
Bears
7
14
7
0
28
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