2012 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team

2012 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
2012 Minnesota Golden Gophers football
Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas, L 31–34 vs. Texas Tech
Conference	Big Ten Conference
	Legends Division
Record	6–7 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Jerry Kill (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Matt Limegrover (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Tracy Claeys (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	TCF Bank Stadium
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 Minnesota Golden Gophers football team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Jerry Kill and played their home games at TCF Bank Stadium. They were a member of the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 6–7, 2–6 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for fifth place in the Legends Division. They were invited to the Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas where they were defeated by Texas Tech.

Legends Division

Record6–7 (2–6 Big Ten)

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2012 Big Ten Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
Legends Division
No. 25 Nebraska xy	7	–	1	10	–	4
No. 24 Michigan	6	–	2	8	–	5
No. 17 Northwestern	5	–	3	10	–	3
Michigan State	3	–	5	7	–	6
Iowa	2	–	6	4	–	8
Minnesota	2	–	6	6	–	7
Leaders Division
No. 3 Ohio State* x	8	–	0	12	–	0
Penn State*	6	–	2	8	–	4
Wisconsin y$	4	–	4	8	–	6
Purdue	3	–	5	6	–	7
Indiana	2	–	6	4	–	8
Illinois	0	–	8	2	–	10
Championship: Wisconsin 70, Nebraska 31
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions * Ohio State and Penn State ineligible for conference championship game and post-season bowl games due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	10:00 pm	at UNLV*	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, Nevada	CBSSN	W 30–27 ^3OT	16,013
September 8	11:00 am	No. 12 (FCS) New Hampshire*	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis	BTN	W 44–7	47,022
September 15	11:00 am	Western Michigan*	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis	BTN	W 28–23	44,921
September 22	7:00 pm	Syracuse*	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis	BTN	W 17–10	50,805
September 29	11:00 am	at Iowa	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, Iowa (Floyd of Rosedale)	ESPN2	L 13–31	70,585
October 13	11:00 am	Northwestern	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis	ESPN2	L 13–21	49,651
October 20	11:00 am	at Wisconsin	Camp Randall Stadium Madison, Wisconsin (Paul Bunyan's Axe)	ESPNU	L 13–38	80,587
October 27	2:30 pm	Purdue	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis	BTN	W 44–28	41,062
November 3	11:00 am	Michigan	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis (Little Brown Jug)	BTN	L 13–35	48,801
November 10	2:30 pm	at Illinois	Memorial Stadium Champaign, Illinois	BTN	W 17–3	46,912
November 17	2:30 pm	at No. 16 Nebraska	Memorial Stadium Lincoln, Nebraska	BTN	L 14–38	85,330
November 24	2:30 pm	Michigan State	TCF Bank Stadium Minneapolis	BTN	L 10–26	44,194
December 28	8:00 pm	vs. Texas Tech*	Reliant Stadium Houston (Meineke Car Care Bowl of Texas)	ESPN	L 31–34	50,386
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from Coaches' Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time


1	6:59	MINN	Donnell Kirkwood 2 yard run (Jordan Wettstein kick)	MINN 7-0

1	1:54	SYR	Ross Krautman 33 yard field goal	MINN 7-3

3	10:13	MINN	Donnell Kirkwood 1 yard run (Jordan Wettstein kick)	MINN 14-3

4	3:20	MINN	Jordan Wettstein 43 yard field goal	MINN 17-3

4	0:46	SYR	Marcus Sales 14 yard pass from Ryan Nassib (Ross Krautman kick)	MINN 17-10

Schedule

Team	1	2	3	4	Total
Syracuse	3	0	0	7	10
• Minnesota	7	0	7	3	17