2012 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

2012 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
2012 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 20
FCS Coaches	No. 15
Record	8–3 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jerome Souers (15th season);
Defensive coordinator	Andy Thompson
Home stadium	Walkup Skydome
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 15th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 8–3, 6–2 in the Big Sky to finish in fourth place.

Sports NetworkNo. 20

FCS CoachesNo. 15

Record8–3 (6–2 Big Sky)

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2012 Big Sky Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^	7	–	1	11	–	3
No. 5 Montana State +^	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 12 Cal Poly +^	7	–	1	9	–	3
No. 20 Northern Arizona	6	–	2	8	–	3
Sacramento State	4	–	4	6	–	5
Northern Colorado	4	–	4	5	–	6
Southern Utah	4	–	4	5	–	6
North Dakota	3	–	5	5	–	6
Montana	3	–	5	5	–	6
UC Davis	3	–	5	4	–	7
Portland State	2	–	6	3	–	8
Weber State	2	–	6	2	–	9
Idaho State	0	–	8	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	8:30 pm	at Arizona State*		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	PAC-12 Networks	L 6–63	48,658
September 8	8:00 pm	at UNLV*		Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV		W 17–14	15,257
September 15	4:00 pm	Fort Lewis*		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	NAU-TV/FSAZ+/FCSP/Big Sky TV	W 69–0	6,594
September 22	12:30 pm	at No. 14 Montana		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	RTRM/RTNW/Audience Network^[1]	W 41–21	25,254
September 29	2:00 pm	Portland State	No. 22	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	FSAZ+/NAU-TV/FCSP/Big Sky TV	W 24–10	9,107
October 13	1:00 pm	at North Dakota	No. 16	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	Midco Sports Net/Big Sky TV	W 45–38	9,742
October 20	4:00 pm	UC Davis	No. 16	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	FSAZ+/Big Sky TV	W 21–7	7,991
October 27	12:30 pm	at Northern Colorado	No. 13	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	Big Sky TV	W 12–10	3,780
November 3	3:00 pm	at Idaho State	No. 12	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	Big Sky TV	W 50–10	5,144
November 10	4:00 pm	Southern Utah	No. 11	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ (Grand Canyon Rivalry)	FSAZ+/Big Sky TV	L 29–35 ^3OT	4,125
November 17	4:00 pm	No. 17 Cal Poly	No. 15	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	FSAZ+/Big Sky TV	L 34–42	6,119
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	0	0	6	0	6
Sun Devils	14	28	7	14	63

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	0	0	7	10	17
Rebels	7	7	0	0	14

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	0	0	0	0	0
Lumberjacks	27	21	14	7	69

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	7	7	13	14	41
#14 Grizzlies	17	7	0	7	31

Schedule

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	3	0	7	0	10
#22 Lumberjacks	14	3	7	0	24

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	0	0	7	7
#16 Lumberjacks	0	7	14	0	21

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Lumberjacks	2	7	0	3	12
Bears	0	3	0	7	10

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Lumberjacks	12	14	7	17	50
Bengals	7	3	0	0	10