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The 2012 Pac-12 Football Championship Game was played on Friday, November 30, 2012 at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California to determine the 2012 football champion of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). It was the second football conference championship for the Pac-12 Conference, or any of its predecessors. The game featured the South Division champions, the UCLA Bruins, against the North Division champions, the Stanford Cardinal. The previous week, the two teams had met at UCLA's home stadium at the Rose Bowl, with Stanford winning 35–17 and clinching the Pac-12 North Division championship.[2] Stanford headed back to Pasadena for the January 1, 2013 Rose Bowl Game where they defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 20–14.

DateNovember 30, 2012
Season2012
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2012 Pac-12 Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
1234Total
UCLA 14010024
Stanford 71001027
DateNovember 30, 2012
Season2012
StadiumStanford Stadium
LocationStanford, California
MVPKevin Hogan (QB, Stanford)
FavoriteStanford by 8
National anthemPia Toscano
RefereeShawn Hochuli
Attendance31,622[1]
United States TV coverage
NetworkFOX (TV)
ESPN Radio
AnnouncersGus Johnson play-by-play
Charles Davis color
Julie Alexandria sideline #1
Petros Papadakis sideline #2 Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Joe Schad
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2012 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 7 Stanford xy$ 8–1  12–2 
No. 2 Oregon x% 8–1  12–1 
No. 20 Oregon State 6–3  9–4 
Washington 5–4  7–6 
California 2–7  3–9 
Washington State 1–8  3–9 
South Division
UCLA xy 6–3  9–5 
Arizona State 5–4  8–5 
USC 5–4  7–6 
Arizona 4–5  8–5 
Utah 3–6  5–7 
Colorado 1–8  1–11 
Championship: Stanford 27, UCLA 24
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • % – BCS at-large representative
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
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This was UCLA's second consecutive appearance and Stanford's first appearance in the Pac-12 Championship Game. In 2011, the Bruins lost the inaugural game at Oregon.

Scoring summary

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QuarterTimeDriveTeamScoring Information[3]Score
LengthTime of Poss.UCLAStanford
1 11:358 plays, 85 yards3:25 UCLAJohnathan Franklin 51-yard run (Kaʻimi Fairbairn PAT good) 70
6:0711 plays, 69 yards5:28 StanfordKevin Hogan 2-yard run (Jordan Williamson PAT good) 77
3:407 plays, 75 yards2:27 UCLABrett Hundley 5-yard run (K. Fairbairn PAT good) 147
2 12:571 play, 1 yard0:08 StanfordStepfan Taylor 1-yd run (J. Williamson PAT good) 1414
0:0010 plays, 62 yards1:31 StanfordJ. Williamson 37 yard field goal 1417
3 8:209 plays, 47 yards4:41 UCLAK. Fairbairn 31 yard field goal 1717
1:0412 plays, 80 yards4:30 UCLAJ. Franklin 20-yd run (K. Fairbairn PAT good) 2417
4 11:2110 plays, 63 yards4:43 StanfordK. Hogan pass complete to Drew Terrell for 26 yards (J. Williamson PAT good) 2424
6:495 plays, 25 yards2:30 StanfordJ. Williamson 36 yard field goal 2427
Final Score2427
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Statistics

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StatisticsUCLASTAN
First downs2218
Total offense, plays – yards70– 46166–325
Rushes-yards (net)38–28443–170
Passing yards (net)177155
Passes, Comp-Att-Int23–32–116–23–0
Time of Possession28:4531:15
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