2012 Southern Conference football season

2012 Southern Conference football season
2012 Southern Conference football season
League	NCAA Division I FCS (Football Championship Subdivision)
Sport	Football
Duration	August 2012 - December 2012
Number of teams	9
TV partner(s)	SoConTV
Conference champions	Georgia Southern, Appalachian State, & Wofford
Southern Conference football seasons
	← 2011 2013 →

LeagueNCAA Division I FCS (Football Championship Subdivision)

SportFootball

DurationAugust 2012 - December 2012

Number of teams9

2012 Southern Conference football standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 6 Georgia Southern +^	6	–	2	10	–	4
No. 9 Wofford +^	6	–	2	9	–	4
No. 7 Appalachian State +^	6	–	2	8	–	4
The Citadel	5	–	3	7	–	4
Samford	5	–	3	7	–	4
Chattanooga	5	–	3	6	–	5
Furman	2	–	6	3	–	8
Elon	1	–	7	3	–	8
Western Carolina	0	–	8	1	–	10

+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

The 2012 Southern Conference football season, part of the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season competition of college football, began on Thursday, August 30, 2012 with Western Carolina hosting Mars Hill. The regular season concluded on November 17, while Georgia Southern, Appalachian State, and Wofford qualified for the NCAA Division I Football Championship.

Appalachian State was eliminated in the first round at the hands of Illinois State. Wofford was subsequently eliminated the following week, losing to North Dakota State 14–7, and Georgia Southern, after defeating Central Arkansas and Old Dominion in the previous two weeks, fell to the Bison as well on December 14 in the tournament semifinals, 23–20.

Position	Player	Class	Team
First Team Offense
QB	Jamal Jackson	Junior	Appalachian State
RB	Jerodis Williams	Senior	Furman
RB	Eric Breitenstein	Sr.	Wofford
WR	Aaron Mellette	Sr.	Elon
WR	Kelsey Pope	Jr.	Samford
TE	Colin Anderson	Sr.	Furman
OL	Mike Sellers	Jr.	The Citadel
OL	Dakota Dozier	Jr.	Furman
OL	Dorian Byrd	Jr.	Georgia Southern
OL	Ryan Dudchock	Sr.	Samford
OL	Jake Miles	Sr.	Wofford
First Team Defense
DL	Chris Billingslea	Sr.	The Citadel
DL	Josh Lynn	Sr.	Furman
DL	Brent Russell	Sr.	Georgia Southern
DL	Josh Williams	Sr.	Chattanooga
LB	Jeremy Kimbrough	Sr.	Appalachian State
LB	Wes Dothard	Jr.	Chattanooga
LB	Alvin Scioneaux	Jr.	Wofford
DB	Demetrius McCray	Sr.	Appalachian State
DB	Greg Worthy	Jr.	Furman
DB	Deion Stanley	So.	Georgia Southern
DB	D. J. Key	Jr.	Chattanooga
First Team Special Teams
K	Cameron Yaw	Sr.	Samford
P	Cass Couey	Sr.	The Citadel
RS	Fabian Truss	Jr.	Samford

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
August 30	8:00 p.m.	Mars Hill	Western Carolina	E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC		W 42–14	7,094	^[1]
September 1	12:00 p.m.	#6 Appalachian State	East Carolina	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium • Greenville, NC	FSN	L 13–35	49,023	^[2]
September 1	12:30 p.m.	Elon	North Carolina	Kenan Memorial Stadium • Chapel Hill, NC	ACC Network	L 0–62	50,500	^[3]
September 1	4:30 p.m.	Furman	Samford	Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL	CSS	SU 24–21	6,712	^[4]
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Charleston Southern	The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC		W 49–14	14,264	^[5]
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Jacksonville	#3 Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA		W58–0	20,132	^[6]
September 1	6:00 p.m.	Wofford	Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC		W 34–7	3,140	^[7]
September 1	7:00 p.m.	Chattanooga	South Florida	Raymond James Stadium • Tampa, FL	ESPN3	L 13–34	41,285	^[8]

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Eric Breitenstein	Wofford	Chris Billingslea	The Citadel	Sam Martin	Appalachian State	Troy Mitchell	Western Carolina
Reference:^[9]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 8	5:00 p.m.	Coastal Carolina	Furman	Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC		L 45–47 (3OT)	7,156	^[10]
September 8	6:00 p.m.	#3 Georgia Southern	The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC		Cit 23–21	12,299	^[11]
September 8	6:30 p.m.	#12 Montana	#11 Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC	ESPN3	W 35–27	30,856	^[12]
September 8	7:00 p.m.	North Carolina Central	Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC		W 34–14	7,528	^[13]
September 8	7:00 p.m.	West Alabama	Samford	Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL		W 34–6	7,384	^[14]
September 8	7:00 p.m.	Chattanooga	Jacksonville State	JSU Stadium • Jacksonville, AL		L 24–27	18,993	^[15]
September 8	7:00 p.m.	Western Carolina	Marshall	Joan C. Edwards Stadium • Huntington, WV	FCS	L 24–52	25,317	^[16]
September 8	7:00 p.m.	Lincoln	#10 Wofford	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC		W 82–0	4,309	^[17]

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team	Player	Team
Jamal Jackson	Appalachian State	Jaquiski Tartt	Samford	Thomas Warren	The Citadel	Reese Hannon	Furman
Reference:^[18]

2012 Southern Conference football season

Preseason All-Conference Teams

Rankings

Regular season

Week One

Week Two

Week Three

Week Four

Week Five

Week Six

Week Seven

Week Eight

Week Nine

Week Ten

Week Eleven

Week Twelve

Attendance

References

Related Articles

Place	Media	Coaches
1	Georgia Southern (25)	Georgia Southern (7)
2	Wofford (4)	Appalachian State (2)
3	Appalachian State (1)	Wofford
4	Chattanooga	Chattanooga
5	Furman	Furman
6	Samford	Samford
7	Elon	Elon
8	The Citadel	The Citadel
9	Western Carolina	Western Carolina

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 13	7:00 p.m.	Glenville State	Chattanooga	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN		W 35–0	9,077	^[19]
September 15	3:00 p.m.	West Virginia State	Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC		W48–14	7,053	^[20]
September 15	3:00 p.m.	Furman	#11 (FBS) Clemson	Memorial Stadium • Clemson, SC	ESPN3	L 7–41	81,500	^[21]
September 15	3:00 p.m.	Samford	Gardner–Webb	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC		W 44–23	3,850	^[22]
September 15	3:30 p.m.	#21 The Citadel	#8 Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		Cit 52–28	24,137	^[23]
September 15	7:00 p.m.	Western Carolina	#9 Wofford	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC		WC 49–20	8,544	^[24]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 22	12:00 p.m.	Furman	Presbyterian	Bailey Memorial Stadium • Clinton, SC	CSS	W 31–21	5,370	^[25]
September 22	3:30 p.m.	Samford	Western Carolina	E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC		SU 25–21	10,112	^[26]
September 22	6:00 p.m.	#17 Appalachian State	Chattanooga	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN		ASU 34–17	13,726	^[27]
September 22	6:00 p.m.	#10 The Citadel	NC State	Carter–Finley Stadium • Raleigh, NC	ESPN3	L 14–52	55,145	^[28]
September 22	6:00 p.m.	Elon	#11 Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA		GSU 26–23	18,353	^[29]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
September 29	1:30 p.m.	#6 Wofford	Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC		WC 49–24	10,302	^[31]
September 29	1:30 p.m.	Western Carolina	Furman	Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC		FUR 45–24	10,218	^[32]
September 29	3:30 p.m.	Coastal Carolina	#17 Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		W 55–14	27,619	^[33]
September 29	6:00 p.m.	Chattanooga	#11 The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC		UTC 28–10	13,878	^[34]
September 29	6:00 p.m.	Samford	#10 Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA	ESPN3	GSU 35–16	20,832	^[35]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 6	1:30 p.m.	Furman	Wofford	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC	WC 20–17	9,170	^[37]
October 6	3:00 p.m.	The Citadel	Samford	Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL	SU 38–7	5,872	^[38]
October 6	3:30 p.m.	Elon	Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC	ASU 35–23	29,073	^[39]
October 6	3:30 p.m.	Georgia Southern	Western Carolina	E. J Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC	GSU 45–13	9,514	^[40]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 13	1:30 p.m.	Chattanooga	Furman	Paladin Stadium • Greenville, NC	ESPN3	WC 20–17	9,170	^[42]
October 13	2:00 p.m.	Western Carolina	The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC		Cit 45–31	12,578	^[43]
October 13	3:00 p.m.	Appalachian State	Samford	Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL		ASU 35–23	9,712	^[44]
October 13	6:00 p.m.	Wofford	Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA		GSU 17–9	20,983	^[45]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 20	1:30 p.m.	Georgia Southern	Furman	Paladin Stadium • Greenville, NC		GSU 38–17	11,191	^[47]
October 20	3:00 p.m.	Western Carolina	Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC	ESPN3	Elon 42–31	10,154	^[48]
October 20	3:30 p.m.	Wofford	Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		WC 20–17	27,115	^[49]
October 20	6:00 p.m.	Samford	Chattanooga	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN		UTC 20–13	7,103	^[50]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
October 27	1:30 p.m.	The Citadel	Wofford	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC	ESPN3	WC 24–21	9,658	^[52]
October 27	3:00 p.m.	Furman	Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC		FUR 31–17	6,158	^[53]
October 27	3:30 p.m.	Appalachian State	Western Carolina	E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC		ASU 38–27	13,279	^[54]
October 27	6:00 p.m.	Georgia Southern	Chattanooga	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN		GSU 39–31	8,908	^[55]

Offensive		Defensive		Freshman		Special teams
Steven Miller	Appalachian State	Marcus McMorris	Furman	Jacob Huesman	Chattanooga	Kasey Redfern	Wofford
Reference:^[56]

Index to colors and formatting
SoCon member won
SoCon member lost
SoCon teams in bold

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium	30,856	24,137	27,619	29,073	27,115	28,946	—	—	—	185,404	26,358	128.22%
Chattanooga	Finley Stadium	20,668	9,077	13,726	7,103	—	—	—	—	—	29,906	9,969	48.23%
The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium	21,000	14,264	12,299	13,878	12,578	—	—	—	—	53,019	13,255	63.12%
Elon	Rhodes Stadium	13,000	7,528	7,053	10,302	10,154	—	—	—	—	35,037	8,759	67.38%
Furman	Paladin Stadium	16,000	7,156	10,218	8,351	11,191	—	—	—	—	36,916	9,229	57.68%
Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium	18,000	20,132	18,353	20,832	20,983	—	—	—	—	80,300	20,075	111.53%
Samford	Seibert Stadium	6,700	6,712	7,384	5,872	9,712	—	—	—	—	29,680	7,420	110.75%
Western Carolina	E.J. Whitmire Stadium	13,742	7,094	10,112	9,514	—	—	—	—	—	26,721	8,907	64.82%
Wofford	Gibbs Stadium	13,000	4,309	8,544	9,170	—	—	—	—	—	22,023	7,341	56.47%

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 3	2:00 p.m.	Appalachian State	Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA	ESPN3	ASU 31–28	22,155	^[57]
November 3	2:00 p.m.	Elon	The Citadel	Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC		Cit 38–24	14,853	^[58]
November 3	3:00 p.m.	Wofford	Samford	Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL		SU 24–17 (OT)	8,147	^[59]
November 3	3:30 p.m.	Chattanooga	Western Carolina	E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC		UTC 45–24	7,099	^[60]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 10	1:30 p.m.	The Citadel	VMI	Alumni Memorial Field • Lexington, VA		W 27–24	7,863	^[62]
November 10	1:30 p.m.	Samford	Elon	Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC		SU 26–15	6,231	^[63]
November 10	1:30 p.m.	Chattanooga	Wofford	Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC	ESPN3	WC 16–13	8,112	^[64]
November 10	2:00 p.m.	Howard	Georgia Southern	Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA		W 69–26	18,069	^[65]
November 10	3:30 p.m.	Furman	Appalachian State	Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC		ASU 33–28	28,946	^[66]

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	Broadcast	Result	Attendance	Reference
November 17	1:30 p.m.	The Citadel	Furman	Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC	ESPN3	Cit 42–20	8,127	^[68]
November 17	2:00 p.m.	Elon	Chattanooga	Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN		UTC 24–17	8,791	^[69]
November 17	1:30 p.m.	Georgia Southern	Georgia	Sanford Stadium • Athens, GA	ESPN3	L 45–14	92,746	^[70]
November 17	7:30 p.m.	Samford	Kentucky	Commonwealth Stadium • Lexington, KY	ESPN3	L 34–3	46,749	^[71]
November 17	12:21 p.m.	Western Carolina	Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	ESPN3, SEC TV	L 49–0	101,126	^[72]
November 17	1:00 p.m.	Wofford	South Carolina	Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC	ESPN3	L 24–7	79,982	^[73]

v t e Southern Conference football
Teams	Chattanooga Mocs The Citadel Bulldogs East Tennessee State Buccaneers Furman Paladins Mercer Bears Samford Bulldogs VMI Keydets Western Carolina Catamounts Wofford Terriers
Former teams	Former Southern Conference teams
Championships & awards	Conference champions All-time standings (1921–1971), (1972–present) All-Southern team Champ Pickens Trophy
Seasons	1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023