The 2012 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Trent Miles in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Sycamores compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third in the MVFC. Indiana State played home games at Memorial Stadium in Terre Haute, Indiana.
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Conference | Missouri Valley Football Conference |
Record | 7–4 (5–3 MVFC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Harold Etheridge (2nd season) |
Defensive coordinator | Jesse Minter (2nd season) |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 1 North Dakota State $^ | 7 | – | 1 | 14 | – | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 14 South Dakota State ^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Illinois State ^ | 5 | – | 3 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indiana State | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Illinois | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Youngstown State | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Northern Iowa | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Missouri State | 3 | – | 5 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Western Illinois | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Dakota | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Miles resigned at the end of the season to take the head coaching job at Georgia State. He was replaced by former UNLV head coach Mike Sanford.
Schedule
editDate | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 1 | 8:00 pm | at Indiana* | No. 23 | BTN | L 17–24 | 41,882 | ||
September 8 | 2:00 pm | Quincy* | No. 23 | W 44–0 | 6,294 | |||
September 15 | 2:00 pm | Drake* | No. 22 |
| W 27–10 | 7,189 | ||
September 22 | 2:00 pm | South Dakota State | No. 22 |
| L 10–24 | 5,291 | ||
September 29 | 7:00 pm | at Southern Illinois | ESPN3/MVFCTV | W 24–3 | 12,166 | |||
October 6 | 3:00 pm | Missouri State |
| W 31–17 | 8,311 | |||
October 13 | 4:00 pm | at No. 1 North Dakota State | ESPN3 | W 17–14 | 18,164 | [1] | ||
October 20 | 7:00 pm | at Western Illinois | No. 21 | W 23–7 | 9,478 | |||
October 27 | 2:00 pm | South Dakota | No. 15 |
| ESPN3/MVFCTV | W 45–14 | 5,224 | |
November 3 | 2:00 pm | No. 17 Illinois State | No. 14 |
| CSNC | L 10–17 | 6,008 | |
November 17 | 2:00 pm | at Youngstown State | No. 18 | ESPN3 | L 6–27 | 9,610 | ||
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Ranking movements
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
Sports Network | 23 | 23 | 22 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | 21 | 15 | 14 | 18 | 23 | |||||
Coaches | 25 | RV | RV | 25 | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 18 | 17 | 21 |
References
edit- ^ "NDSU is upset, top-ranked Bison lose to Sycamores". The Bismarck Tribune. October 14, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.