American college football season
2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football |
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MAC champion MAC West Division champion |
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Conference | Mid-American Conference |
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Division | West Division |
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Ranking |
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Coaches | No. 24 |
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AP | No. 22 |
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Record | 12–2 (8–0 MAC) |
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Head coach | - Dave Doeren (2nd season; first 13 games)
- Rod Carey (interim, bowl game)
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Offensive coordinator | Mike Dunbar (1st season, game 1 and bowl game) Rod Carey (1st season, games 2–13) |
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Defensive coordinator | Jay Niemann (2nd season) |
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Co-defensive coordinator | Ryan Nielsen (1st season) |
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MVP | Jordan Lynch |
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Captain | Nabal Jefferson, Jordan Lynch, Sean Progar, Jason Schepler |
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Home stadium | Huskie Stadium |
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The 2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Northern Illinois compiled an overall record of 12–2 with a mark of 8–0 in conference play, winning the MAC West Division title. The Huskies advanced to the MAC Championship Game, where they beat Kent State to win the program's third MAC championship. Northern Illinois was invited to the Orange Bowl, where they lost to Florida State.[1][2] Second-year head coach Dave Doeren led the team during the regular season and the MAC title game before resigning to become the head football coach at North Carolina State University.[3] Rod Carey was appointed interim head coach for the bowl game. The team's 12 wins was the most in any of the program's 113-year history.[4]
Since the MAC was a non-automatic qualifying (non-AQ) conference for the Bowl Championship Series, its conference champion had to finish 16th or higher in the BCS rankings and be ranked ahead of at least one AQ conference champion to qualify for a BCS game.[5] With their win in the MAC Championship Game, the Huskies moved to No. 15 in the final BCS rankings, while Louisville, champion of the Big East Conference, was ranked No. 21. As a result, Northern Illinois received a BCS bid to the Orange Bowl.[6] It was the first major-bowl appearance in program history and the first major-bowl appearance for any MAC team.
The season marked the Huskies' fifth consecutive trip to a bowl game. The team played home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois.
Schedule
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 1 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Iowa* | | | ESPNU | L 17–18 | 52,117 | [7] |
September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | UT Martin* | | | ESPN3 | W 35–7 | 16,010 | [8] |
September 15 | 11:00 a.m. | at Army* | | | CBSSN | W 41–40 | 30,176 | [9] |
September 22 | 2:30 p.m. | Kansas* | | | ESPN3 | W 30–23 | 18,374 | [10] |
September 29 | 2:30 p.m. | Central Michigan | | | ESPN3 | W 55–24 | 16,292 | [11] |
October 6 | 1:00 p.m. | at Ball State | | | ESPN3 | W 35–23 | 11,238 | [12] |
October 13 | 2:30 p.m. | Buffalo![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | | CSNC | W 45–3 | 14,419 | [13] |
October 20 | 11:00 a.m. | at Akron | | | ESPN Plus | W 37–7 | 7,074 | [14] |
October 27 | 11:00 a.m. | at Western Michigan | | | ESPN Plus | W 48–34 | 12,974 | [15] |
November 3 | 2:30 p.m. | UMass | | | | W 63–0 | 11,114 | [16] |
November 14 | 8:00 p.m. | Toledo | | | ESPN2 | W 31–24 | 17,813 | [17] |
November 23 | 12:00 p.m. | at Eastern Michigan | No. 24 | | ESPN3 | W 49–7 | 1,349 | [18] |
November 30 | 6:00 p.m. | vs. No. 18 Kent State* | No. 19 | | ESPN2 | W 44–37 2OT | 18,132 | [19] |
January 1, 2013 | 7:30 p.m. | vs. No. 13 Florida State* | No. 16 | | ESPN | L 10–31 | 72,073 | |
- *Non-conference game
Homecoming- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
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AP | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 19 | 16 | 22 |
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Coaches | RV | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 18 | 16 | 24 |
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Harris | Not released | — | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 19 | 16 | Not released |
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BCS | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 15 | Not released |
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Roster
Game summaries
vs Iowa
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Hawkeyes | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 18 |
Huskies | 0 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 17 |
UT Martin
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Skyhawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Huskies | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
@ Army
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Huskies | 14 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 41 |
Black Knights | 7 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 40 |
Kansas
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Jayhawks | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
Huskies | 6 | 7 | 0 | 17 | 30 |
Central Michigan
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Chippewas | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
Huskies | 14 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 55 |
@ Ball State
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Huskies | 7 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 35 |
Cardinals | 3 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 23 |
Buffalo
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Bulls | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Huskies | 7 | 21 | 14 | 3 | 45 |
@ Akron
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Huskies | 10 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 37 |
Zips | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
@ Western Michigan
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Huskies | 7 | 10 | 14 | 17 | 48 |
Broncos | 14 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 34 |
Massachusetts
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Minutemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Huskies | 14 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 63 |
Toledo
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
Rockets | 7 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 24 |
Huskies | 0 | 7 | 21 | 3 | 31 |
@ Eastern Michigan
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#23 Huskies | 14 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 49 |
Eagles | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | Total |
#19 Huskies | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 44 |
#18 Golden Flashes | 10 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 0 | 37 |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
#16 Huskies | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
#12 Seminoles | 7 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 31 |
References
- ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Florida State - Game Recap - January 1, 2013 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "Florida State solves Northern Illinois offense in win". USA Today. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "NC State hires N. Illinois' Doeren as next coach". December 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Kent State - Game Recap - November 30, 2012 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ^ "BCS selection procedures". ESPN.com. July 25, 2013. Archived from the original on December 28, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "Northern Illinois is a BCS team years in the making". USA Today. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "Iowa vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 1, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Tennessee-Martin vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 8, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Army - Box Score - September 15, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Kansas vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 22, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Central Michigan vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 29, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Ball State - Box Score - October 6, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Buffalo vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - October 13, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Akron - Box Score - October 20, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Western Michigan - Box Score - October 27, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "UMass vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - November 3, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Toledo vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - November 14, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Eastern Michigan - Box Score - November 23, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Kent State - Box Score - November 30, 2012 - ESPN".
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Culture & lore | - "Huskie Fight Song"
- Huskie Band
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National championship seasons in bold |