2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football
MAC champion
MAC West Division champion
Orange Bowl, L 10–31 vs. Florida State
ConferenceMid-American Conference
DivisionWest Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
APNo. 22
Record12–2 (8–0 MAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMike Dunbar (1st season, game 1 and bowl game)
Rod Carey (1st season, games 2–13)
Defensive coordinatorJay Niemann (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinatorRyan Nielsen (1st season)
MVPJordan Lynch
CaptainNabal Jefferson, Jordan Lynch, Sean Progar, Jason Schepler
Home stadiumHuskie Stadium
Seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Mid-American Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
East Division
Kent State x   8 – 0     11 – 3  
Bowling Green   6 – 2     8 – 5  
Ohio   4 – 4     9 – 4  
Buffalo   3 – 5     4 – 8  
Miami (OH)   3 – 5     4 – 8  
UMass   1 – 7     1 – 11  
Akron   0 – 8     1 – 11  
West Division
No. 22 Northern Illinois x$   8 – 0     12 – 2  
Toledo   6 – 2     9 – 4  
Ball State   6 – 2     9 – 4  
Central Michigan   4 – 4     7 – 6  
Western Michigan   2 – 6     4 – 8  
Eastern Michigan   1 – 7     2 – 10  
Championship: Northern Illinois 44, Kent State 37
  • $ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • UMass not eligible for conference title or bowl game as part of FBS transition
Rankings from AP Poll

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

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 12:30 p.m.vs. Iowa*
ESPNUL 17–1852,117[7]
September 86:00 p.m.UT Martin*
ESPN3W 35–716,010[8]
September 1511:00 a.m.at Army*
CBSSNW 41–4030,176[9]
September 222:30 p.m.Kansas*
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
ESPN3W 30–2318,374[10]
September 292:30 p.m.Central Michigan
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
ESPN3W 55–2416,292[11]
October 61:00 p.m.at Ball State
ESPN3W 35–2311,238[12]
October 132:30 p.m.Buffalodagger
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
CSNCW 45–314,419[13]
October 2011:00 a.m.at Akron
ESPN PlusW 37–77,074[14]
October 2711:00 a.m.at Western Michigan
ESPN PlusW 48–3412,974[15]
November 32:30 p.m.UMass
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
W 63–011,114[16]
November 148:00 p.m.Toledo
  • Huskie Stadium
  • DeKalb, IL
ESPN2W 31–2417,813[17]
November 2312:00 p.m.at Eastern MichiganNo. 24
ESPN3W 49–71,349[18]
November 306:00 p.m.vs. No. 18 Kent State*No. 19
ESPN2W 44–37 2OT18,132[19]
January 1, 20137:30 p.m.vs. No. 13 Florida State*No. 16
ESPNL 10–3172,073
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Rankings

See also: 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
APRV———————RVRVRVRV24191622
CoachesRV——————RVRVRVRVRV23181624
HarrisNot released——RVRVRVRV241916Not released
BCSNot released——————2115Not released

Roster

2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos. # Name Class
OL 74 Dustin Adams Fr
OL 64 Sal Arceo Fr
WR 7 Perez Ashford Sr
OL 66 Matt Battaglia Sr
RB 25 Giorgio Bowers  So
WR 82 Juwan Brescasin  Fr
WR 86 Jacob Brinlee Fr
WR 4 Da'Ron Brown  So
OL 68 Ron Brown Fr
OL 78 Ryan Brown  So
OL 61 Aidan Conlon  Fr
FB 48 Ricky Connors  So
RB 3 Akeem Daniles Jr
QB 19 Johnny Eagan Fr
TE 83 Luke Eakes  So
RB 44 Perez Ford Fr
C 59 Michael Gegner  So
WR 81 Clayton Glasper Fr
QB 12 Drew Hare Fr
RB 20 Keith Harris Fr
TE 98 Lincoln Howard Fr
OL 62 Patrick Husain Jr
OL 73 Matt Killian  Fr
OL 79 Matt Krempel  Jr
WR 80 Tommylee Lewis So
OL 75 Tyler Loos  So
QB 6 Jordan Lynch  Jr
TE 44 DeVonte' Majors  Fr
TE 37 Desroy Maxwell Fr
QB 16 Matt McIntosh  Fr
WR 13 Charlie Miller Fr
WR 1 Martel Moore Sr
RB 26 Alex Morrow Fr
OL 71 Levon Myers Fr
OL 55 Andrew Ness  Fr
OL 65 Wes Ott  So
OL 70 Logan Pegram  Sr
OL 67 Tyler Pitt  So
OL 72 Josh Ruka Fr
TE 87 Jason Schepler  Sr
WR 85 Angelo Sebastiano  Fr
TE 88 Tim Semisch  So
RB 23 Leighton Settle Jr
RB 34 James Spencer  So
OL 76 Brad Steger Fr
FB 47 Rob Sterling So
RB 42 Cameron Stingly  So
TE 43 Jess Striedl  So
OL 57 Scott Taylor Fr
TE 84 Kevin Tennenbaum  Fr
OL 77 Jared Volk  Jr
WR 22 Jamison Wells  Jr
QB 12 Matt Williams Fr
RB 5 Jamal Womble Sr
Defense
Pos. # Name Class
DL 51 Zach Anderson  Jr
DE 53 Matthew Baltimore Fr
LB 6 Jamaal Bass  So
DE 90 Alan Baxter Sr
DT 93 Ken Bishop Jr
CB 31 Anthony Brooks Fr
LB 36 Tyrone Clark Sr
DE 54 Cameron Clinton-Earl  Fr
LB 58 Mike Cotton Fr
S 21 Dechane Durante  So
CB 2 Sean Evans  Jr
CB 28 Jhony Faustin Jr
LB 8 Ladell Fleming Fr
S 34 Connor Gavin Fr
DT 94 Donovan Gordon  So
DE 50 Ryan Gorrell  So
DE 56 Daniel Green  Sr
CB 17 Marckie Hayes  So
LB 41 Cody Hazelett Fr
DT 57 Cornellus Henry Fr
DE 96 Michael Ippolito Fr
CB 16 Charles Ivory Fr
LB 40 Victor Jacques  Sr
DL 99 Nabal Jefferson Sr
DT 92 Mario Jones Fr
S 38 Rasheen Lemon  Fr
DE 63 Larry Lloyd  So
CB 29 Paris Logan  Fr
LB 45 Boomer Mays  Fr
CB 41 Nate McNeal  Jr
DE 49 Jason Meehan So
CB 11 Rashan Melvin  Sr
CB 30 Marlon Moore Fr
S 33 Tre' Moore  Fr
LB 35 Videl Nelson  Fr
DE 89 Stephen O'Neal  Jr
DE 95 Sean Progar  Sr
DE 46 George Rainey  Jr
LB 52 Michael Santacaterina  So
S 14 Courtney Stephen  Sr
S 19 Demetrius Stone Sr
DT 69 Corey Thomas Fr
DB 15 Jimmie Ward Jr
CB 24 Dominique Ware  Jr
DL 91 Anthony Wells  Jr
DE 97 Joe Windsor Jr
LB 27 Bobby Winkel  So
Special teams
Pos. # Name Class
DS 84 Brian Mayer  So
P 18 Ryan Neir  Sr
DS Bobby Ramlet Fr
K 99 Mathew Sims Jr
P 39 Mark Strbjak Fr
PK 26 Tyler Wedel So
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
  • Mike Dunbar – Offensive coordinator
  • Ryan Nielsen – Co-defensive coord./defensive line/recruiting coord.
  • Jay Niemann – Defensive coordinator/safeties
  • Rod Carey – Assistant coach/offensive line/run game coordinator
  • Bob Cole – Assistant coach/quarterbacks
  • Frisman Jackson – Assistant coach/wide receivers
  • Kevin Kane – Assistant coach/linebackers
  • Richard McNutt – Assistant coach/cornerbacks
  • Joe Tripodi – Graduate assistant/tight ends & Fullbacks
  • Mike Uremovich – Assistant coach/running backs/special teams coord.
  • Brad Ohrt – Director of sports performance
  • Matt Lipman – Director of football operations
  • Joe McKillip – Graduate assistant/Operations
  • Zach Opsal – Graduate assistant/Video
  • Peter Roley – Asst. Dir. Football Operations/Video
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 7/14/12

Game summaries

vs Iowa

1 2 3 4 Total
Hawkeyes 3 3 3 9 18
Huskies 0 10 7 0 17

See also: 2012 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

UT Martin

1 2 3 4 Total
Skyhawks 0 0 0 7 7
Huskies 7 14 7 7 35

See also: 2012 UT Martin Skyhawks football team

@ Army

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 14 14 0 13 41
Black Knights 7 12 15 6 40

See also: 2012 Army Black Knights football team

Kansas

1 2 3 4 Total
Jayhawks 3 7 7 6 23
Huskies 6 7 0 17 30

See also: 2012 Kansas Jayhawks football team

Central Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Chippewas 7 7 10 0 24
Huskies 14 10 10 21 55

See also: 2012 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

@ Ball State

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 7 7 7 14 35
Cardinals 3 13 7 0 23

See also: 2012 Ball State Cardinals football team and Bronze Stalk Trophy

Buffalo

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulls 3 0 0 0 3
Huskies 7 21 14 3 45

See also: 2012 Buffalo Bulls football team

@ Akron

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 10 10 10 7 37
Zips 0 7 0 0 7

See also: 2012 Akron Zips football team

@ Western Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
Huskies 7 10 14 17 48
Broncos 14 7 0 13 34

See also: 2012 Western Michigan Broncos football team

Massachusetts

1 2 3 4 Total
Minutemen 0 0 0 0 0
Huskies 14 21 21 7 63

See also: 2012 UMass Minutemen football team

Toledo

1 2 3 4 Total
Rockets 7 7 0 10 24
Huskies 0 7 21 3 31

See also: 2012 Toledo Rockets football team

@ Eastern Michigan

1 2 3 4 Total
#23 Huskies 14 14 7 14 49
Eagles 7 0 0 0 7

See also: 2012 Eastern Michigan Eagles football team

#18 Kent State (MAC Championship Game)

1 2 3 4OT2OT Total
#19 Huskies 3 14 10 737 44
#18 Golden Flashes 10 0 3 2130 37

See also: 2012 MAC Championship Game

See also: 2012 Kent State Golden Flashes football team

#12 Florida State (Orange Bowl)

1 2 3 4 Total
#16 Huskies 3 0 7 0 10
#12 Seminoles 7 7 3 14 31

See also: 2013 Orange Bowl

See also: 2012 Florida State Seminoles football team

References

  1. ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Florida State - Game Recap - January 1, 2013 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  2. ^ "Florida State solves Northern Illinois offense in win". USA Today. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  3. ^ "NC State hires N. Illinois' Doeren as next coach". December 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  4. ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Kent State - Game Recap - November 30, 2012 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
  5. ^ "BCS selection procedures". ESPN.com. July 25, 2013. Archived from the original on December 28, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  6. ^ "Northern Illinois is a BCS team years in the making". USA Today. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
  7. ^ "Iowa vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 1, 2012 - ESPN".
  8. ^ "Tennessee-Martin vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 8, 2012 - ESPN".
  9. ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Army - Box Score - September 15, 2012 - ESPN".
  10. ^ "Kansas vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 22, 2012 - ESPN".
  11. ^ "Central Michigan vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 29, 2012 - ESPN".
  12. ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Ball State - Box Score - October 6, 2012 - ESPN".
  13. ^ "Buffalo vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - October 13, 2012 - ESPN".
  14. ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Akron - Box Score - October 20, 2012 - ESPN".
  15. ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Western Michigan - Box Score - October 27, 2012 - ESPN".
  16. ^ "UMass vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - November 3, 2012 - ESPN".
  17. ^ "Toledo vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - November 14, 2012 - ESPN".
  18. ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Eastern Michigan - Box Score - November 23, 2012 - ESPN".
  19. ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Kent State - Box Score - November 30, 2012 - ESPN".
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