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2012 Iowa Hawkeyes football
2012 Iowa Hawkeyes football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
	Legends Division
Record	4–8 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Kirk Ferentz (14th season);
Offensive coordinator	Greg Davis (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Phil Parker (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

American college football season

The 2012 Iowa Hawkeyes football team represented the University of Iowa in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by 14th year head coach Kirk Ferentz and play their home games at Kinnick Stadium. They are a member of the Legends Division of the Big Ten Conference. The team finished 2–6 in conference play, 4–8 overall and failed to become bowl-eligible for the first time since 2000. As of 2023, this is the most recent losing season for the program.

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2012 Iowa Hawkeyes football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`5`	Kyle Anderson	Fr
QB	`16`	C. J. Beathard	Fr
QB	`15`	Jake Rudock	Fr
QB	`19`	Cody Sokol	Jr
QB	`16`	James Vandenberg (C)	Sr
QB/P	`14`	John Wienke	Sr
RB	`32`	Damon Bullock	So
RB	`33`	Jordan Canzeri	So
RB	`33`	Adam Cox	So
RB	`31`	Andre Dawson	Jr
RB	`26`	Steve Fiorella	Fr
RB	`4`	Greg Garmon	Fr
RB	`92`	Jonathan Gimm	Sr
RB	`3`	Barkley Hill	Fr
RB	`34`	Nate Meier	Fr
RB	`35`	Matt Mayers	So
RB	`41`	Jacob Reisen	Jr
RB	`38`	Brad Rogers	Jr
RB	`45`	Mark Weisman	So
WR	`23`	Jordan Cotton	Jr
WR	`6`	Keenan Davis	Sr
WR	`9`	Blake Haluska	So
WR	`84`	Jacob Hillyer	So
WR	`88`	Greg Mabin	Fr
WR	`11`	Kevonte Martin-Manley	So
WR	`29`	Nick Nielsen	Sr
WR	`8`	Don Shumpert	Jr
WR	`81`	Tevaun Smith	Fr
WR	`83`	Steven Staggs	Sr
WR	`89`	Cameron Wilson	Fr
TE	`85`	Zach Derby	Sr
TE	`87`	Jake Duzey	Fr
TE	`86`	C. J. Fiedorowicz	Jr
TE	`82`	Ray Hamilton	So
TE	`46`	George Kittle	Fr
TE	`80`	Henry Krieger-Coble	Fr
OL	`63`	Austin Blythe	Fr
OL	`59`	Conor Boffeli	Jr
OL	`50`	Drew Clark	Jr
OL	`78`	Andrew Donnal	So
OL	`53`	James Ferentz (C)	Sr
OL	`57`	Tommy Gaul	So
OL	`74`	Mitch Keppy	Fr
OL	`76`	Nolan MacMillan	Jr
OL	`66`	Casey McMillan	Sr
OL	`68`	Brandon Scherff	So
OL	`77`	Reid Sealby	Fr
OL	`58`	Eric Simmons	So
OL	`60`	Matt Tobin	Sr
OL	`70`	Brett Van Sloten	Jr
OL	`65`	Jordan Walsh	Fr
OL	`73`	Ryan Ward	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DL	`79`	Dominic Alvis	Jr
DL	`54`	Steve Bigach	Sr
DL	`97`	Darian Cooper	Fr
DL	`71`	Carl Davis	So
DL	`56`	Faith Ekakitie	Fr
DL	`99`	Joe Gaglione	Sr
DL	`98`	Mike Hardy	So
DL	`67`	Jaleel Johnson	Fr
DL	`93`	Nathan Lyman	Jr
DL	`94`	Riley McMinn	Fr
DL	`95`	Drew Ott	Fr
DL	`90`	Louis Trinca-Pasat	So
DL	`75`	Dean Tsopanides	Fr
DL	`91`	Daumantas Venckus-Cucchiara	Fr
LB	`52`	Quinton Alston	So
LB	`55`	Marcus Collins	So
LB	`17`	Shane DiBona	Jr
LB	`36`	Cole Fisher	So
LB	`50`	Palmer Foster	So
LB	`31`	Anthony Hitchens	Jr
LB	`20`	Christian Kirksey	Jr
LB	`44`	James Morris (C)	Jr
LB	`42`	Macon Plewa	Fr
LB	`43`	Jim Poggi	So
LB	`49`	Melvin Spears	Fr
LB	`51`	Laron Taylor	Fr
DB	`14`	Kevin Buford	Fr
DB	`22`	Torrey Campbell	So
DB	`2`	Greg Castillo	Sr
DB	`13`	Tom Donatell	Sr
DB	`7`	Sean Draper	Fr
DB	`28`	Marcus Fleming	Fr
DB	`12`	Anthony Gair	Fr
DB	`17`	Raymond Hammond	Fr
DB	`18`	Micah Hyde (C)	Sr
DB	`22`	Brian Kroll	So
DB	`21`	Nico Law	So
DB	`25`	Ruben Lile	Fr
DB	`27`	Jordan Lomax	So
DB	`48`	John Lowdermilk	So
DB	`19`	B.J. Lowery	Jr
DB	`5`	Tanner Miller	Jr
DB	`16`	Jamal Overton	Fr
DB	`39`	Travis Perry	Fr
DB	`16`	Collin Sleeper	Sr
DB	`30`	Gavin Smith	So
DB	`40`	Jack Swanson	Sr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
K	`1`	Marshall Koehn	Fr
K	`98`	Connor Kornbrath	Fr
K	`96`	Mike Meyer	Jr
K	`8`	Trent Mossbrucker	Sr
P	`15`	Jonny Mullings	So
LS	`69`	Ryan Kolka	Fr
LS	`61`	Casey Kreiter	Jr

Head coach

Kirk Ferentz

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Greg Davis – Offensive Coordinator and Quarterbacks
Phil Parker – Defensive Coordinator
Erik Campbell– Wide Receivers
Lester Erb– Running Backs and Special Teams
Brian Ferentz – Offensive Line
Eric Johnson – Recruiting Coordinator and Tight Ends
Reese Morgan – Defensive Line
Darrell Wilson – Defensive Backs and Special Teams
LeVar Woods – Linebackers
Chris Doyle – Strength and Conditioning
Dustyn Baethke – Strength and Conditioning Assistant
Chad Kraklio – Strength and Conditioning Assistant
Chris Polizzi – Defensive Graduate Assistant
David Raih – Offensive Graduate Assistant
Doug West – Senior Athletic Trainer
Ned Amendola, M.D. – Director, UI Sports Medicine Center
Raimond Braithwaite – Strength and Conditioning Assistant
Chic Ejiasi – Director of Player Development
Matthew Engelbert – Video Coordinator
Paul Federici – Director of Football Operations
Russ Haynes – Associate Director, Athletic Training Services
Bob Rahfeldt – Assistant Video Coordinator
Scott Southmayd – Quality Control Director
John Streif – Assistant Athletic Trainer

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 8/17/12

Regular season

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	2:30 pm	vs. Northern Illinois*	Soldier Field Chicago, IL	ESPNU	W 18–17	52,117^[1]
September 8	2:30 pm	Iowa State*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (Cy-Hawk Trophy)	BTN	L 6–9	70,585^[2]
September 15	2:30 pm	No. 7 (FCS) Northern Iowa*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	BTN	W 27–16	70,585^[3]
September 22	11:00 am	Central Michigan*	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	BTN	L 31–32	70,585^[4]
September 29	11:00 am	Minnesota	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (Floyd of Rosedale)	ESPN2	W 31–13	70,585^[5]
October 13	11:00 am	at Michigan State	Spartan Stadium East Lansing, MI	ESPN	W 19–16 ^2OT	70,211^[6]
October 20	7:00 pm	Penn State	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	BTN	L 14–38	70,585^[7]
October 27	11:00 am	at Northwestern	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	ESPN2	L 17–28	44,121^[8]
November 3	2:30 pm	at Indiana	Memorial Stadium Bloomington, IN	BTN	L 21–24	40,646^[9]
November 10	11:00 am	Purdue	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA	BTN	L 24–27	70,585^[10]
November 17	11:00 am	at No. 23 Michigan	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	ESPN	L 17–42	113,016^[11]
November 23	11:00 am	No. 17 Nebraska	Kinnick Stadium Iowa City, IA (rivalry)	ABC^[12]	L 7–13	69,805^[13]
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club	Ref
Micah Hyde	Cornerback	5	159	Green Bay Packers	^[27]

2012_Iowa_Hawkeyes_football_team

2012 Iowa Hawkeyes football team

Schedule

Roster

Regular season

Northern Illinois

Iowa State

Northern Iowa

Central Michigan

Minnesota

Michigan State

Penn State

Northwestern

Indiana

Purdue

Michigan

Nebraska

Players in the 2013 NFL Draft

References

External links

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2012 Iowa Hawkeyes football

Conference	Big Ten Conference
Division	Legends Division
Record	4–8 (2–6 Big Ten)
Head coach	Kirk Ferentz (14th season)
Offensive coordinator	Greg Davis (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Phil Parker (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Kinnick Stadium
Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Legends Division
No. 25 Nebraska xy	7	–	1	10	–	4
No. 24 Michigan	6	–	2	8	–	5
No. 17 Northwestern	5	–	3	10	–	3
Michigan State	3	–	5	7	–	6
Iowa	2	–	6	4	–	8
Minnesota	2	–	6	6	–	7
Leaders Division
No. 3 Ohio State* x	8	–	0	12	–	0
Penn State*	6	–	2	8	–	4
Wisconsin y$	4	–	4	8	–	6
Purdue	3	–	5	6	–	7
Indiana	2	–	6	4	–	8
Illinois	0	–	8	2	–	10
Championship: Wisconsin 70, Nebraska 31
$ – BCS representative as conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions * Ohio State and Penn State ineligible for conference championship game and post-season bowl games due to NCAA sanctions. Rankings from AP Poll