2012_Nevada_Wolf_Pack_football_team

2012 Nevada Wolf Pack football
2012 Nevada Wolf Pack football
New Mexico Bowl, L 48–49 vs. Arizona
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	7–6 (4–4 MW)
Head coach	Chris Ault (28th season);
Offensive coordinator	Nick Rolovich (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pistol
Defensive coordinator	Mike Bradeson (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Mackay Stadium
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

American college football season

The 2012 Nevada Wolf Pack football team represented the University of Nevada, Reno in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Wolf Pack were led by Chris Ault in his 28th overall and 9th straight season since taking over as head coach for the third time in 2004 and later resigned from coaching at the end of the season. They played their home games at Mackay Stadium and were first–year members of the Mountain West Conference.^[1]^[2] They finished the season 7–6 and 4–4 in Mountain West play to finish in fifth place. They were invited to the New Mexico Bowl where they lost to Arizona.

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2012 Nevada Wolf Pack football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
QB	`1F`	Hasaan Henderson	Fr
QB	`1J`	Jacob Hollister	Fr
WR	`1I`	Marquis Newell	Fr
WR	`1A`	Austin Rauh	Fr
WR	`2F`	Nick Palko	Fr
RB	`3D`	Drake Griffin	Fr
RB	`3J`	Chris Solomon	Fr
WR	`3`	Nigel Westbrooks	Jr
TE	`4H`	Cody Tuttle	Fr
WR	`4`	Brandon Wimberly	Sr
RB	`6`	Anthony Knight	Fr
WR	`12`	Richy Turner	So
QB	`13`	Devin Combs	So
QB	`14`	Tanner Roderick	Fr
QB	`15`	Tyler Stewart	Fr
WR	`16`	Cody Hollister	Fr
QB	`17`	Cody Fajardo (C)	So
RB	`20`	Kendall Brock	So
RB	`25`	Stefphon Jefferson	Jr
WR	`31`	Randy Uzoma	Fr
RB	`32`	Nick Hale	Sr
RB	`33`	Xavier Stephens	Fr
RB	`38`	Nate Lytle	So
RB	`39`	Nate McLaurin	So
TE	`44`	Zach Sudfeld	Sr
TE	`47`	Jarred Gipson	Fr
OL	`57`	Connor Talbott	Fr
OL	`59`	Kyle Papendorf	So
OL	`62`	Zach Brickell	So
OL	`63`	Aisea Hansen	Fr
OL	`64`	Abe Abdelkarim	Fr
OL	`65`	Matt Galas	So
OL	`66`	Kyle Roberts	So
OL	`67`	Brent Roling	So
OL	`70`	Joel Bitonio	Jr
OL	`71`	Salesa Faraimo	Fr
OL	`72`	Jeremy Macauley	Fr
OL	`73`	Sebastian Tretola	Fr
OL	`74`	Abel De Haro	So
OL	`75`	Chris Barker	Sr
OL	`76`	Bryce Spring	Fr
OL	`77`	Alex Pinto	Sr
OL	`78`	Jeff Nady	Sr
OL	`79`	Jacob Henry	Fr
WR	`80`	Dominic Coulter	Fr
WR	`81`	Aaron Bradley	So
WR	`82`	Parker Vail	So
WR	`83`	Joseph Huber	Jr
WR	`84`	Jerico Richardson	Fr
TE	`85`	Randy Horton	So
TE	`86`	Kolby Arendse	Jr
WR	`87`	Necho Beard	So
WR	`88`	Chance Early	Fr
OL	`89`	Stephen Jeffers	Jr
OL	`92`	Jordan Hanson	So
OL	`96`	Tyler Wilson	Fr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DB	`1E`	L.J. Jackson	Fr
DB	`2`	Khalid Wooten	Sr
LB	`3H`	Trent Mahler	Fr
DB	`4F`	Soni Mailei	Fr
DB	`5`	Duke Williams	Sr
DB	`8`	Marlon Johnson	Sr
DB	`9`	Markus Smith	Jr
DL	`10`	Reggie Coates	Fr
LB	`11`	Burton De Koning	Fr
DB	`18`	Bryson Keeton	Fr
DB	`19`	Evan Favors	So
DB	`23`	Nigel Haikins	Jr
DB	`24`	Charles Garrett	So
LB	`26`	Dray Bell	Sr
DB	`28`	Bryan Lane Jr.	Fr
DB	`29`	Arthur Forrest II	Jr
LB	`30`	Zach Vallejo	Jr
DB	`34`	Ty Thompson	Sr
LB	`35`	Lorenzo Devers	Fr
LB	`36`	Danny DeCarlo	Jr
LB	`40`	Josh Wiley	Jr
LB	`42`	DeAndre Boughton	Sr
DB	`43`	Gabe Lee	So
DL	`45`	Cortez Woods	Jr
LB	`48`	Travis Hansen	Jr
LB	`49`	Jordan Dobrich	Fr
LB	`50`	Jonathan McNeal	So
LB	`51`	Albert Rosette	Sr
LB	`52`	Trevor Taft	Fr
DL	`53`	Brock Hekking	So
LB	`54`	Jeremiah Green	Sr
DL	`55`	Rykeem Yates	Fr
LB	`56`	Alex Bertrando	Fr
DL	`58`	Nolan Dambacher	Fr
DL	`90`	Tyler Houk	So
DL	`91`	Jake Peppard	So
LB	`93`	Brian Guendling	Fr
DL	`94`	Lenny Jones	Fr
DL	`95`	Fred Lavulo	Jr
DL	`97`	Mark Avery	Sr
DL	`98`	Jack Reynoso	Jr
DL	`99`	Sam Foster	Jr

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
P	`37`	Chase Tenpenny	Jr
PK	`46`	Colin Ditsworth	So
PK	`60`	Allen Hardison	Sr

Head coach

Chris Ault

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Nick Rolovich – Offensive coordinator/quarterbacks
Mike Bradeson – Defensive coordinator/safeties
Ken Wilson – Associate head coach/defensive ends/linebackers
Scott Baumgartner – Assistant coach
Larry Lewis – Special teams coordinator/running backs
James Ward – Cornerbacks
Darren Hiller – Offensive line
James Spady – Tight ends/assistant offensive Line
Barry Sacks – Defensive tackles
Mike Bethea – Graduate assistant (Defense)
Rickey Thenarse – Graduate assistant (Offense)

Support staff

Dave Brown – Director of football operations
Andy Vaughn – Director of player personnel

Legend

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

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: February 2, 2021

Game summaries

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	12:00 p.m.	at California*	California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	P12N	W 31–24	63,186
September 8	12:30 p.m.	South Florida*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	CBSSN	L 31–32	22,804
September 15	4:00 p.m.	Northwestern State (Div. I FCS)*	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV		W 45–34	19,399
September 22	7:30 p.m.	at Hawaii	Aloha Stadium Halawa, HI	NBCSN	W 69–24	31,417
September 29	11:00 a.m.	at Texas State*	Bobcat Stadium San Marcos, TX	LHN	W 34–21	14,210
October 6	4:00 p.m.	Wyoming	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	Campus Insiders	W 35–28 ^OT	24,025
October 13	12:00 p.m.	at UNLV	Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV (Battle for the Fremont Cannon / Governor's Series)	TWCSN/Charter	W 42–37	20,565
October 20	7:30 p.m.	San Diego State	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	CBSSN	L 38–39 ^OT	22,242
October 26	5:00 p.m.	at Air Force	Falcon Stadium Colorado Springs, CO	CBSSN	L 31–48	24,277
November 10	7:30 p.m.	Fresno State	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV	NBCSN	L 36–52	22,104
November 17	12:30 p.m.	at New Mexico	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM (Battle of the Wolves)	Charter/Comcast	W 31–24	17,290
December 1	12:30 p.m.	No. 25 Boise State	Mackay Stadium Reno, NV (rivalry)	ABC	L 21–27	30,017
December 15	10:00 a.m.	vs. Arizona*	University Stadium Albuquerque, NM (New Mexico Bowl)	ESPN	L 48–49	24,610
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Coaches	—	RV	RV	—	—	—	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Harris	Not released						RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released
BCS	Not released							—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Not released

Statistics	Nevada	California
First downs	27	21
Total yards	450	364
Rushing yards	220	113
Passing yards	230	251
Turnovers	7	5
Time of possession	35:06	24:54

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Nevada	Passing	Cody Fajardo	25/32, 230 yards
	Rushing	Stefphon Jefferson	34 carries, 147 yards, 3 TDs
	Receiving	Brandon Wimberly	7 receptions, 83 yards
California	Passing	Zach Maynard	17/30, 245 yards, 2 TDs
	Rushing	C. J. Anderson	14 carries, 66 yards
	Receiving	Keenan Allen	6 receptions, 67 yards

Statistics	South Florida	Nevada
First downs	26	30
Total yards	572	549
Rushing yards	209	278
Passing yards	363	271
Turnovers	2	7
Time of possession	26:20	33:40

2012_Nevada_Wolf_Pack_football_team

2012 Nevada Wolf Pack football team

Preseason

Mountain West media days

Media poll

Preseason All–Mountain West Team

Schedule

Rankings

Personnel

Game summaries

At California

South Florida

Northwestern State

At Hawaii

At Texas State

Wyoming

At UNLV

San Diego State

At Air Force

Fresno State

At New Mexico

Boise State

Vs. Arizona (New Mexico Bowl)

Players in the 2013 NFL Draft

Team awards

References

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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 18 Boise State +	7	–	1	11	–	2
Fresno State +	7	–	1	9	–	4
San Diego State +	7	–	1	9	–	4
Air Force	5	–	3	6	–	7
Nevada	4	–	4	7	–	6
Wyoming	3	–	5	4	–	8
Colorado State	3	–	5	4	–	8
UNLV	2	–	6	2	–	11
New Mexico	1	–	7	4	–	9
Hawaii	1	–	7	3	–	9

+ – Conference co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
1	Boise State	296 (27)
2	Nevada	244
3	Fresno State	231 (2)
4	Wyoming	213
5	San Diego State	173 (1)
6	Air Force	170
7	Hawaii	116
8	Colorado State	111
9	UNLV	63
10	New Mexico	33

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
South Florida	Passing	B. J. Daniels	22/40, 363 yards, 3 TDs
	Rushing	Lindsey Lamar	8 carries, 85 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Andre Davis	12 receptions, 191 yards, 2 TDs
Nevada	Passing	Cody Fajardo	27/38, 271 yards, 1 TD
	Rushing	Stefphon Jefferson	30 carries, 135 yards
	Receiving	Zach Sudfeld	5 receptions, 67 yards

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Northwestern State	Passing	Brad Henderson	28/53, 357 yards, 2 TDs
	Rushing	Brad Henderson	11 carries, 102 yards
	Receiving	Louis Hollier	8 receptions, 107 yards
Nevada	Passing	Cody Fajardo	21/33, 237 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT
	Rushing	Stefphon Jefferson	27 carries, 247 yards, 2 TDs
	Receiving	Brandon Wimberly	8 receptions, 82 yards

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Wyoming	Passing	Brett Smith	21/34, 197 yards, 3 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Brett Smith	15 carries, 60 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Dominic Rufran	5 receptions, 43 yards
Nevada	Passing	Cody Fajardo	19/26, 221 yards, 2 TDs, 1 INT
	Rushing	Stefphon Jefferson	23 carries, 78 yards
	Receiving	Richy Turner	7 receptions, 150 yards, 1 TD

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
San Diego State	Passing	Adam Dingwell	14/23, 177 yards, 3 TDs
	Rushing	Walter Kazee	15 carries, 58 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Dominique Sandifer	5 receptions, 60 yards, 1 TD
Nevada	Passing	Cody Fajardo	29/40, 304 yards, 3 TDs
	Rushing	Stefphon Jefferson	32 carries, 108 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Brandon Wimberly	10 receptions, 132 yards, 2 TDs

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Fresno State	Passing	Derek Carr	17/35, 220 yards, 2 TDs
	Rushing	Robbie Rouse	36 carries, 261 yards, 2 TDs
	Receiving	Davante Adams	9 receptions, 120 yards, 1 TD
Nevada	Passing	Cody Fajardo	21/39, 214 yards, 1 TD, 2 INTs
	Rushing	Stefphon Jefferson	19 carries, 95 yards, 3 TDs
	Receiving	Richy Turner	6 receptions, 73 yards

Team	Category	Player	Statistics
Boise State	Passing	Joe Southwick	19/26, 199 yards, 2 TDs
	Rushing	D. J. Harper	24 carries, 130 yards, 1 TD
	Receiving	Matt Miller	7 receptions, 127 yards, 1 TD
Nevada	Passing	Cody Fajardo	14/20, 203 yards
	Rushing	Stefphon Jefferson	28 carries, 139 yards, 2 TDs
	Receiving	Zach Sudfeld	3 receptions, 67 yards

Player	Position	Round	Pick	NFL club
Duke Williams	DB	4	105	Buffalo Bills
Khalid Wooten	DB	6	202	Tennessee Titans