2012_Northern_Colorado_Bears_football_team

2012 Northern Colorado Bears football
2012 Northern Colorado Bears football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Record	5–6 (4–4 Big Sky)
Head coach	Earnest Collins Jr. (2nd season);
Offensive coordinator	Michael Armour (2nd season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Zach Shay (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Nottingham Field
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Northern Colorado Bears football team

American college football season

The 2012 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Earnest Collins Jr. and played their home games at Nottingham Field. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place.

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Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	5:15 pm	at Utah*	Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	P12N	L 0–41	45,273
September 8	1:30 pm	Colorado Mesa*	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	ALT/Big Sky TV	W 40–3	5,136
September 15	3:00 pm	at Sacramento State*	Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA	Big Sky TV	L 17–28	7,408
September 22	1:30 pm	at No. 2 Montana State	Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT	Max Media/Big Sky TV	L 16–41	18,637
October 6	1:30 pm	Montana	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	RTRM	L 17–40	4,751
October 13	7:00 pm	at No. 15 Cal Poly	Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA	KSBY/Big Sky TV	L 28–56	9,382
October 20	1:30 pm	Idaho State	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	Big Sky TV	W 52–14	4,155
October 27	1:30 pm	No. 13 Northern Arizona	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	Big Sky TV	L 10–12	3,780
November 3	2:00 pm	at Portland State	Jeld-Wen Field Portland, OR	Big Sky TV	W 32–28	5,077
November 10	1:30 pm	at Weber State	Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT	Big Sky TV	W 42–34	4,837
November 17	12:00 pm	North Dakota	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	Big Sky TV	W 28–27	3,418
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	0	0	0	0
Utes	0	21	7	13	41

	1	2	3	4	Total
Mavericks	0	3	0	0	3
Bears	7	3	16	14	40

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	3	7	0	7	17
Hornets	7	7	7	7	28

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	0	13	3	0	16
#2 Bobcats	21	10	7	3	41

2012 Northern Colorado Bears football team

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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^	7	–	1	11	–	3
No. 5 Montana State +^	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 12 Cal Poly +^	7	–	1	9	–	3
No. 20 Northern Arizona	6	–	2	8	–	3
Sacramento State	4	–	4	6	–	5
Northern Colorado	4	–	4	5	–	6
Southern Utah	4	–	4	5	–	6
North Dakota	3	–	5	5	–	6
Montana	3	–	5	5	–	6
UC Davis	3	–	5	4	–	7
Portland State	2	–	6	3	–	8
Weber State	2	–	6	2	–	9
Idaho State	0	–	8	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bears	14	0	0	14	28
#15 Mustangs	14	14	14	14	56

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Lumberjacks	2	7	0	3	12
Bears	0	3	0	7	10