2012 New Mexico State Aggies football team

The 2012 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by fourth–year head coach DeWayne Walker who resigned after the end of the season and played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium. They were members of the Western Athletic Conference. This was their final season as a member of the WAC. With the WAC ceasing to support football in the 2013 season, New Mexico State became an FBS Independent for the 2013 season.[1] They finished the season 1–11, 0–6 in WAC play to finish in last place.

2012 New Mexico State Aggies football
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record1–11 (0–6 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorJerry McManus (1st season)
Offensive schemeAir raid
Defensive coordinatorDavid Elson (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumAggie Memorial Stadium
Seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Western Athletic Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 16 Utah State $   6 0     11 2  
No. 21 San Jose State   5 1     11 2  
Louisiana Tech   4 2     9 3  
UTSA *   3 3     8 4  
Texas State *   2 4     4 8  
Idaho   1 5     1 11  
New Mexico State   0 6     1 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * Texas State and UTSA were not eligible for conference title or bowl games as part of their transition to the FBS.
Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule edit

[2]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 pmSacramento State*AV/ALT/ESPN3W 49–1912,118
September 85:00 pmat Ohio*ESPN3L 24–5125,893
September 156:00 pmat UTEP*L 28–4132,933
September 226:00 pmNew Mexico*
AV/ALT/ESPN3L 14–2725,211
September 296:00 pmUTSA
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
AV/ALT/ESPN3L 14–3514,341
October 63:00 pmat IdahoKTRV/ALTL 18–2614,755
October 201:00 pmat Utah StateKMYU/ESPN3L 7–4117,001
October 276:00 pmLouisiana Tech 
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
AV/ESPN3L 14–2812,118
November 310:30 amat Auburn*CSS/ESPN3L 7–4274,676
November 101:30 pmSan Jose State
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
AV/ALT/ESPN3L 7–479,121
November 241:30 pmBYU*
  • Aggie Memorial Stadium
  • Las Cruces, NM
ESPN3L 14–5012,571
December 12:00 pmat Texas StateL 28–6615,108

Game summaries edit

Sacramento State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Hornets 0 10 9 0 19
Aggies 7 21 0 21 49

@ Ohio edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 7 7 10 0 24
Bobcats 7 14 24 6 51

@ UTEP edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0 7 7 14 28
Miners 20 7 7 7 41

New Mexico edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Lobos 3 10 7 7 27
Aggies 0 7 0 7 14

UTSA edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Roadrunners 7 14 7 7 35
Aggies 7 0 0 7 14

@ Idaho edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 3 7 0 8 18
Vandals 10 10 6 0 26

@ Utah State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
NMSU Aggies 0 0 7 0 7
USU Aggies 14 14 10 3 41

Louisiana Tech edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Bulldogs 7 0 14 7 28
Aggies 0 0 0 14 14

@ Auburn edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 0 0 0 7 7
Tigers 0 7 21 14 42

San Jose State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Spartans 17 20 10 0 47
Aggies 0 0 0 7 7

BYU edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Cougars 0 20 10 20 50
Aggies 0 7 7 0 14

@ Texas State edit

1 2 3 4 Total
Aggies 21 7 0 0 28
Bobcats 14 35 3 14 66

This was the final WAC football game in history.

References edit

  1. ^ "New Mexico State makes it official, will go independent in 2013". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
  2. ^ Infos at New Mexico State Aggies website Archived September 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine