2012 Northern Colorado Bears football team

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.

2012 Northern Colorado Bears football
ConferenceBig Sky Conference
Record5–6 (4–4 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMichael Armour (2nd season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorZach Shay (2nd season)
Base defense4–3
Home stadiumNottingham Field
Seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf Overall
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

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 305:15 pmat Utah*P12NL 0–4145,273
September 81:30 pmColorado Mesa*ALT/Big Sky TVW 40–35,136
September 153:00 pmat Sacramento State*Big Sky TVL 17–287,408
September 221:30 pmat No. 2 Montana StateMax Media/Big Sky TVL 16–4118,637
October 61:30 pmMontana 
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
RTRML 17–404,751
October 137:00 pmat No. 15 Cal PolyKSBY/Big Sky TVL 28–569,382
October 201:30 pmIdaho State
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
Big Sky TVW 52–144,155
October 271:30 pmNo. 13 Northern Arizona
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
Big Sky TVL 10–123,780
November 32:00 pmat Portland StateBig Sky TVW 32–285,077
November 101:30 pmat Weber StateBig Sky TVW 42–344,837
November 1712:00 pmNorth Dakota
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
Big Sky TVW 28–273,418

Despite Sacramento State also being a member of the Big Sky, their meeting on September 15 was considered a non-conference game.

Game summaries

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@ Utah

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

Colorado Mesa

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

The win is the Bears first win since the final game of the 2010 season against Portland State, a span of 12 games. It is also just their second win in their last 21 games.

@ Sacramento State

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

@ Montana State

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

Montana

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1 2 3 4 Total
Grizzlies 0 10 14 16 40
Bears 0 0 10 7 17

@ Cal Poly

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

Idaho State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Bengals 0 7 0 7 14
Bears 14 14 24 0 52

Northern Arizona

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

@ Portland State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 3 7 15 7 32
Vikings 6 15 7 0 28

@ Weber State

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1 2 3 4 Total
Bears 9 19 0 14 42
Wildcats 7 10 3 14 34

North Dakota

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1 2 3 4 Total
North Dakota 14 10 3 0 27
Bears 7 14 7 0 28

References

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