2012 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

American college football season

2012 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football

Conference| Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network| No. 20
FCS Coaches| No. 15
Record| 8–3 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach|

* Jerome Souers (15th season)

Defensive coordinator| Andy Thompson
Home stadium| Walkup Skydome

Seasons

<- 2011

2013 ->

2012 Big Sky Conference football standings

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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

The 2012 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 15th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 8–3, 6–2 in the Big Sky to finish in fourth place.

## Schedule

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August 30| 8:30 pm| at Arizona State*| |

* Sun Devil Stadium
* Tempe, AZ

| PAC-12 Networks| L 6–63| 48,658
September 8| 8:00 pm| at UNLV*| |

* Sam Boyd Stadium
* Whitney, NV

| | W 17–14| 15,257
September 15| 4:00 pm| Fort Lewis*| |

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ

| NAU-TV/FSAZ+/FCSP/Big Sky TV| W 69–0| 6,594
September 22| 12:30 pm| at No. 14 Montana| |

* Washington–Grizzly Stadium
* Missoula, MT

| RTRM/RTNW/Audience Network[1]| W 41–21| 25,254
September 29| 2:00 pm| Portland State| No. 22|

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ

| FSAZ+/NAU-TV/FCSP/Big Sky TV| W 24–10| 9,107
October 13| 1:00 pm| at North Dakota| No. 16|

* Alerus Center
* Grand Forks, ND

| Midco Sports Net/Big Sky TV| W 45–38| 9,742
October 20| 4:00 pm| UC Davis| No. 16|

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ

| FSAZ+/Big Sky TV| W 21–7| 7,991
October 27| 12:30 pm| at Northern Colorado| No. 13|

* Nottingham Field
* Greeley, CO

| Big Sky TV| W 12–10| 3,780
November 3| 3:00 pm| at Idaho State| No. 12|

* Holt Arena
* Pocatello, ID

| Big Sky TV| W 50–10| 5,144
November 10| 4:00 pm| Southern Utah| No. 11|

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ (Grand Canyon Rivalry)

| FSAZ+/Big Sky TV| L 29–35 3OT| 4,125
November 17| 4:00 pm| No. 17 Cal Poly| No. 15|

* Walkup Skydome
* Flagstaff, AZ

| FSAZ+/Big Sky TV| L 34–42| 6,119

* *Non-conference game
* Homecoming
* Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game
* All times are in Mountain time

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## Game summaries

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### @ Arizona State

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Lumberjacks  | 0  | 0  | 6  | 0 | 6
Sun Devils | 14  | 28  | 7  | 14 | 63

See also: 2012 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

### @ UNLV

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Lumberjacks | 0  | 0  | 7  | 10 | 17
Rebels  | 7  | 7  | 0  | 0 | 14

See also: 2012 UNLV Rebels football team

### Fort Lewis

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Skyhawks  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0 | 0
Lumberjacks | 27  | 21  | 14  | 7 | 69

### @ Montana

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Lumberjacks | 7  | 7  | 13  | 14 | 41
#14 Grizzlies  | 17  | 7  | 0  | 7 | 31

See also: 2012 Montana Grizzlies football team

### Portland State

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Vikings  | 3  | 0  | 7  | 0 | 10
#22 Lumberjacks | 14  | 3  | 7  | 0 | 24

See also: 2012 Portland State Vikings football team

### @ North Dakota

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#16 Lumberjacks | 14  | 3  | 14  | 14 | 45
North Dakota  | 0  | 17  | 14  | 7 | 38

See also: 2012 University of North Dakota football team

### UC Davis

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Aggies  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 7 | 7
#16 Lumberjacks | 0  | 7  | 14  | 0 | 21

See also: 2012 UC Davis Aggies football team

### @ Northern Colorado

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#13 Lumberjacks | 2  | 7  | 0  | 3 | 12
Bears  | 0  | 3  | 0  | 7 | 10

See also: 2012 Northern Colorado Bears football team

### @ Idaho State

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#12 Lumberjacks | 12  | 14  | 7  | 17 | 50
Bengals  | 7  | 3  | 0  | 0 | 10

See also: 2012 Idaho State Bengals football team

### Southern Utah

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Thunderbirds | 9  | 3  | 0  | 3| 7| 7| 6 | 35
#11 Lumberjacks  | 0  | 0  | 7  | 8| 7| 7| 0 | 29

See also: 2012 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

### Cal Poly

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#17 Mustangs | 14  | 7  | 14  | 7 | 42
#15 Lumberjacks  | 7  | 6  | 7  | 14 | 34

See also: 2012 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

## References

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1. ^ "DIRECTV Sports Networks and Big Sky Conference Announce Inaugural 2012 Football Schedule on ROOT SPORTS". Rootsports.com. Retrieved April 10, 2012.
2. ^ Official Schedule

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