2012 Buffalo State Bengals football team

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2012 Buffalo State Bengals football
Conference Empire 8
Record6–4 (4–3 E8)
Head coach
Home stadiumCoyer Field
Seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Empire 8 Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 11 Salisbury $^  6 –1   9 –3  
Alfred  5 –2   6 –4  
St. John Fisher  4 –3   8 –3  
Buffalo State  4 –3   6 –4  
Ithaca  4 –3   6 –4  
Utica  4 –3   6 –4  
Frostburg State  1 –6   3 –7  
Hartwick  0 –7   3 –7  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • ^ – NCAA Division III playoff participant
Rankings from D3football.com

The 2012 Buffalo State Bengals football team represented Buffalo State College as a member of the Empire 8 during the 2012 NCAA Division III football season. They were led by 19th-year head coach Jerry Boyes and played their home games at Coyer Field. On September 15, Buffalo State went on the road and defeated the three-time defending NCAA Division III champions and top-ranked Wisconsin–Whitewater, 7–6, winning the game on a touchdown pass in the game's final seconds. [1] The victory by the Bengals snapped Wisconsin–Whitewater's 46-game winning streak, preventing the Warhawks from extending the streak to 47 games, which would have been the third-longest winning streak in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football history. [2] [3] [4]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteResultAttendance
September 112:00 p.m. Cortland *
W 49–311,750
September 81:00 p.m.at Brockport * Brockport, NY L 24–381,000
September 152:00 p.m.at No. 1 Wisconsin–Whitewater *
W 7–65,872
September 2212:30 p.m. Alfred No. 19
L 17–401,355
September 2912:00 p.m. Salisbury
L 7–201,029
October 612:00 p.m. Utica
L 44–51855
October 131:00 p.m.at Ithaca
W 21–143,128
October 201:00 p.m.at Frostburg State
W 22–71,346
October 2712:00 p.m. Hartwick Dagger-14-plain.png
W 27–24655
November 312:00 p.m.at No. 25 St. John Fisher
W 17–92,145

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References

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