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| Conference | Gulf South Conference |
| Record | 3–7 (1–4 GSC) |
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| Home stadium | McCool Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21 West Alabama $^ | 5 | – | 0 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1 Valdosta State ^ | 4 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shorter # | 2 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Alabama | 2 | – | 3 | 5 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Delta State | 1 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Georgia | 1 | – | 4 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Delta State Statesmen football represents Delta State University in the 2012 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Gulf South Conference. [1]
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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| September 1 | 12:06 p.m. | Fort Valley State * | No. 14 | L 23–31 | 6,321 | [2] | |
| September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | at Elizabeth City State * | No. 22 | W 26–7 | 3,868 | [3] | |
| September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | North Alabama | No. 25 |
| L 12–20 | 8,943 | [4] |
| September 27 | 6:36 p.m. | Abilene Christian |
| L 28–34 | 5,123 | [5] | |
| October 6 | 7:00 p.m. | at Tarleton State | W 38–35 | 2,218 | [6] | ||
| October 13 | 6:00 p.m. | West Georgia |
| W 33–22 | 2,653 | [7] | |
| October 20 | 3:00 p.m. | Valdosta State | L 41–59 | 6,672 | [8] | ||
| October 27 | 4:05 p.m. | No. 15 West Alabama  |
| L 7–37 | 3,210 | [9] | |
| November 3 | 6:05 p.m. | at Indianapolis | L 18–33 | 3,232 | [10] | ||
| November 10 | 1:30 p.m. | at Shorter | L 21–32 | [11] | |||
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