2012 Georgia Southern Eagles football team

2012 Georgia Southern Eagles football
SoCon co-champion
FCS Playoffs Semifinals, L 20–23 vs. North Dakota State
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 6
FCS Coaches	No. 7
Record	10–4 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Jeff Monken (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Brent Davis (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Triple option
Defensive coordinator	Jack Curtis (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Paulson Stadium
Seasons ←  2011 2013  →

2012 Southern Conference football standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 6 Georgia Southern +^		6	–	2					10	–	4
No. 9 Wofford +^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 7 Appalachian State +^		6	–	2					8	–	4
The Citadel		5	–	3					7	–	4
Samford		5	–	3					7	–	4
Chattanooga		5	–	3					6	–	5
Furman		2	–	6					3	–	8
Elon		1	–	7					3	–	8
Western Carolina		0	–	8					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

The 2012 Georgia Southern Eagles football team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Jeff Monken and played their home games at Paulson Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 10–4, 6–2 in SoCon play to claim a share of the conference championship with Appalachian State and Wofford. They received the SoCon's automatic bid into the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Central Arkansas in the second round and Old Dominion in the quarterfinals before falling to North Dakota State in the semifinals. That would turn out to be Georgia Southern's final FCS playoff game, as they announced they were moving to FBS and the Sun Belt Conference in 2014.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	6:00 pm	Jacksonville *	No. 3	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA		W 58–0	20,132
September 8	6:00 pm	at The Citadel	No. 3	Johnson Hagood Stadium Charleston, SC		L 21–23	12,299
September 22	6:00 pm	Elon	No. 11	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA		W 26–23	18,353
September 29	6:00 pm	Samford	No. 10	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA	ESPN3	W 35–16	20,832
October 6	3:30 pm	at Western Carolina	No. 8	Bob Waters Field at E. J. Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC		W 45–13	9,514
October 13	6:00 pm	No. 5 Wofford	No. 7	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA		W 17–9	20,983
October 20	1:30 pm	at Furman	No. 3	Paladin Stadium Greenville, SC		W 37–17	11,191
October 27	6:00 pm	at Chattanooga	No. 2	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN		W 39–31 3OT	8,908
November 3	2:00 pm	No. 15 Appalachian State	No. 2	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA (rivalry)	ESPN3	L 28–31	22,155
November 10	2:00 pm	Howard *	No. 7	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA		W 69–26	18,069
November 17	1:30 pm	at No. 5 (FBS) Georgia *	No. 6	Sanford Stadium Athens, GA	ESPN3	L 14–45	92,746
December 1	2:00 pm	No. 8 Central Arkansas *	No. 6	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN3	W 24–16	8,888
December 8	12:00 pm	at No. 3 Old Dominion *	No. 6	Foreman Field Norfolk, VA (NCAA Division I Quarterfinal)	ESPN	W 49–35	20,068
December 14	8:00 pm	at No. 1 North Dakota State *	No. 6	Fargodome Fargo, ND (NCAA Division I Semifinal)	ESPN2	L 20–23	18,484	[1]
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Sports Network	3	3	11	11	10	8	7	3	2	2	7	6	6
Coaches	3	3	10	10	9	8	7	3	2	1	7	6	7

References

1. "No luck in North Dakota". The Macon Telegraph. December 15, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2021– via Newspapers.com.
2. "Georgia Southern Eagles Schedule 2012". ESPN . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
3. "2012 Football Schedule". Georgia Southern University . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
4. "2024 Football Media Guide" (PDF). Georgia Southern University. p. 128. Retrieved July 11, 2025.