2012 Indiana State Sycamores football team

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2012 Indiana State Sycamores football
Indiana State Sycamores wordmark.svg
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record7–4 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorHarold Etheridge (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator Jesse Minter (2nd season)
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
  2011
2013  
2012 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State $^  7 1   14 1  
No. 14 South Dakota State ^  6 2   9 4  
No. 8 Illinois State ^  5 3   9 4  
Indiana State  5 3   7 4  
Southern Illinois  5 3   6 5  
Youngstown State  4 4   7 4  
Northern Iowa  4 4   5 6  
Missouri State  3 5   3 8  
Western Illinois  1 7   3 8  
South Dakota  0 8   1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) during the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by Trent Miles in his fifth and final season as head coach, the Sycamores compiled an overall record of 7–4 with a mark of 5–3 in conference play, placing in a three-way tie for third in the MVFC. Indiana State played home games at Memorial Stadium in Terre Haute, Indiana.

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Miles resigned at the end of the season to take the head coaching job at Georgia State. He was replaced by former UNLV head coach Mike Sanford.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 18:00 pmat Indiana *No. 23 BTN L 17–2441,882
September 82:00 pm Quincy *No. 23W 44–06,294
September 152:00 pm Drake *No. 22
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
W 27–107,189
September 222:00 pm South Dakota State No. 22
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
L 10–245,291
September 297:00 pmat Southern Illinois ESPN3/MVFCTVW 24–312,166
October 63:00 pm Missouri State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
W 31–178,311
October 134:00 pmat No. 1 North Dakota State ESPN3W 17–1418,164 [1]
October 207:00 pmat Western Illinois No. 21W 23–79,478
October 272:00 pm South Dakota No. 15
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN3/MVFCTVW 45–145,224
November 32:00 pmNo. 17 Illinois State No. 14
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
CSNC L 10–176,008
November 172:00 pmat Youngstown State No. 18ESPN3L 6–279,610

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
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RV = Received votes.
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
Sports Network 23232222RVRVRV2115141823
Coaches 25RVRV25RVRVRV25181721

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References

  1. "NDSU is upset, top-ranked Bison lose to Sycamores". The Bismarck Tribune. October 14, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2021 via Newspapers.com.