2012 Kansas Jayhawks football team

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2012 Kansas Jayhawks football
University of Kansas athletics (logo).svg
Conference Big 12 Conference
Record1–11 (0–9 Big 12)
Head coach
Offensive scheme Multiple [1]
Defensive coordinator Dave Campo (1st season)
Base defenseMultiple
Captains
Home stadium Memorial Stadium
Seasons
←  2011
2013  →
2012 Big 12 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 12 Kansas State $+  8 –1   11 –2  
No. 15 Oklahoma +  8 –1   10 –3  
No. 19 Texas  5 –4   9 –4  
Oklahoma State  5 –4   8 –5  
Baylor  4 –5   8 –5  
TCU  4 –5   7 –6  
Texas Tech  4 –5   8 –5  
West Virginia  4 –5   7 –6  
Iowa State  3 –6   6 –7  
Kansas  0 –9   1 –11  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Kansas Jayhawks football team represented the University of Kansas in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Jayhawks were led by new head coach Charlie Weis and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They were a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season with 1–11 overall, 0–9 in Big 12, finishing in last place and failing to be bowl eligible (alone in Big 12 teams in doing so).

Contents

Pre-season

Coaching change

The Jayhawks fired head coach Turner Gill after going 2–10 in his second year in 2011. He was replaced by former Notre Dame head coach Charlie Weis. [2]

New Coaching Staff
NamePositionPrevious Position
Charlie Weis Head Coach / offensive coordinator Florida (OC)
Dave Campo Defensive coordinator/defensive backs Dallas Cowboys (DB)
Clint Bowen Special Teams/defensive backs North Texas (DC)
Jeff BlaskoAssistant Special Teams coordinator/tight ends coachFlorida (GA)
Rob Ianello Recruiting coordinator/ wide receivers coach Akron (HC)
Buddy WyattDefensive line(returning)
DeMontie Cross Linebackers Wisconsin (DB)
Ron Powlus Quarterbacks CoachAkron (QB)
Reggie MitchellRunning backs(returning)
Tim Grunhard Offensive line coach Bishop Miege High School (HC)
Scott HolsoppleStrength and conditioningFlorida (asst. S&C)

Recruiting

Following the hire of Charlie Weis, the Jayhawks received a pair of high-profile quarterback transfers in the duo of Dayne Crist from Notre Dame and Jake Heaps from BYU. Crist will be eligible for the 2012 season while Heaps will be eligible for the 2013-2014 seasons. [3]

Roster

2012 Kansas Jayhawks football roster
(Starters in bold)

Quarterbacks

  •  6 Turner Baty – So.
  •  9 Jake Heaps – Redshirt.svg
  • 10 Dayne Crist – Sr. (5th yr TR)
  • 14 Michael Cummings – Redshirt.svg Fr.
  • 17 Blake Jablonski – Redshirt.svg So.

Running backs

  •  3 Tony Pierson – So.
  • 25 Brandon Bourbon – Redshirt.svg So.
  • 28 Marquis Jackson – So.
  • 29 James Sims – Jr.
  • 36 Taylor Cox – Jr.
  • 37 Ryan Burton – Redshirt.svg Jr.
  • 40 Preston Randall – Fr.

Fullbacks

  • 28 Marquis Jackson – So.
  • 43 Ed Fink – Redshirt.svg So.
  • 45 Nick Sizemore – Redshirt.svg Sr.
  • 85 Trent Smiley – Redshirt.svg So.

Wide receivers

  •  7 Kale Pick – Redshirt.svg Sr.
  •  8 Josh Ford – Jr.
  • 11 Tre' Parmalee – Fr.
  • 12 Christian Matthews – Redshirt.svg Jr.
  • 15 Daymond Patterson – Redshirt.svg Sr.
  • 16 Matt Hentges – Fr.
  • 19 Justin McCay – Redshirt.svg
  • 20 D.J. Beshears – Sr.
  • 22 Connor Embree – Redshirt.svg So.
  • 80 Ricki Herod – Redshirt.svg So.
  • 82 Andrew Turzilli – Redshirt.svg So.
  • 83 Chris Omigie – Redshirt.svg Jr.
  • 88 Billy Owens – Jr.

Tight ends

  • 38 Justin Puthoff – Redshirt.svg Jr.
  • 41 Jimmay Mundine – Redshirt.svg So.
  • 46 Adam Novak – Fr.
  • 84 Mike Ragone – Redshirt.svg Sr. (5th yr TR)
  • 85 Trent Smiley – Redshirt.svg So.
  • 86 Charles Brooks – Jr.
  • 87 Jordan Shelley-Smith – Fr.
 

Offensive line

  • 56 Josh Burgoon – Redshirt.svg Jr.
  • 61 Pat Lewandowski – Redshirt.svg So.
  • 63 Dillon Roberts – Jr.
  • 64 Randall Dent – Redshirt.svg Jr.
  • 66 Dylan Admire – Redshirt.svg Fr.
  • 67 Duane Zlatnik – Redshirt.svg Sr.
  • 68 Luke Luhrsen – Redshirt.svg Fr.
  • 69 Trevor Marrongelli – Redshirt.svg Sr.
  • 70 Gavin Howard – Redshirt.svg Jr.
  • 72 Tanner Hawkinson – Redshirt.svg Sr.
  • 73 Damon Martin – Redshirt.svg Fr.
  • 74 Brian Beckmann – Fr.
  • 75 Sean Connolly – Fr.
  • 76 Bryan Peters – Redshirt.svg Fr.
  • 77 Aslam Sterling – Jr.
  • 78 Alex Beglinger – Jr.
  • 79 Riley Spencer – Redshirt.svg Jr.

Defensive line

  •  9 Jordan Tavai – Jr.
  • 35 Toben Opurum – Sr.
  • 38 Josh Richardson – Redshirt.svg Sr.
  • 62 Dylan Avery – Redshirt.svg So.
  • 71 John Williams – Redshirt.svg Sr.
  • 90 Kevin Young – Redshirt.svg Jr.
  • 91 Shane Smith – Redshirt.svg Jr.
  • 92 Neal Page – Fr.
  • 93 Ben Goodman – Redshirt.svg Fr.
  • 94 Tyler Holmes – Fr.
  • 95 Josh Williams – Redshirt.svg Sr. (5th year TR)
  • 96 Keba Agostinho – Jr.
  • 97 Ty McKinney – Jr.
  • 98 Keon Stowers – So.
  • 99 Peter Gallo – Fr.
 

Linebackers

  •  2 Darius Willis – Redshirt.svg Jr.
  •  4 Prinz Kande – Redshirt.svg Jr.
  • 17 Tunde Bakare – Sr.
  • 31 Ben Heeney – So.
  • 32 Schyler Miles – Fr.
  • 34 Huldon Tharp – Redshirt.svg Jr.
  • 51 Anthony McDonald – Redshirt.svg Sr. (5th year TR)
  • 52 Dom Bickus – Fr.
  • 53 Ryan Karlin – Redshirt.svg Fr.
  • 55 Michael Reynolds – So.
  • 57 Jake Love – Redshirt.svg Fr.
  • 58 Courtney Arnick – Fr.

Cornerbacks

  •  5 Greg Brown – Redshirt.svg Sr.
  • 11 Tyree Williams – Fr.
  • 14 Nasir Moore – Jr.
  • 18 Corrigan Powell – Redshirt.svg Sr.
  • 22 Greg Allen – Fr.
  • 23 Dexter Linton – Redshirt.svg Jr.
  • 25 JaCorey Shepherd – So.
  • 33 Tyler Patmon – Redshirt.svg Jr.
  • 37 Jackson Long – Fr.
  • 45 Piers Christian – Fr.

Safeties

  •  1 Lubbock Smith – Redshirt.svg Sr.
  • 23 Dexter Linton – Redshirt.svg Jr.
  • 24 Bradley McDougald – Sr.
  • 26 Ray Mitchell – Redshirt.svg So.'
  • 27 Victor Simmons – So.
  • 28 Brandon Hawks – Redshirt.svg Sr.
  • 30 Tevin Shaw – Fr.
  • 43 Alex Matlock – Redshirt.svg Fr.
  • 47 Brian Maura – Redshirt.svg So.

Special teams

  • 13 Ron Doherty – Jr. (K/P)
  • 16 Nick Prolago – So. (K)
  • 19 Eric Kahn – So. (K)
  • 38 Justin Puthoff – Redshirt.svg Jr. (LS)
  • 40 Sean Huddleston – So. (P)
  • 54 Justin Carnes – Redshirt.svg Jr. (LS)
  • 59 Reilly Jeffers – Fr. (LS)
  • 65 Paul Clark – Fr. (LS)
  • 99 Austin Barone – Fr. (K)

Schedule

[4]

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 p.m. South Dakota State *
 Jayhawk TV W 31–1746,601
September 82:30 p.m. Rice *
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
 FSN L 24–2544,683
September 1511:00 a.m.No. 16 TCU
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
 FX L 6–2043,867
September 222:30 p.m.at Northern Illinois *
 ESPN3 L 23–3018,374
October 611:00 a.m.at No. 7 Kansas State
FXL 16–5650,344
October 132:30 p.m. Oklahoma State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
FSNL 14–2031,115
October 206:00 p.m.at No. 10 Oklahoma
FSNL 7–5284,532
October 2711:00 a.m. Texas Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
FSNL 17–2140,097
November 32:30 p.m.at Baylor
FSNL 14–4139,039
November 1011:00 a.m.at No. 25 Texas Tech
FSNL 34–41 2OT55,052
November 176:00 p.m. Iowa State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Lawrence, KS
FSNL 23–5141,608
December 11:30 p.m.at West Virginia
FSNL 10–5951,112
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

References

  1. ↑ Newell, Jesse (March 29, 2014). "Carlie Weis, KU football taking it slow with new offense installation". The Topeka Capital-Journal . Retrieved December 23, 2023.
  2. ↑ Charlie Weis to be announced as next KU football coach
  3. ↑ Pair of coveted quarterbacks commit to KU
  4. ↑ "Schedule". Kansas Jayhawks Football. Archived from the original on July 3, 2013.
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