2012 Midwestern State Mustangs football | |
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LSC co-champion | |
NCAA Division II First Round, L 14–31 at Indianapolis | |
Conference | Lone Star Conference |
Ranking | |
AFCA | No. 16 |
Record | 9–2 (8–1 LSC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Roderick Taylor (4th season) |
Defensive coordinator | Rich Renner (5th season) |
Home stadium | Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Midwestern State +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 4 West Texas A&M +^ | 7 | – | 1 | 12 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tarleton State | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M–Kingsville # | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilene Christian | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Angelo State | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Eastern New Mexico † | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Incarnate Word | 1 | – | 7 | 2 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M–Commerce | 1 | – | 7 | 1 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Midwestern State Mustangs football team represented Midwestern State University in the 2012 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference. [1]
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 8 | 7:00 pm | at Tarleton State | No. 4 | L 17–20 | 6,027 | [2] | |
September 13 | 7:06 pm | vs. Texas A&M–Commerce | No. 16 | W 65–14 | 3,426 | [3] | |
September 22 | 7:05 pm | at Texas A&M–Kingsville | No. 15 | W 45–28 | 8,136 | [4] | |
September 29 | 7:05 pm | Incarnate Word | No. 14 | W 34–7 | 6,742 | [5] | |
October 4 | 6:35 pm | at No. 18 West Alabama * | No. 13 | W 42–27 | 2,050 | [6] | |
October 13 | 7:00 pm | Angelo State | No. 13 |
| W 35–28 | 7,743 | [7] |
October 20 | 2:00 pm | at Abilene Christian | No. 13 | W 35–31 | 7,212 | [8] | |
October 27 | 7:00 pm | Eastern New Mexico | No. 11 |
| W 51–28 | 3,129 | [9] |
November 3 | 6:00 pm | at No. 12 West Texas A&M | No. 10 | W 51–48 | 12,238 | [10] | |
November 10 | 1:00 pm | West Georgia * | No. 9 |
| W 35–17 | 8,550 | [11] |
November 17 | 12:00 pm | at No. 18 Indianapolis * | No. 8 | L 14–31 | 6,235 | [12] | |
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