2012 Northern Colorado Bears football team

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2012 Northern Colorado Bears football
Northern Colorado Athletics old wordmark.png
Conference Big Sky Conference
Record5–6 (4–4 Big Sky)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMichael Armour (2nd season)
Offensive scheme Spread
Defensive coordinatorZach Shay (2nd season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Nottingham Field
Seasons
  2011
2013  
2012 Big Sky Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^ 71  113 
No. 5 Montana State +^ 71  112 
No. 12 Cal Poly +^ 71  93 
No. 20 Northern Arizona  62  83 
Sacramento State  44  65 
Northern Colorado  44  56 
Southern Utah  44  56 
North Dakota  35  56 
Montana  35  56 
UC Davis  35  47 
Portland State  26  38 
Weber State  26  29 
Idaho State  08  110 
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Earnest Collins Jr. and played their home games at Nottingham Field. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place.

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Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 305:15 pmat Utah * P12N L 0–4145,273
September 81:30 pm Colorado Mesa * ALT/Big Sky TVW 40–35,136
September 153:00 pmat Sacramento State *Big Sky TVL 17–287,408
September 221:30 pmat No. 2 Montana State Max Media/Big Sky TVL 16–4118,637
October 61:30 pm Montana Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
RTRM L 17–404,751
October 137:00 pmat No. 15 Cal Poly KSBY/Big Sky TVL 28–569,382
October 201:30 pm Idaho State
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
Big Sky TVW 52–144,155
October 271:30 pmNo. 13 Northern Arizona
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
Big Sky TVL 10–123,780
November 32:00 pmat Portland State Big Sky TVW 32–285,077
November 101:30 pmat Weber State Big Sky TVW 42–344,837
November 1712:00 pm North Dakota
  • Nottingham Field
  • Greeley, CO
Big Sky TVW 28–273,418

Despite Sacramento State also being a member of the Big Sky, their meeting on September 15 was considered a non-conference game.

Game summaries

@ Utah

1234Total
Bears00000
Utes02171341

Colorado Mesa

1234Total
Mavericks03003
Bears73161440

The win is the Bears first win since the final game of the 2010 season against Portland State, a span of 12 games. It is also just their second win in their last 21 games.

@ Sacramento State

1234Total
Bears370717
Hornets777728

@ Montana State

1234Total
Bears0133016
#2 Bobcats21107341

Montana

1234Total
Grizzlies010141640
Bears0010717

@ Cal Poly

1234Total
Bears14001428
#15 Mustangs1414141456

Idaho State

1234Total
Bengals070714
Bears141424052

Northern Arizona

1234Total
#13 Lumberjacks270312
Bears030710

@ Portland State

1234Total
Bears3715732
Vikings6157028

@ Weber State

1234Total
Bears91901442
Wildcats71031434

North Dakota

1234Total
North Dakota14103027
Bears7147028

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