2012 Pac-12 Football Championship Game

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2012 Pac-12 Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
1234Total
UCLA14010024
Stanford71001027
DateNovember 30, 2012
Season 2012
Stadium Stanford Stadium
Location Stanford, California
MVP Kevin Hogan (QB, Stanford)
Favorite Stanford by 8
National anthem Pia Toscano
Referee Shawn Hochuli
Attendance31,622 [1]
United States TV coverage
Network FOX (TV)
ESPN Radio
Announcers Gus Johnson play-by-play
Charles Davis color
Julie Alexandria sideline #1
Petros Papadakis sideline #2 Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Joe Schad
Pac-12 Football Championship Game
  2011   2013  
2012 Pac-12 Conference football standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 7 Stanford xy$  8 1   12 2  
No. 2 Oregon x%  8 1   12 1  
No. 20 Oregon State  6 3   9 4  
Washington  5 4   7 6  
California  2 7   3 9  
Washington State  1 8   3 9  
South Division
UCLA xy  6 3   9 5  
Arizona State  5 4   8 5  
USC  5 4   7 6  
Arizona  4 5   8 5  
Utah  3 6   5 7  
Colorado  1 8   1 11  
Championship: Stanford 27, UCLA 24
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Pac-12 Football Championship Game was played on Friday, November 30, 2012 at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California to determine the 2012 football champion of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). It was the second football conference championship for the Pac-12 Conference, or any of its predecessors. The game featured the South Division champions, the UCLA Bruins, against the North Division champions, the Stanford Cardinal. The previous week, the two teams had met at UCLA's home stadium at the Rose Bowl, with Stanford winning 35–17 and clinching the Pac-12 North Division championship. [2] Stanford headed back to Pasadena for the January 1, 2013 Rose Bowl Game where they defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 20–14.

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This was UCLA's second consecutive appearance and Stanford's first appearance in the Pac-12 Championship Game. In 2011, the Bruins lost the inaugural game at Oregon.

Scoring summary

QuarterTimeDriveTeamScoring Information [3] Score
LengthTime of Poss.UCLAStanford
1 11:358 plays, 85 yards3:25 UCLAJohnathan Franklin 51-yard run (Kaʻimi Fairbairn PAT good) 70
6:0711 plays, 69 yards5:28 StanfordKevin Hogan 2-yard run (Jordan Williamson PAT good) 77
3:407 plays, 75 yards2:27 UCLA Brett Hundley 5-yard run (K. Fairbairn PAT good) 147
2 12:571 play, 1 yard0:08 Stanford Stepfan Taylor 1-yd run (J. Williamson PAT good) 1414
0:0010 plays, 62 yards1:31 StanfordJ. Williamson 37 yard field goal 1417
3 8:209 plays, 47 yards4:41 UCLAK. Fairbairn 31 yard field goal 1717
1:0412 plays, 80 yards4:30 UCLAJ. Franklin 20-yd run (K. Fairbairn PAT good) 2417
4 11:2110 plays, 63 yards4:43 StanfordK. Hogan pass complete to Drew Terrell for 26 yards (J. Williamson PAT good) 2424
6:495 plays, 25 yards2:30 StanfordJ. Williamson 36 yard field goal 2427
Final Score2427

Statistics

StatisticsUCLASTAN
First Downs2218
Total offense, plays – yards70– 46166–325
Rushes-yards (net)38–28443–170
Passing yards (net)177155
Passes, Comp-Att-Int23–32–116–23–0
Time of Possession28:4531:15

See also

References

  1. "Hogan leads Stanford past UCLA 27–24 to win Pac-12" . Retrieved November 30, 2012.
  2. Sondheimer, Eric (November 24, 2012). "Stanford sets up rematch for Pac-12 title by beating UCLA, 35–17". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on November 25, 2012. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
  3. "UCLA Bruins vs. Stanford Cardinal – Box Score – November 30, 2012".