2012 UMass Minutemen football team

2012 Mid-American Conference football standings
	East Division
	West Division
	Championship: Northern Illinois 44, Kent State 37 ;
	$ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria; x – Division champion/co-champions; UMass not eligible for conference title or bowl game as part of FBS transition; Rankings from AP Poll

2012 UMass Minutemen football
2012 UMass Minutemen football
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	East Division
2012 record	1–11 (1–7 MAC)
Head coach	Charley Molnar (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Kruczek (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Phil Elmassian (1st season)
Home stadium	Gillette Stadium ; (Capacity: 68,756)
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

Last updated January 12, 2022

The 2012 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Mid-American Conference. The team was coached by Charley Molnar and played its home games at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts.

The team would finish the season with a record of 1–11 overall with a Conference record of 1–7 which placed them in 6th place in the MAC East Division. At the end of the season three players were selected to All-MAC teams. Senior linebacker Perry McIntyre was named to the All-MAC First Team Defense, while senior safety Darren Thellen earned Second Team accolades. Punter Colter Johnson, a junior, was also honored as a Third Team selection.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:30 p.m.	at Connecticut *	Rentschler Field East Hartford, CT (The U Game)	SNY/ESPN3	L 0–37	35,270
September 8	3:30 p.m.	Indiana *	Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA	ESPN3	L 6–45	16,304
September 15	3:30 p.m.	at No. 17 Michigan *	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI	BTN	L 13–63	110,708
September 22	12:00 p.m.	at Miami (OH)	Yager Stadium Oxford, OH	ESPN+	L 16–27	15,159
September 29	3:30 p.m.	Ohio	Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA	ESPN3	L 34–37	8,321
October 6	2:00 p.m.	at Western Michigan	Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI		L 14–52	15,671
October 20	12:00 p.m.	Bowling Green	Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA		L 0–24	10,846
October 27	7:00 p.m.	at Vanderbilt *	Vanderbilt Stadium Nashville, TN	SECRN/NESN	L 7–49	32,227
November 3	3:30 p.m.	at Northern Illinois	Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL		L 0–63	11,114
November 10	2:00 p.m.	at Akron	InfoCision Stadium Akron, OH		W 22–14	7,716
November 17	3:00 p.m.	Buffalo	Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA		L 19–29	12,649
November 23	3:00 p.m.	Central Michigan	Gillette Stadium Foxborough, MA		L 21–42	6,385
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

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Game summaries

@ UConn

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	0	0	0	0	0
Huskies	7	13	7	10	37

Indiana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hoosiers	21	17	0	7	45
Minutemen	6	0	0	0	6

@ Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	0	13	0	0	13
#17 Wolverines	14	28	14	7	63

@ Miami (Ohio)

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	0	3	7	6	16
RedHawks	0	14	7	6	27

Ohio

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bobcats	3	17	0	17	37
Minutemen	10	7	10	7	34

Western Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	0	7	0	7	14
Broncos	7	21	21	3	52

Bowling Green

	1	2	3	4	Total
Falcons	7	0	14	3	24
Minutemen	0	0	0	0	0

@ Vanderbilt

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	0	0	0	7	7
Commodores	7	14	28	0	49

@ Northern Illinois

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	0	0	0	0	0
Huskies	14	21	21	7	63

@ Akron

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	3	12	0	7	22
Zips	0	0	7	7	14

Buffalo

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	0	0	14	15	29
Minutemen	3	10	6	0	19

Central Michigan

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	7	7	14	14	42
Minutemen	0	14	7	0	21

Team players selected in the 2013 NFL Draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall Selection	NFL Team
Michael Cox	Running Back	7	253	New York Giants

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References

↑ "NCAA.org". Archived from the original on August 3, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
↑ http://www.umassathletics.com/sports/m-footbl/spec-rel/092711aab.html

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2012 UMass Minutemen football

Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	East Division
2012 record	1–11 (1–7 MAC)
Head coach	Charley Molnar (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Kruczek (1st season)
Defensive coordinator	Phil Elmassian (1st season)
Home stadium	Gillette Stadium (Capacity: 68,756)
Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Mid-American Conference football standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
East Division
Kent State x		8	–	0		11	–	3
Bowling Green		6	–	2		8	–	5
Ohio		4	–	4		9	–	4
Buffalo		3	–	5		4	–	8
Miami		3	–	5		4	–	8
UMass		1	–	7		1	–	11
Akron		0	–	8		1	–	11
West Division
No. 22 Northern Illinois x$		8	–	0		12	–	2
Toledo		6	–	2		9	–	4
Ball State		6	–	2		9	–	4
Central Michigan		4	–	4		7	–	6
Western Michigan		2	–	6		4	–	8
Eastern Michigan		1	–	7		2	–	10
Championship: Northern Illinois 44, Kent State 37
$ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria x – Division champion/co-champions UMass not eligible for conference title or bowl game as part of FBS transition Rankings from AP Poll