2012 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team

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2012 Western Illinois Leathernecks football
Western Illinois Leathernecks wordmark.svg
Conference Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record3–8 (1–7 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorKiJuan Ware (1st season)
Defensive coordinator Brian Ward (1st season)
Home stadium Hanson Field
Seasons
  2011
2013  
2012 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf.Overall
Team W L  W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State $^  7 1   14 1  
No. 14 South Dakota State ^  6 2   9 4  
No. 8 Illinois State ^  5 3   9 4  
Indiana State  5 3   7 4  
Southern Illinois  5 3   6 5  
Youngstown State  4 4   7 4  
Northern Iowa  4 4   5 6  
Missouri State  3 5   3 8  
Western Illinois  1 7   3 8  
South Dakota  0 8   1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by head coach Mark Hendrickson in his fourth full season and fifth overall year since coaching the first seven games of the 2008 season. They played their home games at Hanson Field. Western Illinois finished the season 3–8 overall and 1–7 in MVFC play to place ninth.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 pm Butler *W 23–1512,589
September 83:00 pm Indianapolis *
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
W 27–1713,411
September 157:00 pmat Iowa State *L 3–3755,783
September 223:00 pmNo. 15 Illinois State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
Comcast L 3–2316,033
October 62:00 pmat South Dakota Midco Sports Net W 24–1710,196
October 136:00 pmat No. 20 South Dakota State MVFC TVL 10–3110,727
October 206:00 pmNo. 21 Indiana State
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
L 7–239,478
October 271:00 pmat Missouri State MVFC TVL 3–4210,076
November 31:00 pm Northern Iowa
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
MVFC TVL 40–03,094
November 101:00 pm Youngstown State
  • Hanson Field
  • Macomb, IL
ESPN3 L 7–313,286
November 172:00 pmat Southern Illinois L 0–357,899

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