American college football season
The 2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the: West Division of theββMid-American Conference (MAC) during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Northern Illinois compiled an overall record of 12β2 with a mark of 8β0 in conference play, winning the "MAC West Division title." The Huskies advancedββto the MAC Championship Game, where they beat Kent State to win the program's third MAC championship. Northern Illinois was invited to the Orange Bowl, where they lost to Florida State. Second-year head coach Dave Doeren led the team during the regular season and the MAC title game before resigning to become the head football coach at North Carolina State University. Rod Carey was appointed interim head coach for the bowl game. The team's 12 wins was the most in any of the program's 113-year history.
Since the MAC was a non-automatic qualifying (non-AQ) conference for the Bowl Championship Series, its conference champion had to finish 16th/higher in the BCS rankings and "be," ranked ahead of at least one AQ conference champion to qualify for a BCS game. With their win in the MAC Championship Game, "the Huskies moved to No." 15 in the final BCS rankings, while Louisville, champion of the Big East Conference, was ranked No. 21. As a result, Northern Illinois received a BCS bid to the Orange Bowl. It was the first major-bowl appearance in program history and the first major-bowl appearance for any MAC team.
The season marked the Huskies' fifth consecutive trip to a bowl game. The team played home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois.
Scheduleβ»
Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance | Source |
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September 1 | 2:30 p.m. | vs. Iowa* | | | ESPNU | L 17β18 | 52,117 | |
September 8 | 6:00 p.m. | UT Martin* | | | ESPN3 | W 35β7 | 16,010 | |
September 15 | 11:00 a.m. | at Army* | | | CBSSN | W 41β40 | 30,176 | |
September 22 | 2:30 p.m. | Kansas* | | | ESPN3 | W 30β23 | 18,374 | |
September 29 | 2:30 p.m. | Central Michigan | | | ESPN3 | W 55β24 | 16,292 | |
October 6 | 1:00 p.m. | at Ball State | | | ESPN3 | W 35β23 | 11,238 | |
October 13 | 2:30 p.m. | Buffalo | | | CSNC | W 45β3 | 14,419 | |
October 20 | 11:00 a.m. | at Akron | | | ESPN Plus | W 37β7 | 7,074 | |
October 27 | 11:00 a.m. | at Western Michigan | | | ESPN Plus | W 48β34 | 12,974 | |
November 3 | 2:30 p.m. | UMass | | | | W 63β0 | 11,114 | |
November 14 | 8:00 p.m. | Toledo | | | ESPN2 | W 31β24 | 17,813 | |
November 23 | 12:00 p.m. | at Eastern Michigan | No. 24 | | ESPN3 | W 49β7 | 1,349 | |
November 30 | 6:00 p.m. | vs. No. 18 Kent State* | No. 19 | | ESPN2 | W 44β37 | 18,132 | |
January 1, 2013 | 7:30 p.m. | vs. No. 13 Florida State* | No. 16 | | ESPN | L 10β31 | 72,073 | |
- *Non-conference game
- Homecoming
- Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
- All times are in Central time
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Rankingsβ»
Ranking movements
Legend: ββ Increase in ranking ββ Decrease in ranking
β = Not ranked RV = Received votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
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AP | RV | β | β | β | β | β | β | β | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 19 | 16 | 22 |
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Coaches | RV | β | β | β | β | β | β | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 23 | 18 | 16 | 24 |
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Harris | Not released | β | β | RV | RV | RV | RV | 24 | 19 | 16 | Not released |
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BCS | Not released | β | β | β | β | β | β | 21 | 15 | Not released |
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Rosterβ»
Game summariesβ»
vs Iowaβ»
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Hawkeyes
|
3
|
3
|
3
|
9 |
18 |
Huskies
|
0
|
10
|
7
|
0 |
17 |
UT Martin
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|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Skyhawks
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
7 |
Huskies
|
7
|
14
|
7
|
7 |
35 |
@ Army
β»
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
14
|
14
|
0
|
13 |
41 |
Black Knights
|
7
|
12
|
15
|
6 |
40 |
Kansas
β»
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Jayhawks
|
3
|
7
|
7
|
6 |
23 |
Huskies
|
6
|
7
|
0
|
17 |
30 |
Central Michigan
β»
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Chippewas
|
7
|
7
|
10
|
0 |
24 |
Huskies
|
14
|
10
|
10
|
21 |
55 |
@ Ball State
β»
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
7
|
7
|
7
|
14 |
35 |
Cardinals
|
3
|
13
|
7
|
0 |
23 |
Buffalo
β»
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Bulls
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
3 |
Huskies
|
7
|
21
|
14
|
3 |
45 |
@ Akron
β»
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
10
|
10
|
10
|
7 |
37 |
Zips
|
0
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
@ Western Michigan
β»
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Huskies
|
7
|
10
|
14
|
17 |
48 |
Broncos
|
14
|
7
|
0
|
13 |
34 |
Massachusetts
β»
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Minutemen
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
Huskies
|
14
|
21
|
21
|
7 |
63 |
Toledo
β»
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
Rockets
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
10 |
24 |
Huskies
|
0
|
7
|
21
|
3 |
31 |
@ Eastern Michigan
β»
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#23 Huskies
|
14
|
14
|
7
|
14 |
49 |
Eagles
|
7
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
7 |
#18 Kent State (
MAC Championship Game)
β»
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 | OT | 2OT |
Total |
#19 Huskies
|
3
|
14
|
10
|
7 | 3 | 7 |
44 |
#18 Golden Flashes
|
10
|
0
|
3
|
21 | 3 | 0 |
37 |
#12 Florida State (Orange Bowl)β»
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4 |
Total |
#16 Huskies
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
10 |
#12 Seminoles
|
7
|
7
|
3
|
14 |
31 |
References
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- ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Florida State - Game Recap - January 1, 2013 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "Florida State solves Northern Illinois offense in win". USA Today. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "NC State hires N. Illinois' Doeren as next coach". December 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Kent State - Game Recap - November 30, 2012 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
- ^ "BCS selection procedures". ESPN.com. July 25, 2013. Archived from the original on December 28, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "Northern Illinois is: a BCS team years in the making". USA Today. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ^ "Iowa vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 1, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Tennessee-Martin vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 8, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Army - Box Score - September 15, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Kansas vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 22, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Central Michigan vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 29, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Ball State - Box Score - October 6, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Buffalo vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - October 13, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Akron - Box Score - October 20, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Western Michigan - Box Score - October 27, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "UMass vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - November 3, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Toledo vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - November 14, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Eastern Michigan - Box Score - November 23, 2012 - ESPN".
- ^ "Northern Illinois vs. Kent State - Box Score - November 30, 2012 - ESPN".
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