2012 Wofford Terriers football team

2012 Wofford Terriers football
SoCon co-champion
FCS Playoffs quarterfinal, L 7–14 vs. North Dakota State
Conference Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network No. 9
FCS Coaches No. 9
2012 record 9–4 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coach Mike Ayers (25th year)
Offensive coordinator Wade Long
Defensive coordinator Nate Woody
Home stadium Gibbs Stadium
(Capacity: 13,000)
2012 Southern Conference football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#6 Georgia Southern +^   6 – 2         10 – 4  
#9 Wofford +^   6 – 2         9 – 4  
#7 Appalachian State +^   6 – 2         8 – 4  
The Citadel   5 – 3         7 – 4  
Samford   5 – 3         7 – 4  
Chattanooga   5 – 3         6 – 5  
Furman   2 – 6         3 – 8  
Elon   1 – 7         3 – 8  
Western Carolina   0 – 8         1 – 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2012 Wofford Terriers football team represented Wofford College in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 25th year head coach Mike Ayers and played their home games at Gibbs Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in SoCon play to claim a share of the conference championship with Appalachian State and Georgia Southern. They received an at-large bid into the FCS Playoffs where they defeated New Hampshire in the second round before falling in the quarterfinals to North Dakota State.

Schedule

Date Time Opponent# Rank# Site TV Result Attendance
September 1 6:00 PM at Gardner–Webb* No. 10 Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC W 34–7   3,140
September 8 7:00 PM Lincoln* No. 10 Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC W 82–0   4,309
September 15 7:00 PM Western Carolina No. 9 Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC W 49–20   8,544
September 29 1:30 PM at Elon No. 6 Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC W 49–24   10,302
October 6 1:30 PM Furman No. 6 Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC W 20–17   9,170
October 13 6:00 PM at No. 7 Georgia Southern No. 5 Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA L 9–17   20,983
October 20 3:30 PM at No. 13 Appalachian State No. 8 Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC W 38–28   27,115
October 27 1:30 PM The Citadel No. 7 Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC ESPN3 W 24–21   9,658
November 3 3:00 PM at Samford No. 6 Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL L 17–24   8,147
November 10 1:30 PM Chattanooga No. 13 Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC W 16–13 OT  8,112
November 17 1:00 PM at No. 12 (FBS) South Carolina* No. 9 Williams-Brice Stadium • Columbia, SC PPV L 7–24   79,982
December 1 2:00 PM No. 11 New Hampshire* No. 9 Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC (FCS Playoffs Second Round) ESPN3 W 23–7   6,346
December 8 2:00 PM No. 1 North Dakota State* No. 9 Fargodome • Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals) ESPN3 L 7–14   18,267
*Non-conference game. daggerHomecoming. #Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Eastern Time.

Ranking Movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Final 
Sports Network 10 10 9 7 6 6 5 8 7 6 13 9 9  
Coaches 13 13 9 6 5 5 4 9 8 7 14 9 9

References

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