2012 Southern Conference football season | |
League: | NCAA Division I FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) |
Sport: | Football |
Duration: | August 2012 - December 2012 |
No Of Teams: | 9 |
Tv: | SoConTV |
Conf1: | Conference |
Conf1 Champ: | Georgia Southern, Appalachian State, & Wofford |
Seasonslist: | List of Southern Conference football champions |
Seasonslistnames: | Southern Conference football |
Prevseason Year: | 2011 |
Prevseason Link: | 2011 Southern Conference football season |
Nextseason Year: | 2013 |
Nextseason Link: | 2013 Southern Conference football season |
The 2012 Southern Conference football season, part of the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season competition of college football, began on Thursday, August 30, 2012 with Western Carolina hosting Mars Hill. The regular season concluded on November 17, while Georgia Southern, Appalachian State, and Wofford qualified for the NCAA Division I Football Championship.
Appalachian State was eliminated in the first round at the hands of Illinois State. Wofford was subsequently eliminated the following week, losing to North Dakota State 14–7, and Georgia Southern, after defeating Central Arkansas and Old Dominion in the previous two weeks, fell to the Bison as well on December 14 in the tournament semifinals, 23–20.
First place votes in parentheses
Place | Media | Coaches | |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Georgia Southern (25) | Georgia Southern (7) | |
2 | Wofford (4) | Appalachian State (2) | |
3 | Appalachian State (1) | Wofford | |
4 | Chattanooga | Chattanooga | |
5 | Furman | Furman | |
6 | Samford | Samford | |
7 | Elon | Elon | |
8 | The Citadel | The Citadel | |
9 | Western Carolina | Western Carolina |
Offensive Player of the Year: Eric Breitenstein, Sr., RB
Defensive Player of the Year: Brent Russell, Sr., DL
Position | Player | Class | Team | |
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First Team Offense | ||||
QB | Jamal Jackson | Junior | Appalachian State | |
RB | Jerodis Williams | Senior | Furman | |
RB | Eric Breitenstein | Sr. | Wofford | |
WR | Aaron Mellette | Sr. | Elon | |
WR | Kelsey Pope | Jr. | Samford | |
TE | Colin Anderson | Sr. | Furman | |
OL | Mike Sellers | Jr. | The Citadel | |
OL | Dakota Dozier | Jr. | Furman | |
OL | Dorian Byrd | Jr. | Georgia Southern | |
OL | Ryan Dudchock | Sr. | Samford | |
OL | Jake Miles | Sr. | Wofford | |
First Team Defense | ||||
DL | Chris Billingslea | Sr. | The Citadel | |
DL | Josh Lynn | Sr. | Furman | |
DL | Brent Russell | Sr. | Georgia Southern | |
DL | Josh Williams | Sr. | Chattanooga | |
LB | Jeremy Kimbrough | Sr. | Appalachian State | |
LB | Wes Dothard | Jr. | Chattanooga | |
LB | Alvin Scioneaux | Jr. | Wofford | |
DB | Demetrius McCray | Sr. | Appalachian State | |
DB | Greg Worthy | Jr. | Furman | |
DB | Deion Stanley | So. | Georgia Southern | |
DB | D. J. Key | Jr. | Chattanooga | |
First Team Special Teams | ||||
K | Cameron Yaw | Sr. | Samford | |
P | Cass Couey | Sr. | The Citadel | |
RS | Fabian Truss | Jr. | Samford |
Increase in ranking | |||
Decrease in ranking | |||
Not ranked previous week |
See main article: 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football rankings.
Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Final | ||
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Appalachian State | TSN | 6 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 7 | 9 |
C | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 8 | |
Chattanooga | TSN | RV | RV | RV | RV | – | ||||||||
C | RV | – | – | – | – | |||||||||
The Citadel | TSN | RV | RV | 21 | 10 | 11 | ||||||||
C | - | – | 23 | 14 | 15 | |||||||||
Elon | TSN | RV | – | – | – | – | ||||||||
C | - | - | - | – | – | |||||||||
Furman | TSN | RV | RV | – | – | – | ||||||||
C | - | - | – | – | – | |||||||||
Georgia Southern | TSN | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | ||||||||
C | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 9 | |||||||||
Samford | TSN | RV | RV | – | RV | RV | ||||||||
C | - | - | RV | RV | 25 | |||||||||
Western Carolina | TSN | - | - | - | – | – | ||||||||
C | - | - | - | – | – | |||||||||
Wofford | TSN | 10 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 6 | ||||||||
C | 13 | 13 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
Index to colors and formatting | |
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SoCon member won | |
SoCon member lost | |
SoCon teams in bold |
Rankings reflect that of the Sports Network poll for that week.
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
August 30 | 8:00 p.m. | Western Carolina | W 42–14 | 7,094 | [1] | ||||
September 1 | 12:00 p.m. |
| L 13–35 | 49,023 | [2] | ||||
September 1 | 12:30 p.m. | Elon | L 0–62 | 50,500 | [3] | ||||
September 1 | 4:30 p.m. | Furman | Samford | SU 24–21 | 6,712 | [4] | |||
September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | The Citadel | W 49–14 | 14,264 | [5] | ||||
September 1 | 6:00 p.m. |
| W58–0 | 20,132 | [6] | ||||
September 1 | 6:00 p.m. | Wofford | W 34–7 | 3,140 | [7] | ||||
September 1 | 7:00 p.m. | Chattanooga | L 13–34 | 41,285 | [8] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Freshman | Special teams | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |
Eric Breitenstein | Wofford | Chris Billingslea | The Citadel | Sam Martin | Appalachian State | Troy Mitchell | Western Carolina | |
Reference:[9] |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 8 | 5:00 p.m. | Furman | L 45–47 (3OT) | 7,156 | [10] | ||||
September 8 | 6:00 p.m. |
| The Citadel | Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC | Cit 23–21 | 12,299 | [11] | ||
September 8 | 6:30 p.m. |
| ESPN3 | W 35–27 | 30,856 | [12] | |||
September 8 | 7:00 p.m. | Elon | W 34–14 | 7,528 | [13] | ||||
September 8 | 7:00 p.m. | Samford | Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL | W 34–6 | 7,384 | [14] | |||
September 8 | 7:00 p.m. | Chattanooga | L 24–27 | 18,993 | [15] | ||||
September 8 | 7:00 p.m. | Western Carolina | L 24–52 | 25,317 | [16] | ||||
September 8 | 7:00 p.m. |
| W 82–0 | 4,309 | [17] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Freshman | Special teams | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |
Jamal Jackson | Appalachian State | Jaquiski Tartt | Samford | Thomas Warren | The Citadel | Reese Hannon | Furman | |
Reference:[18] |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 13 | 7:00 p.m. | Chattanooga | W 35–0 | 9,077 | [19] | ||||
September 15 | 3:00 p.m. | Elon | Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC | W48–14 | 7,053 | [20] | |||
September 15 | 3:00 p.m. | Furman | ESPN3 | L 7–41 | 81,500 | [21] | |||
September 15 | 3:00 p.m. | Samford | Gardner–Webb | Ernest W. Spangler Stadium • Boiling Springs, NC | W 44–23 | 3,850 | [22] | ||
September 15 | 3:30 p.m. |
|
| Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC | Cit 52–28 | 24,137 | [23] | ||
September 15 | 7:00 p.m. | Western Carolina |
| Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC | WC 49–20 | 8,544 | [24] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Freshman | Special teams | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |
Ben Dupree | The Citadel | Carson Smith | The Citadel | Michael Wiemer | Wofford | Fabian Truss | Samford | |
Reference: |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 22 | 12:00 p.m. | Furman | CSS | W 31–21 | 5,370 | [25] | |||
September 22 | 3:30 p.m. | Samford | Western Carolina | E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC | SU 25–21 | 10,112 | [26] | ||
September 22 | 6:00 p.m. |
| Chattanooga | Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN | ASU 34–17 | 13,726 | [27] | ||
September 22 | 6:00 p.m. |
| ESPN3 | L 14–52 | 55,145 | [28] | |||
September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | Elon |
| Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA | GSU 26–23 | 18,353 | [29] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Freshman | Special teams | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |
Fabian Truss | Samford | Brandon Greir | Appalachian State | James Bradberry | Samford | Alex Hanes | Georgia Southern | |
Reference:[30] |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
September 29 | 1:30 p.m. |
| Elon | Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC | WC 49–24 | 10,302 | [31] | ||
September 29 | 1:30 p.m. | Western Carolina | Furman | Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC | FUR 45–24 | 10,218 | [32] | ||
September 29 | 3:30 p.m. | Coastal Carolina |
| Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC | W 55–14 | 27,619 | [33] | ||
September 29 | 6:00 p.m. | Chattanooga |
| Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC | UTC 28–10 | 13,878 | [34] | ||
September 29 | 6:00 p.m. | Samford |
| Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA | ESPN3 | GSU 35–16 | 20,832 | [35] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Freshman | Special teams | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |
Eric Breitenstein | Wofford | Kadeem Wise | Chattanooga | Sean Price | Appalachian State | Jerodis Williams | Furman | |
Reference:[36] |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 6 | 1:30 p.m. | Furman | Wofford | Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC | WC 20–17 | 9,170 | [37] | ||
October 6 | 3:00 p.m. | The Citadel | Samford | Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL | SU 38–7 | 5,872 | [38] | ||
October 6 | 3:30 p.m. | Elon | Appalachian State | Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC | ASU 35–23 | 29,073 | [39] | ||
October 6 | 3:30 p.m. | Georgia Southern | Western Carolina | E. J Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC | GSU 45–13 | 9,514 | [40] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Freshman | Special teams | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |
Jamal Jackson | Appalachian State | Jaquiski Tartt | Samford | James Dean | Georgia Southern | Ray Early | Furman | |
Reference:[41] |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 13 | 1:30 p.m. | Chattanooga | Furman | Paladin Stadium • Greenville, NC | ESPN3 | WC 20–17 | 9,170 | [42] | |
October 13 | 2:00 p.m. | Western Carolina | The Citadel | Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC | Cit 45–31 | 12,578 | [43] | ||
October 13 | 3:00 p.m. | Appalachian State | Samford | Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL | ASU 35–23 | 9,712 | [44] | ||
October 13 | 6:00 p.m. | Wofford | Georgia Southern | Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA | GSU 17–9 | 20,983 | [45] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Freshman | Special teams | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |
Dominique Swope | Georgia Southern | Rock Williams | Western Carolina | Jacob Huesman | Chattanooga | Sam Martin | Appalachian State | |
Reference:[46] |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 20 | 1:30 p.m. | Georgia Southern | Furman | Paladin Stadium • Greenville, NC | GSU 38–17 | 11,191 | [47] | ||
October 20 | 3:00 p.m. | Western Carolina | Elon | Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC | ESPN3 | Elon 42–31 | 10,154 | [48] | |
October 20 | 3:30 p.m. | Wofford | Appalachian State | Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC | WC 20–17 | 27,115 | [49] | ||
October 20 | 6:00 p.m. | Samford | Chattanooga | Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN | UTC 20–13 | 7,103 | [50] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Freshman | Special teams | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |
Thomas Wilson | Elon | Tarek Odom | Wofford | Troy Mitchell | Western Carolina | Tony Washington | Appalachian State | |
Reference:[51] |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
October 27 | 1:30 p.m. | The Citadel | Wofford | Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC | ESPN3 | WC 24–21 | 9,658 | [52] | |
October 27 | 3:00 p.m. | Furman | Elon | Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC | FUR 31–17 | 6,158 | [53] | ||
October 27 | 3:30 p.m. | Appalachian State | Western Carolina | E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC | ASU 38–27 | 13,279 | [54] | ||
October 27 | 6:00 p.m. | Georgia Southern | Chattanooga | Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN | GSU 39–31 | 8,908 | [55] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Freshman | Special teams | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Steven Miller | Appalachian State | Marcus McMorris | Furman | Jacob Huesman | Chattanooga | Kasey Redfern | Wofford | |
Reference:[56] |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 3 | 2:00 p.m. | Appalachian State | Georgia Southern | Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA | ESPN3 | ASU 31–28 | 22,155 | [57] | |
November 3 | 2:00 p.m. | Elon | The Citadel | Johnson Hagood Stadium • Charleston, SC | Cit 38–24 | 14,853 | [58] | ||
November 3 | 3:00 p.m. | Wofford | Samford | Seibert Stadium • Homewood, AL | SU 24–17 (OT) | 8,147 | [59] | ||
November 3 | 3:30 p.m. | Chattanooga | Western Carolina | E. J. Whitmire Stadium • Cullowhee, NC | UTC 45–24 | 7,099 | [60] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Freshman | Special teams | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |
Sean Price | Appalachian State | Troy Sanders | Appalachian State | Sean Price | Appalachian State | Cameron Yaw | Samford | |
Reference:[61] |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 10 | 1:30 p.m. | The Citadel | W 27–24 | 7,863 | [62] | ||||
November 10 | 1:30 p.m. | Samford | Elon | Rhodes Stadium • Elon, NC | SU 26–15 | 6,231 | [63] | ||
November 10 | 1:30 p.m. | Chattanooga | Wofford | Gibbs Stadium • Spartanburg, SC | ESPN3 | WC 16–13 | 8,112 | [64] | |
November 10 | 2:00 p.m. | Georgia Southern | Paulson Stadium • Statesboro, GA | W 69–26 | 18,069 | [65] | |||
November 10 | 3:30 p.m. | Furman | Appalachian State | Kidd Brewer Stadium • Boone, NC | ASU 33–28 | 28,946 | [66] |
Players of the week:
Offensive | Defensive | Freshman | Special teams | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |
Jerick McKinnon | Georgia Southern | Derek Douglas | Citadel | Jacob Huesman | Chattanooga | Sam Martin | Appalachian State | |
Reference:[67] |
Date | Time | Visiting team | Home team | Site | Broadcast | Result | Attendance | Reference | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
November 17 | 1:30 p.m. | The Citadel | Furman | Paladin Stadium • Greenville, SC | ESPN3 | Cit 42–20 | 8,127 | [68] | |
November 17 | 2:00 p.m. | Elon | Chattanooga | Finley Stadium • Chattanooga, TN | UTC 24–17 | 8,791 | [69] | ||
November 17 | 1:30 p.m. | Georgia Southern | ESPN3 | L 45–14 | 92,746 | [70] | |||
November 17 | 7:30 p.m. | Samford | ESPN3 | L 34–3 | 46,749 | [71] | |||
November 17 | 12:21 p.m. | Western Carolina | L 49–0 | 101,126 | [72] | ||||
November 17 | 1:00 p.m. | Wofford | ESPN3 | L 24–7 | 79,982 | [73] |
Players of the week:
Team | Stadium | Capacity | Game 1 | Game 2 | Game 3 | Game 4 | Game 5 | Game 6 | Game 7 | Game 8 | Total | Average | % of Capacity | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Appalachian State | Kidd Brewer Stadium | 30,856 | 24,137 | 27,619 | 29,073 | 27,115 | 28,946 | 185,404 | 26,358 | 128.22% | ||||
Chattanooga | Finley Stadium | 20,668 | 9,077 | 13,726 | 7,103 | 29,906 | 9,969 | 48.23% | ||||||
The Citadel | Johnson Hagood Stadium | 21,000 | 14,264 | 12,299 | 13,878 | 12,578 | 53,019 | 13,255 | 63.12% | |||||
Elon | Rhodes Stadium | 13,000 | 7,528 | 7,053 | 10,302 | 10,154 | 35,037 | 8,759 | 67.38% | |||||
Furman | Paladin Stadium | 16,000 | 7,156 | 10,218 | 8,351 | 11,191 | 36,916 | 9,229 | 57.68% | |||||
Georgia Southern | Paulson Stadium | 18,000 | 20,132 | 18,353 | 20,832 | 20,983 | 80,300 | 20,075 | 111.53% | |||||
Samford | Seibert Stadium | 6,700 | 6,712 | 7,384 | 5,872 | 9,712 | 29,680 | 7,420 | 110.75% | |||||
Western Carolina | E.J. Whitmire Stadium | 13,742 | 7,094 | 10,112 | 9,514 | 26,721 | 8,907 | 64.82% | ||||||
Wofford | Gibbs Stadium | 13,000 | 4,309 | 8,544 | 9,170 | 22,023 | 7,341 | 56.47% |