2012 Sun Belt Conference football season explained

2012 Sun Belt Conference football season
Color:	FCA120
League:	NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
Sport:	football
Pixels:	150px
Duration:	August 30, 2012 - January 6, 2013
No Of Teams:	10
Tv:	ESPN, CSS/CST
Draft:	2013 NFL Draft
Draft Link:	2013 NFL Draft
Top Pick:	S Johnathan Cyprien, FIU
Picked By:	Jacksonville Jaguars, 33rd overall
Season:	Regular season
Season Champs:	Arkansas State
Second Place:	Louisiana-Lafayette, Louisiana-Monroe, Middle Tennessee State
Seasonslistnames:	Football
Prevseason Year:	2011
Nextseason Year:	2013

The 2012 Sun Belt Conference football season was the 12th season of college football play for the Sun Belt Conference. The season began August 30, 2012 and concluded January 6, 2013 as part of the 2012-13 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Ten teams participated in the competition: Arkansas State, Florida Atlantic, Florida International, Louisiana–Lafayette, Louisiana–Monroe, Middle Tennessee State, North Texas, South Alabama, Troy and Western Kentucky.

South Alabama competed in the Sun Belt for the first time and became the conference's tenth team. Due to NCAA transitional rules, South Alabama was not eligible for a conference championship or postseason play.

Preseason

Award watch lists

The following Sun Belt players were named to preseason award watch lists:

Doak Walker Award^[2]
Player	Team
Kedrick Rhodes	Florida International
Benny Cunningham	Middle Tennessee
Shawn Southward	Troy

Manning Award^[4]
Player	Team
Ryan Aplin	Arkansas State
Blaine Gautier	Louisiana–Lafayette

Lombardi Award
Player	Team
Adam Smith	Western Kentucky
Andrew Jackson	Western Kentucky
Winston Fraser	Florida International

Jim Thorpe Award^[9]
Player	Team
Brynden Trawick	Troy
Jonathan Cyprien	Florida International

Lou Groza Award^[11]
Player	Team
Brett Baer	Louisiana–Lafayette
Jake Griffin	Florida International

Sun Belt Media Day

The Sun Belt media day was held on 16 July, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Florida International received five first place votes and were selected by the coaches as the favorites to win the conference.^[12] Arkansas State and Louisiana-Lafayette each received two first place votes, while Western Kentucky received one.

Coaches Poll

Position	Team	Votes	First-place votes
1	Florida International	92	5
2	Arkansas State	85	2
3	Louisiana–Lafayette	81	2
4	Western Kentucky	70	1
5	Troy	60
6	Louisiana–Monroe	47
7	Middle Tennessee	42
8	North Texas	36
9	Florida Atlantic	23
10	South Alabama	14

Preseason All–Conference Team

The head coaches of the competing teams selected their All–Conference Team.^[13] The coaches also selected Ryan Aplin of Arkansas State as the preseason offensive player of the year, and Tourek Williams of Florida International as the preseason defensive player of the year.

Offense

Position	Name	Team
QB	Ryan Aplin	Arkansas State
RB	Kedrick Rhodes	Florida International
RB	Alonzo Harris	Louisiana–Lafayette
WR	Josh Jarboe	Arkansas State
WR	Javone Lawson	Louisiana–Lafayette
WR	Eric Thomas	Troy
TE	Jack Doyle	Western Kentucky
OL	Zack McKnight	Arkansas State
OL	Rupert Bryan	Florida International
OL	Caylin Hauptmann	Florida International
OL	Leonardo Bates	Louisiana–Lafayette
OL	Cyril Lemon	North Texas

Defense

Position	Name	Team
DL	Isame Faciane	Florida International
DL	Tourek Williams	Florida International
DL	Tony Davis	Troy
DL	Quanterus Smith	Western Kentucky
LB	Andrew Jackson	Western Kentucky
LB	Winston Fraser	Florida International
LB	Kanorris Davis	Troy
DB	Brynden Trawick	Troy
DB	Jonathan Cyprien	Florida International
DB	Don Jones	Arkansas State
DB	Melvin White	Louisiana–Lafayette

Specialists

Position	Name	Team
PK	Brett Baer	Louisiana–Lafayette
P	Will Atterberry	North Texas
RS	John Evans	Western Kentucky

Coaches

NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

Team	Head coach	Years at school	Overall record	Record at school	Sun Belt record
Arkansas State	Gus Malzahn	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Florida Atlantic	Carl Pelini	1	0–0	0–0	0–0
Florida International	Mario Cristobal	6	24–38	24–38	18–20
Louisiana–Lafayette	Mark Hudspeth	2	75–25	9–4	6–2
Louisiana–Monroe	Todd Berry	3	38–74	9–15	7–9
Middle Tennessee	Rick Stockstill	7	35–40	35–40	26–19
North Texas	Dan McCarney	2	61–92	5–7	4–4
South Alabama	Joey Jones	4	26–11	23–4	0–0
Troy	Larry Blakeney	24	163–92–1	163–92–1	42–17
Western Kentucky	Willie Taggart	3	9–15	9–15	9–7

Sun Belt vs. BCS AQ Conference matchups

Date	Visitor	Home	Notes
September 1	Arkansas State 34	5 Oregon 57
September 1	North Texas 14	3 LSU 41
September 1	Florida International 26	Duke 46
September 8^	8 Arkansas 31	Louisiana–Monroe 34	Played in Little Rock, AR. First SBC win over Top 10 team in history
September 8	Western Kentucky 0	1 Alabama 35
September 15	Arkansas State 13	Nebraska 42
September 15	Louisiana–Lafayette 24	Oklahoma State 65
September 15	Louisiana–Monroe 28	Auburn 31
September 15	South Alabama 7	NC State 31
September 15	Mississippi State 30	Troy 24
September 15	North Texas 21	Kansas State 35
September 15	Western Kentucky 32	Kentucky 31	WKU's first win over SEC competition
September 15	Florida Atlantic 20	Georgia 56
September 21	Baylor 47	Louisiana–Monroe 42
September 22	Florida Atlantic 7	Alabama 40
September 22	Louisville 28	Florida International 21
September 22	South Alabama 10	Mississippi State 30
September 29	Middle Tennessee 49	Georgia Tech 28
October 20	Middle Tennessee 3	15 Mississippi State 45
November 3	Troy 48	Tennessee 55
November 10	Louisiana-Lafayette 20	7 Florida 27
^Denotes neutral site game

Regular season

Index to colors and formatting
Sun Belt member won
Sun Belt member lost
Sun Belt teams in bold

The Sun Belt has teams in two different time zones. Times reflect start time in respective time zone of each team (all teams central time except for Florida Atlantic and Florida International which are in eastern time). Conference games start times are that of the home team.

Rankings reflect that of the USA Today Coaches poll for that week, until week eight when the BCS poll was used.

Week 1

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:30 p.m.		Middle Tennessee	ESPN3	L 21-27	18,690
August 31	8:00 p.m.		Florida Atlantic		W 7-3	14,510
September 1	11:00 a.m.	Troy		Fox College Sports	W 39-29	28,612
September 1	1:00 p.m.		South Alabama	ESPN3	L 31-33	17,144
September 1	6:00 p.m.	North Texas		ESPNU	L 14-41	92,059
September 1	6:00 p.m.		Western Kentucky	ESPN3	W 49-10	16,327
September 1	6:00 p.m.		Louisiana-Lafayette	ESPN3/Ragin Cajuns Network	W 40-0	25,803
September 1	7:00 p.m.	Florida International	Duke	ESPN3	L 26-46	31,117
September 1	9:30 p.m.	Arkansas State	5 Oregon	ESPN	L 34-57	56,144

Players of the week:^[14]

Week 2

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 8	2:30 p.m.	Western Kentucky	1 Alabama			L 0-35	101,821
September 8	4:00 p.m.		South Alabama	Ladd-Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL	ESPN3	W 9–3	15,237
September 8	6:00 p.m.		Arkansas State		ESPN3	W 33-28	28,041
September 8^	6:00 p.m.	8 Arkansas	Louisiana-Monroe		ESPNU	W 34-31 OT	53,089
September 8	6:00 p.m.		North Texas		TXA21	W 34-7	22,259
September 8	6:00 p.m.		Florida International		ESPN3	W 41-38	15,685
September 8	6:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3	MT 31-17	16,227
September 8	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Lafayette	Troy		ESPN3	ULL 37-24	17,981

^ Neutral site

Players of the week:^[15]

Week 3

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 15	11:00 a.m.	Louisiana-Monroe	Auburn		SEC Network	L 28-31 OT	85,214
September 15	11:00 a.m.	Arkansas State	Nebraska		ESPN2	L 13-42	85,290
September 15	11:00 a.m.	Louisiana-Lafayette	Oklahoma State		FSN	L 24-65	56,062
September 15	4:00 p.m.	Florida International			CSS	L 20-33	40,478
September 15	5:00 p.m.	South Alabama	NC State		ESPN3	L 7-31	54,132
September 15	6:00 p.m.	Mississippi State	Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL	ESPN3	L 24-30	29,013
September 15	6:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Kentucky		ESPNU	W 32-31 OT	53,980
September 15	6:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Memphis			W 48-30	27,113
September 15	6:00 p.m.	North Texas	15 Kansas State		FSN	L 21-35	50,290
September 15	6:30 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	7 Georgia		CSS	L 20-56	92,746

Players of the week:^[16]

Week 4

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 21	7:00 p.m.	Baylor	Louisiana-Monroe		ESPN^	L 42-47	31,175
September 22	4:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	1 Alabama	Bryant–Denny Stadium • Tuscaloosa, AL	PPV	L 7-40	101,821
September 22	6:00 p.m.	18 Louisville	Florida International	FIU Stadium • Miami, FL	ESPN3	L 21-28	12,318
September 22	6:00 p.m.		Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	ESPN3	W 42-17	23,252
September 22	6:00 p.m.		Arkansas State	ASU Stadium • Jonesboro, AR	ESPN3	W 56-0	21,559
September 22	6:00 p.m.	South Alabama	23 Mississippi State		Bulldog Sports	L 10-30	55,186
September 22	6:00 p.m.	Troy	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX	ESPN3	Troy 14-7	21,823

^ULM-Baylor game was most watched Sun Belt game on ESPN in history.

Players of the week:^[17]

Week 5

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 29	11:30 a.m.	Middle Tennessee			ACC RSN	W 49-28	39,270
September 29	2:30 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe			CST	W 63-10	18,063
September 29	2:30 p.m.	Troy	South Alabama	Ladd-Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL	SBN	Troy 31-10	23,789
September 29	4:00 p.m.	North Texas	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	ESPN3	UNT 20-14	13,888
September 29	6:00 p.m.	Florida International	Louisiana-Lafayette	Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA	ESPN3	ULL 48-20	21,109
September 29	6:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Arkansas State	ASU Stadium • Jonesboro, AR	ESPN3	WKU 26-16	25,160

Players of the week:^[18]

Week 6

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 4	6:30 p.m.	Arkansas State	Florida International	FIU Stadium • Miami, FL	ESPNU	ASU 34-20	13,612
October 6	2:30 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	SBN	ULM 31-17	21,067
October 6	4:00 p.m.	Tulane	Louisiana-Lafayette	Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA	RCN/Cox4/ESPN3	ULL 41-13	29,758
October 6	6:00 p.m.	North Texas			CSS	L 21-44	25,476

Players of the week:^[19]

Week 7

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 11	6:30 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL	ESPNU	WKU 31-26	16,426
October 13	5:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Florida International	FIU Stadium • Miami, FL		MT 34-30	15,234
October 13	6:00 p.m.	South Alabama	Arkansas State	ASU Stadium • Jonesboro, AR		ASU 36-29	22,143
October 13	7:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Louisiana-Monroe	Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA	SBN/CSS	ULM 35-14	16,782

Players of the week:^[20]

Week 8

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 16	8:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Lafayette	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX	ESPN2	UNT 30-23	17,055
October 20	12:00 p.m.	Florida International	Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL	SBN/CSS	Troy 38-37	17,354
October 20	2:30 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	South Alabama	Ladd-Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL		USA 37-34	17,566
October 20	3:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	ESPN3	ULM 43-42	22,323
October 20	6:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Mississippi St	Davis Wade Stadium • Starkville, MS	ESPN2	L 3-45	55,108

Players of the week:^[21]

Week 9

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
October 23	7:00 p.m.	Arkansas State	Louisiana-Lafayette	Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA	ESPN2	ASU 50-27	19,873
October 27	2:30 p.m.	North Texas	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3	MT 38-21	14,102
October 27	4:00 p.m.	Troy	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL		FAU 34-27	11,968
October 27	5:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Florida International	FIU Stadium • Miami, FL	ESPN3	WKU 14-6	12,842
October 27	6:00 p.m.	South Alabama	Louisiana-Monroe	Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA		ULM 38-24	14,556

Players of the week:^[22]

Week 10

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 1	8:15 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	ESPNU	MT 34-29	17,327
November 3	11:00 a.m.	Troy			SEC Regional	L 48-55	84,189
November 3	2:30 p.m.	Florida Atlantic			CBSSN	L 17-24	29,326
November 3	3:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Lafayette	Louisiana-Monroe	Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA	SBN/ESPN3	ULL 40-24	20,203
November 3	3:30 p.m.	Florida International	South Alabama	Ladd-Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL		FIU 28-20	11,936
November 3	4:00 p.m.	Arkansas State	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX		ASU 37-19	17,534

Players of the week:^[23]

Week 11

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 8	6:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe	Arkansas State	ASU Stadium • Jonesboro, AR	ESPNU	ASU 45-23	30,243
November 10	11:20 a.m.	Louisiana-Lafayette			SEC Regional	L 20-27	86,482
November 10	12:00 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	SBN	FAU 37-28	14,185
November 10	2:30 p.m.	Navy	Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL	ESPN3	W 41-31	24,321
November 10	4:30 p.m.	South Alabama	North Texas	Apogee Stadium • Denton, TX		UNT 24-14	15,963

Players of the week:^[24]

Week 12

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 16	7:00 p.m.	Florida International	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL	ESPNU	FIU 34-24	15,405
November 17	2:30 p.m.	Arkansas State	Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium • Troy, AL	IMG Sports	ASU 41-34	20,614
November 17	2:30 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	South Alabama	Ladd-Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL		MT 20-12	15,087
November 17	3:00 p.m.	North Texas	Louisiana-Monroe	Malone Stadium • Monroe, LA	ESPN3	ULM 42-16	14,079
November 17	6:00 p.m.	Western Kentucky	Louisiana-Lafayette	Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA	ESPN3	ULL 31-27	20,314

Players of the week:^[25]

Week 13

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
November 24	12:00 p.m.	North Texas	Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium • Bowling Green, KY	SBN	WKU 25-24	11,074
November 24	2:30 p.m.	Troy	Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium • Murfreesboro, TN	ESPN3	MT 24-21	18,605
November 24	4:00 p.m.	South Alabama	Louisiana-Lafayette	Cajun Field • Lafayette, LA	RCN/ESPN3	ULL 52-30	20,333
November 24	TBD	Louisiana-Monroe	Florida International	FIU Stadium • Miami, FL		ULM 23-17	12,115

Players of the week:^[26]

Week 14

Date	Time	Visiting team	Home team	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 1	2:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Lafayette	Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium • Boca Raton, FL		ULL 35-21	11,522
December 1	2:00 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Arkansas State	ASU Stadium • Jonesboro, AR	ESPN3	ASU 45-0	31,243
December 1	6:00 p.m.	South Alabama			Root	L 7-23	27,865

Players of the week:^[27]

Bowl games

The Sun Belt placed four teams in bowl games with five teams bowl eligible in 2012. This was the highest number of SBC bowl teams in the conference's history. Only Middle Tennessee was not selected for a bowl.^[28] Two Sun Belt teams made their first bowl games in school history: Western Kentucky and Louisiana-Monroe.

NOTE: All times are local

Date	Time	SBC team (Record)	Opponent (Record)	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
December 22	11:00 a.m.	Louisiana-Lafayette (8–4)	East Carolina (8–4)	Mercedes-Benz Superdome • New Orleans, LA	ESPN	W 43–34	48,828
December 26	6:30 p.m.	Western Kentucky (7–5)	Central Michigan (6–6)		ESPN	L 21–24	23,310
December 28	1:00 p.m.	Louisiana-Monroe (8–4)	Ohio (8–4)		ESPN	L 14–45	41,853
January 6	8:00 p.m.	Arkansas State (9–3)	25 Kent State (11–2)	Ladd-Peebles Stadium • Mobile, AL	ESPN	W 17–13	37,913

Players of the Year

2012 Sun Belt Player of the Year awards^[29]

Award	Player	School
Player of the Year	Ryan Aplin	Arkansas State
Offensive Player of the Year	Kolton Browning	Louisiana-Monroe
Defensive Player of the Year	Quanterus Smith	Western Kentucky
Freshman of the Year	J. D. McKissic	Arkansas State
Coach of the Year	Todd Berry	Lousiana-Monroe

All-Sun Belt Team

Coaches All-Conference Selections^[29]

Position	Player	Class	Team
First Team Offense
QB	Ryan Aplin	SR	Arkansas State
RB	David Oku	JR	Arkansas State
RB	Antonio Andrews	SR	Western Kentucky
WR	Brent Leonard	SR	Louisiana-Monroe
WR	Anthony Amos	SR	Middle Tennessee
WR	Chip Reeves	SR	Troy
TE	Jack Doyle	SR	Western Kentucky
OL	Zack McKnight	SR	Arkansas State
OL	Micah James	SR	Middle Tennessee
OL	Aaron Fortenberry	SS	North Texas
OL	Kyle Wilborn	SR	Troy
OL	Adam Smith	SR	Western Kentucky
First Team Defense
DL	Ryan Carrethers	JR	Arkansas State
DL	Tourek Williams	SR	Florida International
DL	Emeka Onyenekwu	SR	Louisiana-Lafayette
DL	Quanterus Smith	SR	Western Kentucky
LB	Nathan Herrold	SR	Arkansas State
LB	Jake Johnson	SR	South Alabama
LB	Andrew Jackson	JR	Western Kentucky
DB	Johnathan Cyprien	SR	Florida International
DB	Jemarlous Moten	SR	Louisiana-Lafayette
DB	Brynden Trawick	SR	Troy
DB	Jonathan Dowling	SO	Western Kentucky
First Team Special Teams
PK	Brett Baer	SR	Louisiana-Lafayette
P	Brett Baer	SR	Louisiana-Lafayette
RS	Reggie Whatley	SO	Middle Tennessee
AP	Antonio Andrews	JR	Western Kentucky

Position	Player	Class	Team
Second Team Offense
QB	Kolton Browning	JR	Louisiana-Monroe
RB	Benny Cunningham	SR	Middle Tennessee
RB	Shawn Southward	SR	Troy
WR	J. D. McKissic	FR	Arkansas State
WR	William Dukes	SO	Florida Atlantic
WR	Harry Peoples	SR	Louisiana-Lafayette
TE	Nexon Dorvilus	JR	Florida Atlantic
OL	Caylin Hauptmann	SR	Florida International
OL	Leonardo Bates	SR	Louisiana-Lafayette
OL	Jonathon Gill	SR	Louisiana-Monroe
OL	Andre Huval	JR	Louisiana-Lafayette
OL	Josh Allen	JR	Louisiana-Monroe
Second Team Defense
DL	Tim Starson	SR	Arkansas State
DL	Omar McLendon	SR	Middle Tennessee
DL	Alex Page	JR	South Alabama
DL	Tony Davis	SR	Troy
LB	R. J. Young	SR	Louisiana-Monroe
LB	Zach Orr	JR	North Texas
LB	Kanorris Davis	SR	Troy
DB	Brent Harstad	SR	Florida Atlantic
DB	Isaiah Newsome	JR	Louisiana-Monroe
DB	Kevin Byard	FR	Middle Tennessee
DB	Zac Whitfield	FR	North Texas
Second Team Special Teams
PK	Brian Davis	JR	Arkansas State
P	Will Atterberry	SR	North Texas
RS	Antonio Andrews	JR	Western Kentucky
AP	Deon Anthony	JR	Troy

Home attendance

Team	Stadium (Capacity)	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Arkansas State	Liberty Bank Stadium (30,964)	28,041	21,559	25,160	22,143	30,243	31,243	158,389	26,398	85.3%
Florida Atlantic	FAU Stadium (30,000)	14,510	13,888	11,968	15,405	11,522		67,293	13,459	44.9%
Florida International	FIU Stadium (23,500)	15,685	12,318	13,612	15,234	12,842	12,115	81,806	13,634	58.0%
Louisiana–Lafayette	Cajun Field (31,000)	25,803	21,109	29,758	19,873	20,314	20,333	137,190	22,865	73.8%
Louisiana–Monroe	Malone Stadium (30,427)	31,175	16,782	14,556	20,203	14,079		96,795	19,359	63.6%
Middle Tennessee	Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium (30,788)	18,690	16,227	21,067	14,102	18,605		88,691	17,738	57.6%
North Texas	Apogee Stadium (30,850)	22,259	21,823	17,055	17,534	15,963		94,634	18,927	61.4%
South Alabama	Ladd–Peebles Stadium (33,471)	17,144	15,237	23,789	17,566	11,936	15,087	100,759	16,793	50.2%
Troy	Veterans Memorial Stadium (30,000)	17,981	29,013	16,426	17,354	24,321	20,614	125,709	20,952	69.8%
Western Kentucky	Houchens Industries–L. T. Smith Stadium (22,000)	16,327	23,252	22,323	17,327	14,185	11,074	104,488	17,415	79.2%

Notes and References

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