| Year: | 2012 |
| Team: | Tulsa Golden Hurricane |
| Sport: | football |
| Conference: | Conference USA |
| Division: | West Division |
| Short Conf: | C-USA |
| Coachrank: | 25 |
| Record: | 11–3 |
| Conf Record: | 7–1 |
| Head Coach: | Bill Blankenship |
| Hc Year: | 2nd |
| Off Coach: | Greg Peterson |
| Oc Year: | 2nd |
| Def Coach: | Brent Guy |
| Dc Year: | 2nd |
| Champion: | C-USA champion C-USA West Division champion Liberty Bowl champion |
| Conf Champ: | C-USA Championship Game |
| Conf Champ Result: | W 33–27 OT vs. UCF |
| Bowl: | Liberty Bowl |
| Bowl Result: | W 31–17 vs. Iowa State |
The 2012 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Bill Blankenship and played their home games at Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium. They were a member of the West Division of Conference USA (C-US). They finished the season 11–3, 7–1 C-USA to be West Division champions. They defeated UCF in the C-USA Championship Game to become C-USA champions. They were invited to the Liberty Bowl, where they defeated Iowa State to avenge a season-opening loss.
See also: 2012 Iowa State Cyclones football team.
See also: 2012 Tulane Green Wave football team.
See also: 2012 Nicholls State Colonels football team.
See also: 2012 Fresno State Bulldogs football team.
Last meeting was in the 2005 Liberty Bowl. This will be the first regular season meeting not as conference members as their meetings between 1999 and 2002 were as members of the Western Athletic Conference.
See also: 2012 UAB Blazers football team.
See also: 2012 Marshall Thundering Herd football team.
See also: 2012 UTEP Miners football team.
See also: 2012 Rice Owls football team.
See also: 2012 Arkansas Razorbacks football team.
Tulsa has lost the previous 17 meetings dating back to 1977.
See also: 2012 Houston Cougars football team.
See also: 2012 UCF Knights football team.
See also: 2012 SMU Mustangs football team.
See also: 2012 UCF Knights football team and 2012 Conference USA Football Championship Game.
See also: 2012 Iowa State Cyclones football team and 2012 Liberty Bowl.
This is the second time this season the Golden Hurricane and Cyclones will meet. The Cyclones won the season opener 38–23.