2012 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

2012 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
SoCon co-champion
FCS Playoffs Second Round, L 37–38 OT vs. Illinois State
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 7
FCS Coaches	No. 6
Record	8–4 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Jerry Moore (24th season)
Offensive coordinator	Scott Satterfield (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Defensive coordinator	Dale Jones (3rd season)
Base defense	3–4
Home stadium	Kidd Brewer Stadium

2012 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 6 Georgia Southern +^		6	–	2					10	–	4
No. 9 Wofford +^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 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 Poll

The 2012 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 24th-year head coach Jerry Moore and played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 8–4, 6–2 in SoCon play to share the conference championship with Georgia Southern and Wofford. They received an at–large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the second round to Illinois State in what would turn out to be the school's last postseason game as an FCS program, as the Mountaineers will move to FBS and the Sun Belt Conference in 2014.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	Noon	at East Carolina*	No. 6	Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium Greenville, NC	FSN	L 13–35	49,023
September 8	6:30 p.m.	No. 12 Montana*	No. 11	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC	ESPN3	W 35–27	30,856
September 15	3:30 p.m.	No. 21 The Citadel	No. 8	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		L 28–52	24,137
September 22	6:00 p.m.	at Chattanooga	No. 17	Finley Stadium Chattanooga, TN		W 34–17	13,726
September 29	3:30 p.m.	Coastal Carolina*	No. 17	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 55–14	27,619
October 6	3:30 p.m.	Elon†	No. 15	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 35–23	29,073
October 13	3:00 p.m.	at No. 25 Samford	No. 13	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL		W 28–25	9,712
October 20	3:30 p.m.	No. 8 Wofford	No. 13	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		L 28–38	27,115
October 27	3:30 p.m.	at Western Carolina	No. 16	E.J Whitmire Stadium Cullowhee, NC (Battle for the Old Mountain Jug)		W 38–27	13,279
November 3	2:00 p.m.	at No. 2 Georgia Southern	No. 15	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA (rivalry)	ESPN3	W 31–28	22,155
November 10	3:30 p.m.	Furman	No. 12	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 33–28	28,946
December 1	2:00 p.m.	No. 16 Illinois State*	No. 7	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC (NCAA Division I Second Round)	ESPN3	L 37–38 OT	16,716
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

Fans storm Kidd Brewer Stadium after defeating the Furman Paladins and securing a share of the Southern Conference football championship

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Sports Network	6	11	8	17	17	15	13	13	16	15	12	8	7
Coaches	5	8	7	18	16	14	12	11	15	14	12	8	6