2012 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team

2012 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football
Conference	Ohio Valley Conference
Record	3–8 (2–6 OVC)
Head coach	Tony Samuel (7th season)
Offensive coordinator	Tim McGuire (2nd season)
Defensive coordinator	Brian Mohnsen (2nd season)
Home stadium	Houck Stadium

2012 Ohio Valley Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Eastern Illinois $^		6	–	1					7	–	5
No. 22 Eastern Kentucky		6	–	2					8	–	3
UT Martin		6	–	2					8	–	3
Jacksonville State		5	–	3					6	–	5
Tennessee State		4	–	3					8	–	3
Murray State		4	–	4					5	–	6
Southeast Missouri State		2	–	6					3	–	8
Tennessee Tech		1	–	7					3	–	8
Austin Peay		1	–	7					2	–	9
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 Southeast Missouri State Redhawks football team represented Southeast Missouri State University as a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) during the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by seventh-year head coach Tony Samuel, the Redhawks compiled an overall record of 3–8 with a mark of 2–6 in conference play, placing seventh in the OVC. Southeast Missouri State played home games at Houck Stadium in Cape Girardeau, Missouri.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	6:00 pm	at Central Michigan*	Kelly/Shorts Stadium Mount Pleasant, MI	ESPN3	L 27–38	15,250
September 8	6:00 pm	Mars Hill*	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO		W 30–18	4,912
September 15	6:00 pm	at Southern Illinois*	Saluki Stadium Carbondale, IL		L 14–35	9,612
September 22	6:00 pm	Tennessee Tech	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO		W 41–38 2OT	8,327
September 29	3:00 pm	at Jacksonville State	Burgess–Snow Field at JSU Stadium Jacksonville, AL		L 16–31	16,842
October 13	6:00 pm	No. 18 Tennessee State	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO		L 28–40	4,800
October 20	1:00 pm	UT Martin	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO		L 17–27	5,820
October 27	4:00 pm	at Austin Peay	Governors Stadium Clarksville, TN		W 48–27	4,028
November 3	1:00 pm	No. 25 Eastern Kentucky	Houck Stadium Cape Girardeau, MO		L 7–31	3,525
November 10	1:30 pm	at Eastern Illinois	O'Brien Field Charleston, IL	WEIU	L 20–39	5,575
November 17	1:00 pm	at Murray State	Roy Stewart Stadium Murray, KY		L 35–42	2,299
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time