2012 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

The 2012 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Rick Stockstill and played their home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium. The 2012 season proved to be the last for the Blue Raiders in the Sun Belt Conference; Middle Tennessee had initially announced a move to Conference USA (C-USA) to take effect no later than July 2014, and later announced that the move to C-USA would take effect in July 2013. They finished the season 8–4, 6–2 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three way tie for second place. Despite finishing in second place and being two games above bowl eligibility, the Blue Raiders were not invited to a bowl game.

2012 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
2012 record8–4 (6–2 Sun Belt)
Head coachRick Stockstill (7th season)
Offensive coordinatorBuster Faulkner
Defensive coordinatorTyrone Nix/Steve Ellis
Home stadiumJohnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
(Capacity: 30,788)
2012 Sun Belt Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
Arkansas State $  7 –1     10 –3  
Louisiana–Monroe  6 –2     8 –5  
Middle Tennessee  6 –2     8 –4  
Louisiana–Lafayette**  4 –2     5 –4  
WKU  4 –4     7 –6  
Troy  3 –5     5 –7  
North Texas  3 –5     4 –8  
Florida Atlantic  2 –6     3 –9  
FIU  2 –6     3 –9  
South Alabama*  1 –7     2 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • South Alabama not eligible for conference title or bowl game as part of their transition to the FBS.
    **Louisiana–Lafayette vacated 4 wins due to NCAA violations.
Rankings from AP Poll

During the offseason

Tyrone Nix was named co-defensive coordinator, along with Steve Ellis, and linebackers coach on February 22, 2012.[1] Nix has led nationally ranked defenses at Southern Miss, South Carolina, and Ole Miss. Interim offensive coordinator, Buster Faulkner, was named offensive coordinator in February 2012. During the 2011 season Faulkner took over the play-calling duties the final seven games of the year following the resignation of Willie Simmons. Faulkner’s 2011 offense went on to record the fifth most yards of total offense, complete a record 299 passes, while becoming just the second offense in school history to amass over 3,000 passing yards.

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
April 141:00 PMBlue-White Spring Game
 White 40–174,214
August 306:30 PMMcNeese State*
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
ESPN3L 21–2718,690
September 86:00 PMFlorida Atlantic
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
ESPN3W 31–1716,227
September 156:00 PMat Memphis*
W 48–3027,113
September 2912:00 PMat Georgia Tech*
ACC RSNW 49–2839,270
October 62:30 PMLouisiana–Monroe
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
SBN/CSSL 17–3121,067
October 135:00 PMat FIU
W 34–3015,234
October 206:00 PMat No. 16 Mississippi State*
ESPN2L 3–4555,108
October 272:30 PMNorth Texas
  • Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
  • Murfreesboro, TN
ESPN3W 38–2114,102
November 18:15 PMat WKU
ESPNUW 34–2917,327
November 172:30 PMat South Alabama
W 20–1215,087
November 242:30 PMTroy
ESPN3W 24–2118,605
December 12:00 PMat Arkansas State
L 0–4531,243

Game summaries

McNeese State
1 2 3 4 Total
Cowboys 0 14 10 3 27
Blue Raiders 3 3 0 15 21
See also: 2012 McNeese State Cowboys football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First Meeting

Florida Atlantic
1 2 3 4 Total
Owls 0 0 3 14 17
Blue Raiders 0 7 17 7 31
See also: 2012 Florida Atlantic Owls football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
7–3 2011 MTSU, 38–14

@ Memphis
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 7 20 14 7 48
Tigers 3 14 6 7 30
See also: 2012 Memphis Tigers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
16–8–1 2011 MTSU, 38–31

@ Georgia Tech
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 7 14 14 14 49
Yellow Jackets 7 14 0 7 28
See also: 2012 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
1–2 2011 GATECH, 49–21

Louisiana–Monroe
1 2 3 4 Total
Warhawks 7 10 14 0 31
Blue Raiders 3 0 7 7 17
See also: 2012 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–4 2011 ULM, 42–14

@ FIU
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 3 7 7 17 34
Panthers 6 14 3 7 30
See also: 2012 FIU Panthers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–3 2011 FIU, 31–18

@ Mississippi State
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 0 3 0 0 3
#16 Bulldogs 10 0 21 14 45
See also: 2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
0–4 2009 MSU, 27–6

North Texas
1 2 3 4 Total
Mean Green 0 0 14 7 21
Blue Raiders 17 7 14 0 38
See also: 2012 North Texas Mean Green football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
5–7 2011 UNT, 59–7

@ WKU
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 10 7 7 10 34
Hilltoppers 7 10 7 5 29
See also: 2012 WKU Hilltoppers football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
32–29–1 2011 WKU, 36–33

@ South Alabama
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 7 3 7 3 20
Jaguars 3 3 6 0 12
See also: 2012 South Alabama Jaguars football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
First Meeting

Troy
1 2 3 4 Total
Trojans 7 0 7 7 21
Blue Raiders 10 3 3 8 24
See also: 2012 Troy Trojans football team and Battle for the Palladium
Overall record Last meeting Result
12–8 2011 TROY, 38–35

@ Arkansas State
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Raiders 0 0 0 0 0
Red Wolves 21 14 7 3 45
See also: 2012 Arkansas State Red Wolves football team
Overall record Last meeting Result
9–4 2011 ARST, 45–19

References
  1. http://collegefootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/02/22/ex-ole-miss-dc-nix-lands-at-mtsu-as-co-coordinator/


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