2012 Pac-12 Football Championship Game

The 2012 Pac-12 Football Championship Game was played on Friday, November 30, 2012 at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California to determine the 2012 football champion of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). It was the second football conference championship for the Pac-12 Conference, or any of its predecessors. The game featured the South Division champions, the UCLA Bruins, against the North Division champions, the Stanford Cardinal. The previous week, the two teams had met at UCLA's home stadium at the Rose Bowl, with Stanford winning 35–17 and clinching the Pac-12 North Division championship.[2] Stanford headed back to Pasadena for the January 1, 2013 Rose Bowl Game where they defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 20–14.

2012 Pac-12 Football Championship Game
Conference Championship
UCLA Bruins Stanford Cardinal (9–3) (10–2) 24 27 Head coach:  Jim L. Mora Head coach:  David Shaw AP Coaches BCS 17 16 16 AP Coaches BCS 8 9 8
1 2 3 4 Total UCLA 14 0 10 0 24 Stanford 7 10 0 10 27
Date	November 30, 2012
Season	2012
Stadium	Stanford Stadium
Location	Stanford, California
MVP	Kevin Hogan (QB, Stanford)
National anthem	Pia Toscano
Referee	Shawn Hochuli
Attendance	31,622[1]
United States TV coverage
Network	Fox Sports (TV) ESPN Radio
Announcers	Gus Johnson play-by-play Charles Davis color Julie Alexandria sideline #1 Petros Papadakis sideline #2 Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Joe Schad

2012 Pac-12 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 7 Stanford xy$		8	–	1					12	–	2
No. 2 Oregon x%		8	–	1					12	–	1
No. 20 Oregon State		6	–	3					9	–	4
Washington		5	–	4					7	–	6
California		2	–	7					3	–	9
Washington State		1	–	8					3	–	9
South Division
UCLA x		6	–	3					9	–	5
Arizona State		5	–	4					8	–	5
USC		5	–	4					7	–	6
Arizona		4	–	5					8	–	5
Utah		3	–	6					5	–	7
Colorado		1	–	8					1	–	11
Championship: Stanford 27, UCLA 24
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant Rankings from AP Poll

This was UCLA's second consecutive appearance and Stanford's first appearance in the Pac-12 Championship Game. In 2011, the Bruins lost the inaugural game at Oregon.

Scoring summary

Quarter	Time	Drive		Team	Scoring Information[3]	Score
		Length	Time of Poss.			UCLA	Stanford
1	11:35	8 plays, 85 yards	3:25	UCLA	Johnathan Franklin 51-yard run (Ka'imi Fairbairn PAT good)	7	0
	6:07	11 plays, 69 yards	5:28	Stanford	Kevin Hogan 2-yard run (Jordan Williamson PAT good)	7	7
	3:40	7 plays, 75 yards	2:27	UCLA	Brett Hundley 5-yard run (K. Fairbairn PAT good)	14	7
2	12:57	1 play, 1 yard	0:08	Stanford	Stepfan Taylor 1-yd run (J. Williamson PAT good)	14	14
	0:00	10 plays, 62 yards	1:31	Stanford	J. Williamson 37 yard field goal	14	17
3	8:20	9 plays, 47 yards	4:41	UCLA	K. Fairbairn 31 yard field goal	17	17
	1:04	12 plays, 80 yards	4:30	UCLA	J. Franklin 20-yd run (K. Fairbairn PAT good)	24	17
4	11:21	10 plays, 63 yards	4:43	Stanford	K. Hogan pass complete to Drew Terrell for 26 yards (J. Williamson PAT good)	24	24
	6:49	5 plays, 25 yards	2:30	Stanford	J. Williamson 36 yard field goal	24	27
Final Score						24	27

Statistics

Statistics	UCLA	STAN
First Downs	22	18
Total offense, plays – yards	70– 461	66–325
Rushes-yards (net)	38–284	43–170
Passing yards (net)	177	155
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	23–32–1	16–23–0
Time of Possession	28:45	31:15

See also

• List of Pac-12 Conference football champions

References

1. "Hogan leads Stanford past UCLA 27–24 to win Pac-12". Retrieved 30 November 2012.
2. Sondheimer, Eric (November 24, 2012). "Stanford sets up rematch for Pac-12 title by beating UCLA, 35–17". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 2012-11-25. Retrieved 2012-11-25.
3. "UCLA Bruins vs. Stanford Cardinal – Box Score – November 30, 2012".