2012 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

The 2012 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 15th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 8–3, 6–2 in the Big Sky to finish in fourth place.

2012 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football
Conference	Big Sky Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 20
FCS Coaches	No. 15
2012 record	8–3 (6–2 Big Sky)
Head coach	Jerome Souers (15th season)
Defensive coordinator	Andy Thompson
Home stadium	Walkup Skydome (Capacity: 10,000)

2012 Big Sky Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 2 Montana State +^		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 12 Cal Poly +^		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 20 Northern Arizona		6	–	2					8	–	3
Sacramento State		4	–	4					6	–	5
Northern Colorado		4	–	4					5	–	6
Southern Utah		4	–	4					5	–	6
North Dakota		3	–	5					5	–	6
Montana		3	–	5					5	–	6
UC Davis		3	–	5					4	–	7
Portland State		2	–	6					3	–	8
Weber State		2	–	6					2	–	9
Idaho State		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	8:30 PM	at Arizona State*		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ	PAC-12 Networks	L 6–63	48,658
September 8	8:00 PM	at UNLV*		Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV		W 17–14	15,257
September 15	4:00 PM	Fort Lewis*		Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	NAU-TV/FSAZ+/FCSP/Big Sky TV	W 69–0	6,594
September 22	12:30 PM	at No. 14 Montana		Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	RTRM/RTNW/Audience Network[1]	W 41–21	25,254
September 29	2:00 PM	Portland State	No. 22	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	FSAZ+/NAU-TV/FCSP/Big Sky TV	W 24–10	9,107
October 13	1:00 PM	at North Dakota	No. 16	Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND	Midco Sports Net/Big Sky TV	W 45–38	9,742
October 20	4:00 PM	UC Davis	No. 16	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	FSAZ+/Big Sky TV	W 21–7	7,991
October 27	12:30 PM	at Northern Colorado	No. 13	Nottingham Field Greeley, CO	Big Sky TV	W 12–10	3,780
November 3	3:00 PM	at Idaho State	No. 12	Holt Arena Pocatello, ID	Big Sky TV	W 50–10	5,144
November 10	4:00 PM	Southern Utah	No. 11	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ (HintonBurdick Grand Canyon Trophy Game)	FSAZ+/Big Sky TV	L 29–35 ^3OT	4,125
November 17	4:00 PM	No. 17 Cal Poly	No. 15	Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ	FSAZ+/Big Sky TV	L 34–42	6,119
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Mountain time

• Source: Official Schedule

Game summaries

@ Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	0	0	6	0	6
Sun Devils	14	28	7	14	63

See also: 2012 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–20–4	2010	ASU, 41–20

@ UNLV

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	0	0	7	10	17
Rebels	7	7	0	0	14

See also: 2012 UNLV Rebels football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–5	1992	UNLV, 40–7

Fort Lewis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	0	0	0	0	0
Lumberjacks	27	21	14	7	69

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	2011	NAU, 58–13

@ Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Lumberjacks	7	7	13	14	41
#14 Grizzlies	17	7	0	7	31

See also: 2012 Montana Grizzlies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–34	2011	MONT, 28–24

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	3	0	7	0	10
#22 Lumberjacks	14	3	7	0	24

See also: 2012 Portland State Vikings football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–5	2011	PSU, 31–29

@ North Dakota

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Lumberjacks	14	3	14	14	45
North Dakota	0	17	14	7	38

See also: 2012 University of North Dakota football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–0	1985	NAU, 41–0

UC Davis

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aggies	0	0	0	7	7
#16 Lumberjacks	0	7	14	0	21

See also: 2012 UC Davis Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

@ Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Lumberjacks	2	7	0	3	12
Bears	0	3	0	7	10

See also: 2012 Northern Colorado Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–2	2011	NAU, 34–14

@ Idaho State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#12 Lumberjacks	12	14	7	17	50
Bengals	7	3	0	0	10

See also: 2012 Idaho State Bengals football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
31–17–1	2011	NAU, 20–3

Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	3OT	Total
Thunderbirds	9	3	0	3	7	7	6	35
#11 Lumberjacks	0	0	7	8	7	7	0	29

See also: 2012 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
11–4	2011	SUU, 27–24

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
#17 Mustangs	14	7	14	7	42
#15 Lumberjacks	7	6	7	14	34

See also: 2012 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
8–0	2003	NAU, 24–7

References

1. "DIRECTV Sports Networks and Big Sky Conference Announce Inaugural 2012 Football Schedule on ROOT SPORTS". Rootsports.com. Retrieved April 10, 2012.