2012 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team

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.

2012 Appalachian State Mountaineers football
SoCon co-champion
FCS Playoffs Second Round, L 37–38 OT vs. Illinois State
ConferenceSouthern Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 7
FCS CoachesNo. 6
2012 record8–4 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorScott Satterfield
Defensive coordinatorDale Jones
Home stadiumKidd Brewer Stadium
(Capacity: 24,050)
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 FCS Poll

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 1Noonat East Carolina*No. 6
FSNL 13–3549,023
September 86:30 p.m.No. 12 Montana*No. 11
ESPN3W 35–2730,856
September 153:30 p.m.No. 21 The CitadelNo. 8
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC
L 28–5224,137
September 226:00 p.m.at ChattanoogaNo. 17
W 34–1713,726
September 293:30 p.m.Coastal Carolina*No. 17
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC
W 55–1427,619
October 63:30 p.m.Elon†No. 15
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC
W 35–2329,073
October 133:00 p.m.at No. 25 SamfordNo. 13
W 28–259,712
October 203:30 p.m.No. 8 WoffordNo. 13
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC
L 28–3827,115
October 273:30 p.m.at Western CarolinaNo. 16
W 38–2713,279
November 32:00 p.m.at No. 2 Georgia SouthernNo. 15
ESPN3W 31–2822,155
November 103:30 p.m.FurmanNo. 12
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC
W 33–2828,946
December 12:00 p.m.No. 16 Illinois State*No. 7
  • Kidd Brewer Stadium
  • Boone, NC (FCS Playoffs Second Round)
ESPN3L 37–38 OT16,716
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.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
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

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