2012 Indiana State Sycamores football team

The 2012 Indiana State Sycamores football team represented Indiana State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth year head coach Trent Miles and played their home games at Memorial Stadium. They are a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 7–4, 5–3 in MVFC play to finish in a three way tie for third place.

2012 Indiana State Sycamores football
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
2012 record7–4 (5–3 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorHarold Etheridge
Defensive coordinatorJesse Minter
Home stadiumMemorial Stadium
(Capacity: 12,764)
2012 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 1 North Dakota State $^  7 1     14 1  
No. 14 South Dakota State ^  6 2     9 4  
No. 8 Illinois State ^  5 3     9 4  
Indiana State  5 3     7 4  
Southern Illinois  5 3     6 5  
Youngstown State  4 4     7 4  
Northern Iowa  4 4     5 6  
Missouri State  3 5     3 8  
Western Illinois  1 7     3 8  
South Dakota  0 8     1 10  
  • $ Conference champion
  • ^ FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network poll

Head coach Trent Miles resigned at the end of the season to take the head coaching job at Georgia State. Miles was replaced by former UNLV head coach Mike Sanford.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 18:00 pmat Indiana*No. 23BTNL 17–2441,882
September 82:00 pmQuincy*No. 23W 44–06,294
September 152:00 pmDrake*No. 22
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
W 27–107,189
September 222:00 pmSouth Dakota StateNo. 22
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
L 10–245,291
September 297:00 pmat Southern IllinoisESPN3/MVFCTVW 24–312,166
October 63:00 pmMissouri State
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
W 31–178,311
October 134:00 pmat No. 1 North Dakota StateESPN3W 17–1418,164
October 207:00 pmat Western IllinoisNo. 21W 23–79,478
October 272:00 pmSouth DakotaNo. 15
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
ESPN3/MVFCTVW 45–145,224
November 32:00 pmNo. 17 Illinois StateNo. 14
  • Memorial Stadium
  • Terre Haute, IN
CSNCL 10–176,008
November 172:00 pmat Youngstown StateNo. 18ESPN3L 6–279,610

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 23 23 22 22 RV RV RV 21 15 14 18 23  
Coaches 25 RV RV 25 RV RV RV 25 18 17 21

References

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