2012 South Alabama Jaguars football team

The 2012 South Alabama Jaguars football team represented the University of South Alabama in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Joey Jones and played their home games at Ladd–Peebles Stadium. They were a member of the Sun Belt Conference. As part of their two-year transition to the FBS from the FCS, the Jaguars were not eligible for the Sun Belt championship and were not eligible to play in a bowl game. They finished the season 2–11, 1–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in last place.

2012 South Alabama Jaguars football
ConferenceSun Belt Conference
2012 record2–11 (1–7 Sun Belt)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorRobert Matthews (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBill Clark (5th season)
Home stadiumLadd–Peebles Stadium
(Capacity: 33,471)
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
  • * – Louisiana–Lafayette vacated 4 wins due to NCAA violations.
    ** – South Alabama was inelible for conference title or bowl game as part of their transition to the FBS.

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 11:00 p.m.UTSA*ESPN3L 31–3317,144
September 84:00 p.m.Nicholls State*
  • Ladd–Peebles Stadium
  • Mobile, AL
ESPN3W 9–315,237
September 155:00 p.m.at NC State*ESPN3L 7–3154,132
September 226:00 p.m.at No. 23 Mississippi State*Bulldog Sports PropertiesL 10–3055,186
September 292:30 p.m.Troy
  • Ladd–Peebles Stadium
  • Mobile, AL (rivalry)
Sun Belt Network/CSSL 10–3123,789
October 136:00 p.m.at Arkansas StateL 29–3622,143
October 202:30 p.m.Florida Atlantic
  • Ladd–Peebles Stadium
  • Mobile, AL
W 37–34 2OT17,566
October 276:00 p.m.at Louisiana–MonroeL 24–3814,556
November 32:30 p.m.FIU
  • Ladd–Peebles Stadium
  • Mobile, AL
L 20–2811,936
November 104:00 p.m.at North TexasL 14–2415,963
November 172:30 p.m.Middle Tennessee
  • Ladd–Peebles Stadium
  • Mobile, AL
ESPN3L 12–2015,087
November 244:00 p.m.at Louisiana–LafayetteRCN/ESPN3L 30–5220,333
December 110:00 p.m.at Hawaiʻi*Oceanic PPV/ROOT/TWCSNL 7–2327,865
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Central time

Coach death

On April 11, inside linebacker coach Kurt Crain was found dead in Spanish Fort, Alabama from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.[1] Crain had been on the Jaguars staff since 2008. He was 47 years old.

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