2012 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team

The 2012 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football team represented South Dakota State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 15th year head coach John Stiegelmeier and played their home games at Coughlin–Alumni Stadium. They were a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in MVFC play to finish in second place. The received an at–large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they defeated Eastern Illinois in the first round before falling to fellow MVFC member North Dakota State in the second round.

2012 South Dakota State Jackrabbits football
FCS Playoffs Second Round vs. North Dakota State, L 3–28
ConferenceMissouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports NetworkNo. 19
FCS CoachesNo. 21
2012 record9–4 (6–2 MVFC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorEric Eidsness
Defensive coordinatorClint Brown/Jay Bubak
Home stadiumCoughlin–Alumni Stadium
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

Schedule

[1]

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 16:00 pmat Kansas*L 17–3146,601
September 87:00 pmat Southeastern Louisiana*W 31–146,278
September 152:00 pmUC Davis*Midco Sports NetW 12–811,532
September 222:00 pmat No. 22 Indiana StateW 24–105,291
September 296:00 pmMissouri StateNo. 25
  • Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
MVFC TVW 17–714,186
October 136:00 pmWestern IllinoisNo. 20
  • Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
MVFC TVW 31–1010,727
October 204:00 pmat Northern IowaNo. 20MVFC TVL 6–2713,067
October 272:00 pmNo. 22 Youngstown State
  • Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
ESPN3W 41–2814,966
November 32:00 pmat Southern IllinoisNo. 21W 16–127,499
November 103:00 pmat No. 1 North Dakota StateNo. 16FCSL 17–2018,721
November 172:00 pmSouth DakotaNo. 21
  • Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
  • Brookings, SD
Midco Sports NetW 31–815,278
November 242:00 pmNo. 25 Eastern Illinois*No. 19
  • Coughlin–Alumni Stadium
  • Brookings, SD (FCS Playoffs First Round)
ESPN3W 58–104,367
December 13:00 pmat No. 1 North Dakota State*
  • Fargodome
  • Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Second Round)
ESPN3L 3–2818,482

References

  1. "Schedule". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04.
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