2012 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football team

The West Texas A&M Buffaloes represented West Texas A&M University in the 2012 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the Lone Star Conference.[1] The Buffaloes ended the regular season with 9–2 record (7–1 in the LSC) which was enough to claim a share of the Lone Star Conference title and to qualify for the NCAA tournament as a six seed in region 4.[2] West Texas A&M went on to win the NCAA Super Region Four Tournament but ended the season with a loss to Winston-Salem State in the National semi-final. With the 57–20 win over Western State September 8, eighth-year head coach Don Carthel tied former head coach Joe Kerbel for the most wins in school history with 68[3] and he passes him a week later with win over Texas A&MKingsville.[4] 2012 was also the season were West Texas A&M had multiple shutouts for first time since 2008.[5]

2012 West Texas A&M Buffaloes football
LSC co-champion
ConferenceLone Star Conference
Ranking
AFCANo. 4
2012 record12–3 (7–1 LSC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorStephen Lee (2nd season)
Defensive coordinatorColby Carthel (7th season)
Home stadiumKimbrough Memorial Stadium
(Capacity: 20,000)
2012 Lone Star Conference football standings
Conf  Overall
Team W L    W L 
No. 16 Midwestern State +^  7 –1     9 –2  
No. 4 West Texas A&M +^  7 –1     12 –3  
Tarleton State  5 –3     6 –4  
Texas A&M–Kingsville  5 –3     6 –6  
Abilene Christian  4 –4     7 –4  
Angelo State  4 –4     5 –6  
Eastern New Mexico †  2 –6     3 –7  
Incarnate Word  1 –7     2 –9  
Texas A&M–Commerce  1 –7     1 –9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – NCAA Division II playoff participant
  • † – Eastern New Mexico vacated all three wins.
Rankings from AFCA poll

West Texas A&M was ranked No. 24 the initial AFCA poll of the season.[6]

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 307:00 pmat No. 6 CSU-Pueblo*No. 24
L 34-44 6,457[7]
September 86:00 pmWestern State*
W 57-20 8,432[8]
September 158:00 pmvs. No. 14 Texas A&M–Kingsville
W 40-10 19,143[9]
September 227:00 pmat Incarnate WordNo. 25
W 24-0 4,755[10]
September 296:00 pmTarleton StateNo. 23
  • Kimbrough Memorial
  • Canyon, TX
W 41-24 7,825[11]
October 66:00 pmAngelo StateNo. 21
W 35-9 4,822[12]
October 136:00 pmAbilene ChristianNo. 20
  • Kimbrough Memorial
  • Canyon, TX
FoxSportsSouthwest.comW 36-0 13,019[13]
October 206:00 pmat Eastern New MexicoNo. 17
W 44-21 2,759[14]
October 277:00 pmat West GeorgiaNo. 14
W 44-21 2,886[15]
November 36:00 pmNo. 10 MidwesternNo. 12
  • Kimbrough Memorial
  • Canyon, TX
L 48-52 12,238[16]
November 102:00 pmat Texas A&M–CommerceNo. 17
W 45-14 1,521[17]
November 102:00 pmat No. 20 Chadron State*No. 16
W 38-30 1,490[18]
November 2410:00 amat No. 4 Ashland*No. 16
  • Jack Miller Stadium
  • Ashhland, OH (NCAA Super Region Four Tournament)
W 33-28 2,842[19]
December 15:30 pmat No. 1 CSU-Pueblo*No. 16
W 34-13 10,217[20]
December 85:30 pmat No. 2 Winston-Salem State*No. 16
L 18-41 8,612[21]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Homecoming
  • Rankings from AFCA Poll released prior to the game

Coaching staff
NamePositionSeasons at
West Texas A&M		Alma Mater
Don CarthelHead Coach6Eastern New Mexico (1974)
Stephen LeeOffensive Coordinator1Angelo State (1992)
Colby CarthelDefensive Coordinator6Angelo State (2000)
Joel HintonWide Receivers4Baylor (2008)
Nick ParemeskiDefensive Backs/Recruiting Coordinator6Wisconsin–La Crosse
Matt StormOffensive Line0East Central (2005)
Caid FaskeDefensive Tackles0West Texas A&M (2011)
Reference:[22]

TV and radio

West Texas A&M road games were brotcasted on KAMR-TV.[23]

References
  1. "2012 Schedule and Results".
  2. "Nov. 12, 2012: LSC Football Weekly Release (Week 11)". Lone Star Conference.
  3. "Sept. 10, 2012: LSC Football Weekly Release (Week 2)". Lone Star Conference.
  4. "Sept. 17, 2012: LSC Football Weekly Release (Week 3)". Lone Star Conference.
  5. "Oct. 15, 2012: LSC Football Weekly Release (Week 7)". Lone Star Conference.
  6. "Buffs ranked No. 24 in poll". Amarillo Globe-News.
  7. "West Texas A&M vs CSU-Pueblo (Aug 30, 2012)".
  8. "Western State vs West Texas A&M (Sep 08, 2012)".
  9. "Texas A&M-Kingsville vs West Texas A&M (Sep 15, 2012)".
  10. "West Texas A&M vs Incarnate Word (Sep 22, 2012)".
  11. "Tarleton vs West Texas A&M (Sep 29, 2012)".
  12. "West Texas A&M vs Angelo State (Oct 06, 2012)".
  13. "Abilene Christian vs West Texas A&M (Oct 13, 2012)".
  14. "West Texas A&M vs Eastern New Mexico (Oct 20, 2012)".
  15. "West Texas A&M vs West Georgia (10/27/12)".
  16. "Midwestern State vs West Texas A&M (Nov 03, 2012)".
  17. "West Texas A&M vs A&M-Commerce (Nov 10, 2012)".
  18. "West Texas A&M vs Chadron State (Nov 17, 2012)".
  19. "West Texas A&M vs Ashland University (Nov 24, 2012)".
  20. "West Texas A&M vs CSU-Pueblo (Dec 01, 2012)".
  21. "West Texas A&M vs Winston-Salem State (Dec 08, 2012)".
  22. 2012 Football Record Book. West Texas A&M Athletics. pp. 4–7.
  23. "WT, KAMR-TV reach 2-year deal". Amarillo Globe-News.
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