2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football
2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football
MAC champion; MAC West Division champion
MAC Championship Game, W 44–37 2OT vs. Kent State
Orange Bowl, L 10–31 vs. Florida State
Conference	Mid-American Conference
	West Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
AP	No. 22
Record	12–2 (8–0 MAC)
Head coach	Dave Doeren (2nd season; first 13 games); Rod Carey (interim, bowl game);
Offensive coordinator	Mike Dunbar (1st season, game 1 and bowl game); Rod Carey (1st season, games 2–13)
Defensive coordinator	Jay Niemann (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Ryan Nielsen (1st season)
MVP	Jordan Lynch
Captain	Nabal Jefferson, Jordan Lynch, Sean Progar, Jason Schepler
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University as a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference (MAC) during the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Northern Illinois compiled an overall record of 12–2 with a mark of 8–0 in conference play, winning the MAC West Division title. The Huskies advanced to the MAC Championship Game, where they beat Kent State to win the program's third MAC championship. Northern Illinois was invited to the Orange Bowl, where they lost to Florida State.^[1]^[2] Second-year head coach Dave Doeren led the team during the regular season and the MAC title game before resigning to become the head football coach at North Carolina State University.^[3] Rod Carey was appointed interim head coach for the bowl game. The team's 12 wins was the most in any of the program's 113-year history.^[4]

2012 Mid-American Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
East Division
Kent State x	8	–	0	11	–	3
Bowling Green	6	–	2	8	–	5
Ohio	4	–	4	9	–	4
Buffalo	3	–	5	4	–	8
Miami (OH)	3	–	5	4	–	8
UMass	1	–	7	1	–	11
Akron	0	–	8	1	–	11
West Division
No. 22 Northern Illinois x$	8	–	0	12	–	2
Toledo	6	–	2	9	–	4
Ball State	6	–	2	9	–	4
Central Michigan	4	–	4	7	–	6
Western Michigan	2	–	6	4	–	8
Eastern Michigan	1	–	7	2	–	10
Championship: Northern Illinois 44, Kent State 37
$ – Conference champion and BCS representative as top non-AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteria x – Division champion/co-champions UMass not eligible for conference title or bowl game as part of FBS transition Rankings from AP Poll

Since the MAC was a non-automatic qualifying (non-AQ) conference for the Bowl Championship Series, its conference champion had to finish 16th or higher in the BCS rankings and be ranked ahead of at least one AQ conference champion to qualify for a BCS game.^[5] With their win in the MAC Championship Game, the Huskies moved to No. 15 in the final BCS rankings, while Louisville, champion of the Big East Conference, was ranked No. 21. As a result, Northern Illinois received a BCS bid to the Orange Bowl.^[6] It was the first major-bowl appearance in program history and the first major-bowl appearance for any MAC team.

The season marked the Huskies' fifth consecutive trip to a bowl game. The team played home games at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb, Illinois.

Schedule edit

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	2:30 p.m.	vs. Iowa*		Soldier Field Chicago, IL	ESPNU	L 17–18	52,117	^[7]
September 8	6:00 p.m.	UT Martin*		Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPN3	W 35–7	16,010	^[8]
September 15	11:00 a.m.	at Army*		Michie Stadium West Point, NY	CBSSN	W 41–40	30,176	^[9]
September 22	2:30 p.m.	Kansas*		Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPN3	W 30–23	18,374	^[10]
September 29	2:30 p.m.	Central Michigan		Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPN3	W 55–24	16,292	^[11]
October 6	1:00 p.m.	at Ball State		Scheumann Stadium Muncie, IN (Bronze Stalk Trophy)	ESPN3	W 35–23	11,238	^[12]
October 13	2:30 p.m.	Buffalo		Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	CSNC	W 45–3	14,419	^[13]
October 20	11:00 a.m.	at Akron		InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field Akron, OH	ESPN Plus	W 37–7	7,074	^[14]
October 27	11:00 a.m.	at Western Michigan		Waldo Stadium Kalamazoo, MI	ESPN Plus	W 48–34	12,974	^[15]
November 3	2:30 p.m.	UMass		Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL		W 63–0	11,114	^[16]
November 14	8:00 p.m.	Toledo		Huskie Stadium DeKalb, IL	ESPN2	W 31–24	17,813	^[17]
November 23	12:00 p.m.	at Eastern Michigan	No. 24	Rynearson Stadium Ypsilanti, MI	ESPN3	W 49–7	1,349	^[18]
November 30	6:00 p.m.	vs. No. 18 Kent State*	No. 19	Ford Field Detroit, MI (MAC Championship Game)	ESPN2	W 44–37 ^2OT	18,132	^[19]
January 1, 2013	7:30 p.m.	vs. No. 13 Florida State*	No. 16	Sun Life Stadium Miami Gardens, FL (Orange Bowl)	ESPN	L 10–31	72,073
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Rankings edit

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	19	16	22
Coaches	RV	—	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	23	18	16	24
Harris	Not released						—	—	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	19	16	Not released
BCS	Not released							—	—	—	—	—	—	21	15	Not released

Roster edit

2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football team roster

Players

Coaches

Offense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
OL	`74`	Dustin Adams	Fr
OL	`64`	Sal Arceo	Fr
WR	`7`	Perez Ashford	Sr
OL	`66`	Matt Battaglia	Sr
RB	`25`	Giorgio Bowers	So
WR	`82`	Juwan Brescasin	Fr
WR	`86`	Jacob Brinlee	Fr
WR	`4`	Da'Ron Brown	So
OL	`68`	Ron Brown	Fr
OL	`78`	Ryan Brown	So
OL	`61`	Aidan Conlon	Fr
FB	`48`	Ricky Connors	So
RB	`3`	Akeem Daniles	Jr
QB	`19`	Johnny Eagan	Fr
TE	`83`	Luke Eakes	So
RB	`44`	Perez Ford	Fr
C	`59`	Michael Gegner	So
WR	`81`	Clayton Glasper	Fr
QB	`12`	Drew Hare	Fr
RB	`20`	Keith Harris	Fr
TE	`98`	Lincoln Howard	Fr
OL	`62`	Patrick Husain	Jr
OL	`73`	Matt Killian	Fr
OL	`79`	Matt Krempel	Jr
WR	`80`	Tommylee Lewis	So
OL	`75`	Tyler Loos	So
QB	`6`	Jordan Lynch	Jr
TE	`44`	DeVonte' Majors	Fr
TE	`37`	Desroy Maxwell	Fr
QB	`16`	Matt McIntosh	Fr
WR	`13`	Charlie Miller	Fr
WR	`1`	Martel Moore	Sr
RB	`26`	Alex Morrow	Fr
OL	`71`	Levon Myers	Fr
OL	`55`	Andrew Ness	Fr
OL	`65`	Wes Ott	So
OL	`70`	Logan Pegram	Sr
OL	`67`	Tyler Pitt	So
OL	`72`	Josh Ruka	Fr
TE	`87`	Jason Schepler	Sr
WR	`85`	Angelo Sebastiano	Fr
TE	`88`	Tim Semisch	So
RB	`23`	Leighton Settle	Jr
RB	`34`	James Spencer	So
OL	`76`	Brad Steger	Fr
FB	`47`	Rob Sterling	So
RB	`42`	Cameron Stingly	So
TE	`43`	Jess Striedl	So
OL	`57`	Scott Taylor	Fr
TE	`84`	Kevin Tennenbaum	Fr
OL	`77`	Jared Volk	Jr
WR	`22`	Jamison Wells	Jr
QB	`12`	Matt Williams	Fr
RB	`5`	Jamal Womble	Sr

Defense

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DL	`51`	Zach Anderson	Jr
DE	`53`	Matthew Baltimore	Fr
LB	`6`	Jamaal Bass	So
DE	`90`	Alan Baxter	Sr
DT	`93`	Ken Bishop	Jr
CB	`31`	Anthony Brooks	Fr
LB	`36`	Tyrone Clark	Sr
DE	`54`	Cameron Clinton-Earl	Fr
LB	`58`	Mike Cotton	Fr
S	`21`	Dechane Durante	So
CB	`2`	Sean Evans	Jr
CB	`28`	Jhony Faustin	Jr
LB	`8`	Ladell Fleming	Fr
S	`34`	Connor Gavin	Fr
DT	`94`	Donovan Gordon	So
DE	`50`	Ryan Gorrell	So
DE	`56`	Daniel Green	Sr
CB	`17`	Marckie Hayes	So
LB	`41`	Cody Hazelett	Fr
DT	`57`	Cornellus Henry	Fr
DE	`96`	Michael Ippolito	Fr
CB	`16`	Charles Ivory	Fr
LB	`40`	Victor Jacques	Sr
DL	`99`	Nabal Jefferson	Sr
DT	`92`	Mario Jones	Fr
S	`38`	Rasheen Lemon	Fr
DE	`63`	Larry Lloyd	So
CB	`29`	Paris Logan	Fr
LB	`45`	Boomer Mays	Fr
CB	`41`	Nate McNeal	Jr
DE	`49`	Jason Meehan	So
CB	`11`	Rashan Melvin	Sr
CB	`30`	Marlon Moore	Fr
S	`33`	Tre' Moore	Fr
LB	`35`	Videl Nelson	Fr
DE	`89`	Stephen O'Neal	Jr
DE	`95`	Sean Progar	Sr
DE	`46`	George Rainey	Jr
LB	`52`	Michael Santacaterina	So
S	`14`	Courtney Stephen	Sr
S	`19`	Demetrius Stone	Sr
DT	`69`	Corey Thomas	Fr
DB	`15`	Jimmie Ward	Jr
CB	`24`	Dominique Ware	Jr
DL	`91`	Anthony Wells	Jr
DE	`97`	Joe Windsor	Jr
LB	`27`	Bobby Winkel	So

Special teams

Pos.	#	Name	Class
DS	`84`	Brian Mayer	So
P	`18`	Ryan Neir	Sr
DS		Bobby Ramlet	Fr
K	`99`	Mathew Sims	Jr
P	`39`	Mark Strbjak	Fr
PK	`26`	Tyler Wedel	So

Head coach

Dave Doeren

Coordinators/assistant coaches

Mike Dunbar – Offensive coordinator
Ryan Nielsen – Co-defensive coord./defensive line/recruiting coord.
Jay Niemann – Defensive coordinator/safeties
Rod Carey – Assistant coach/offensive line/run game coordinator
Bob Cole – Assistant coach/quarterbacks
Frisman Jackson – Assistant coach/wide receivers
Kevin Kane – Assistant coach/linebackers
Richard McNutt – Assistant coach/cornerbacks
Joe Tripodi – Graduate assistant/tight ends & Fullbacks
Mike Uremovich – Assistant coach/running backs/special teams coord.
Brad Ohrt – Director of sports performance
Matt Lipman – Director of football operations
Joe McKillip – Graduate assistant/Operations
Zach Opsal – Graduate assistant/Video
Peter Roley – Asst. Dir. Football Operations/Video

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Redshirt

Roster
Last update: 7/14/12

Game summaries edit

vs Iowa edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hawkeyes	3	3	3	9	18
Huskies	0	10	7	0	17

UT Martin edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Skyhawks	0	0	0	7	7
Huskies	7	14	7	7	35

@ Army edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	14	14	0	13	41
Black Knights	7	12	15	6	40

Kansas edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Jayhawks	3	7	7	6	23
Huskies	6	7	0	17	30

Central Michigan edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Chippewas	7	7	10	0	24
Huskies	14	10	10	21	55

@ Ball State edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	7	7	7	14	35
Cardinals	3	13	7	0	23

Buffalo edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bulls	3	0	0	0	3
Huskies	7	21	14	3	45

@ Akron edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	10	10	10	7	37
Zips	0	7	0	0	7

@ Western Michigan edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	7	10	14	17	48
Broncos	14	7	0	13	34

Massachusetts edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Minutemen	0	0	0	0	0
Huskies	14	21	21	7	63

Toledo edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
Rockets	7	7	0	10	24
Huskies	0	7	21	3	31

@ Eastern Michigan edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Huskies	14	14	7	14	49
Eagles	7	0	0	0	7

#18 Kent State (MAC Championship Game) edit

	1	2	3	4	OT	2OT	Total
#19 Huskies	3	14	10	7	3	7	44
#18 Golden Flashes	10	0	3	21	3	0	37

#12 Florida State (Orange Bowl) edit

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Huskies	3	0	7	0	10
#12 Seminoles	7	7	3	14	31

References edit

^ "Northern Illinois vs. Florida State - Game Recap - January 1, 2013 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
^ "Florida State solves Northern Illinois offense in win". USA Today. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
^ "NC State hires N. Illinois' Doeren as next coach". December 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
^ "Northern Illinois vs. Kent State - Game Recap - November 30, 2012 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 1, 2012.
^ "BCS selection procedures". ESPN.com. July 25, 2013. Archived from the original on December 28, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
^ "Northern Illinois is a BCS team years in the making". USA Today. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
^ "Iowa vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 1, 2012 - ESPN".
^ "Tennessee-Martin vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 8, 2012 - ESPN".
^ "Northern Illinois vs. Army - Box Score - September 15, 2012 - ESPN".
^ "Kansas vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 22, 2012 - ESPN".
^ "Central Michigan vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 29, 2012 - ESPN".
^ "Northern Illinois vs. Ball State - Box Score - October 6, 2012 - ESPN".
^ "Buffalo vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - October 13, 2012 - ESPN".
^ "Northern Illinois vs. Akron - Box Score - October 20, 2012 - ESPN".
^ "Northern Illinois vs. Western Michigan - Box Score - October 27, 2012 - ESPN".
^ "UMass vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - November 3, 2012 - ESPN".
^ "Toledo vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - November 14, 2012 - ESPN".
^ "Northern Illinois vs. Eastern Michigan - Box Score - November 23, 2012 - ESPN".
^ "Northern Illinois vs. Kent State - Box Score - November 30, 2012 - ESPN".

[1] "Northern Illinois vs. Florida State - Game Recap - January 1, 2013 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 1, 2016.

[2] "Florida State solves Northern Illinois offense in win". USA Today. Retrieved August 1, 2016.

[3] "NC State hires N. Illinois' Doeren as next coach". December 2012. Retrieved August 1, 2016.

[4] "Northern Illinois vs. Kent State - Game Recap - November 30, 2012 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved August 1, 2012.

[5] "BCS selection procedures". ESPN.com. July 25, 2013. Archived from the original on December 28, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2016.

[6] "Northern Illinois is a BCS team years in the making". USA Today. Retrieved August 1, 2016.

[7] "Iowa vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 1, 2012 - ESPN".

[8] "Tennessee-Martin vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 8, 2012 - ESPN".

[9] "Northern Illinois vs. Army - Box Score - September 15, 2012 - ESPN".

[10] "Kansas vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 22, 2012 - ESPN".

[11] "Central Michigan vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - September 29, 2012 - ESPN".

[12] "Northern Illinois vs. Ball State - Box Score - October 6, 2012 - ESPN".

[13] "Buffalo vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - October 13, 2012 - ESPN".

[14] "Northern Illinois vs. Akron - Box Score - October 20, 2012 - ESPN".

[15] "Northern Illinois vs. Western Michigan - Box Score - October 27, 2012 - ESPN".

[16] "UMass vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - November 3, 2012 - ESPN".

[17] "Toledo vs. Northern Illinois - Box Score - November 14, 2012 - ESPN".

[18] "Northern Illinois vs. Eastern Michigan - Box Score - November 23, 2012 - ESPN".

[19] "Northern Illinois vs. Kent State - Box Score - November 30, 2012 - ESPN".

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2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football

MAC champion MAC West Division champion
MAC Championship Game, W 44–37 ^2OT vs. Kent State
Orange Bowl, L 10–31 vs. Florida State
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Division	West Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 24
AP	No. 22
Record	12–2 (8–0 MAC)
Head coach	Dave Doeren (2nd season; first 13 games) Rod Carey (interim, bowl game)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Dunbar (1st season, game 1 and bowl game) Rod Carey (1st season, games 2–13)
Defensive coordinator	Jay Niemann (2nd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Ryan Nielsen (1st season)
MVP	Jordan Lynch
Captain	Nabal Jefferson, Jordan Lynch, Sean Progar, Jason Schepler
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium
Seasons ← 2011 2013 →