2012 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team
| 2012 Appalachian State Mountaineers football | |
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SoCon co-champion | |
FCS Playoffs Second Round, L 37–38 OT vs. Illinois State | |
| Conference | Southern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Sports Network | No. 7 |
| FCS Coaches | No. 6 |
| Record | 8–4 (6–2 SoCon) |
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| Offensive coordinator | Scott Satterfield (1st season) |
| Offensive scheme | Spread option |
| Defensive coordinator | Dale Jones (3rd season) |
| Base defense | 3–4 |
| Home stadium | Kidd Brewer Stadium |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6 Georgia Southern +^ | 6 | – | 2 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Wofford +^ | 6 | – | 2 | 9 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 Appalachian State +^ | 6 | – | 2 | 8 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| The Citadel | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Samford | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chattanooga | 5 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Furman | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elon | 1 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Carolina | 0 | – | 8 | 1 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Appalachian State Mountaineers football team represented Appalachian State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 24th-year head coach Jerry Moore and played their home games at Kidd Brewer Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference. They finished the season 8–4, 6–2 in SoCon play to share the conference championship with Georgia Southern and Wofford. They received an at–large bid to the FCS Playoffs where they lost in the second round to Illinois State in what would turn out to be the school's last postseason game as an FCS program, as the Mountaineers will move to FBS and the Sun Belt Conference in 2014.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| September 1 | Noon | at East Carolina* | No. 6 | FSN | L 13–35 | 49,023 | |
| September 8 | 6:30 p.m. | No. 12 Montana* | No. 11 | ESPN3 | W 35–27 | 30,856 | |
| September 15 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 21 The Citadel | No. 8 |
| L 28–52 | 24,137 | |
| September 22 | 6:00 p.m. | at Chattanooga | No. 17 | W 34–17 | 13,726 | ||
| September 29 | 3:30 p.m. | Coastal Carolina* | No. 17 |
| W 55–14 | 27,619 | |
| October 6 | 3:30 p.m. | Elon† | No. 15 |
| W 35–23 | 29,073 | |
| October 13 | 3:00 p.m. | at No. 25 Samford | No. 13 | W 28–25 | 9,712 | ||
| October 20 | 3:30 p.m. | No. 8 Wofford | No. 13 |
| L 28–38 | 27,115 | |
| October 27 | 3:30 p.m. | at Western Carolina | No. 16 | W 38–27 | 13,279 | ||
| November 3 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 2 Georgia Southern | No. 15 | ESPN3 | W 31–28 | 22,155 | |
| November 10 | 3:30 p.m. | Furman | No. 12 |
| W 33–28 | 28,946 | |
| December 1 | 2:00 p.m. | No. 16 Illinois State* | No. 7 |
| ESPN3 | L 37–38 OT | 16,716 |
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Ranking movements
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | Final |
| Sports Network | 6 | 11 | 8 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 7 | ||||
| Coaches | 5 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 16 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 6 | ||||
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