2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

2012 Mid-American Conference football standings
	East Division
	West Division
	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

Northern Illinois Huskies football
2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football
MAC Champions; MAC West Division Champions
MAC Championship Game, W 44–37 2OT vs. #18 Kent State
Orange Bowl vs. #13 Florida State, L 10–31
Conference	Mid-American Conference; West Division
Ranking
BCS	#15
Coaches	#24
AP	#22
2012 record	12–2 (8–0 MAC)
Head coach	Dave Doeren (regular season); Rod Carey (bowl)
Offensive coordinator	Mike Dunbar and Rod Carey (regular season); Mike Dunbar (bowl)
Defensive coordinator	Ryan Nielsen and Jay Niemann
Home stadium	Huskie Stadium (Capacity: 24,000)
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The 2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football team represented Northern Illinois University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Huskies competed in the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They were led by second year head coach Dave Doeren for the regular season and Rod Carey in the 2013 Orange Bowl. They played their home games at Huskie Stadium.

With their win over Kent State in the MAC Championship Game on November 30, NIU moved to 12–1, the most regular-season wins in the program's 113-year history. NIU also moved to No. 15 in the final Bowl Championship Series rankings, while Big East champion Louisville was No. 21. Since the MAC is a non-AQ conference, its conference champion must finish 16th or higher and be ranked ahead of at least one AQ conference champion to qualify for a BCS game. As a result, NIU played in the Orange Bowl against Florida State. It was the first major-bowl appearance in school history, as well as the first-ever major-bowl appearance for a MAC team.

Head coach Doeren did not coach the Huskies in the Orange Bowl after accepting the head coaching job at North Carolina State. Co-offensive coordinator Rod Carey was named his successor, and coached the bowl game.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	2:30 pm	vs. Iowa*		Soldier Field • Chicago, IL	ESPNU	L 17–18	52,117^[1]
September 8	6:00 pm	Tennessee–Martin*		Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	ESPN3	W 35–7	16,010^[2]
September 15	11:00 am	at Army*		Michie Stadium • West Point, NY	CBSSN	W 41–40	30,176^[3]
September 22	2:30 pm	Kansas*		Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	ESPN3	W 30–23	18,374^[4]
September 29	2:30 pm	Central Michigan		Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	ESPN3	W 55–24	16,292^[5]
October 6	1:00 pm	at Ball State		Scheumann Stadium • Muncie, IN (Battle of the Bronze Stalk)	ESPN3	W 35–23	11,238^[6]
October 13	2:30 pm	Buffalo		Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	CSNC	W 45–3	14,419^[7]
October 20	11:00 am	at Akron		Summa Field at InfoCision Stadium • Akron, OH	ESPN+	W 37–7	7,074^[8]
October 27	11:00 am	at Western Michigan		Waldo Stadium • Kalamazoo, MI	ESPN+	W 48–34	12,974^[9]
November 3	2:30 pm	Massachusetts		Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL		W 63–0	11,114^[10]
November 14	8:00 pm	Toledo		Huskie Stadium • DeKalb, IL	ESPN2	W 31–24	17,813^[11]
November 23	12:00 pm	at Eastern Michigan	#24	Rynearson Stadium • Ypsilanti, MI	ESPN3	W 49–7	1,349^[12]
November 30	6:00 pm	vs. #18 Kent State	#19	Ford Field • Detroit, MI (MAC Championship Game)	ESPN2	W 44–37 ^2OT	18,132^[13]
January 1	7:30 pm	vs. #13 Florida State*	#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 game. All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

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

Roster

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 Tripod – 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 notes

vs Iowa

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–7	2007	IOWA, 16–3

UT Martin

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0-0	First meeting

@ Army

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2011	NIU, 49–26

Kansas

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2011	KAN, 45–42

Central Michigan

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
21–25–1	2011	CMU, 48–41

@ Ball State

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
17–20–2	2011	NIU, 41–38

Buffalo

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–1	2010	NIU, 31–30

@ Akron

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–5	2010	NIU, 50–14

@ Western Michigan

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
14–23	2011	NIU, 51–22

Massachusetts

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0-0	First meeting

Toledo

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–29	2011	NIU, 63–60

@ Eastern Michigan

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
26–14–2	2011	NIU, 18–12

#18 Kent State (MAC Championship Game)

	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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
16–3	2011	NIU, 40–10

#12 Florida State (Orange Bowl)

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

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–0	First meeting	N/A

References

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[11] ttp://scores.espn.go.com/ncf/boxscore?gameId=323192459

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2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football team

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Schedule

Rankings

Roster

Game notes

vs Iowa

UT Martin

@ Army

Kansas

Central Michigan

@ Ball State

Buffalo

@ Akron

@ Western Michigan

Massachusetts

Toledo

@ Eastern Michigan

#18 Kent State (MAC Championship Game)

#12 Florida State (Orange Bowl)

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2012 Mid-American Conference football standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
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		3	–	5		4	–	8
UMass		1	–	7		1	–	11
Akron		0	–	8		1	–	11
West Division
#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