2012 Conference USA football season
| 2012 Conference USA football season | |
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| League | NCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision) |
| Sport | Football |
| Duration | August 2012 - January 2013 |
| Number of teams | 12 |
| TV partner(s) |
Fox Sports CBS Sports Network ESPN |
| Regular Season | |
| East champions | UCF |
| East runners-up | East Carolina |
| West champions | Tulsa |
| West runners-up | SMU |
| C-USA Championship Game | |
| Champions | Tulsa |
| Runners-up | UCF |
| 2012 Conference USA football standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UCF xy | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| East Carolina x | 7 | – | 1 | 8 | – | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marshall | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Memphis | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UAB | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss | 0 | – | 8 | 0 | – | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| West Division | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa xy$ | 7 | – | 1 | 10 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| SMU | 5 | – | 3 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rice | 4 | – | 4 | 7 | – | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Houston | 4 | – | 4 | 5 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UTEP | 2 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tulane | 2 | – | 6 | 2 | – | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Championship: Tulsa 33, UCF 27 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Conference USA football season is an NCAA football season that will be played from August 2012 through January 2013. Conference USA consists of 12 football members separated into 2 divisions: East Carolina, Marshall, Memphis, Southern Miss, UAB, UCF make up the eastern division, while Houston, Rice, SMU, Tulane, Tulsa, and UTEP comprise the western division.
The 2012 football season marks the 18th season of the conference's existence and 17th of football competition; although C-USA was established in 1995, it did not begin football competition until 1996. In addition, the season will be the last to feature participation from Houston, Memphis, SMU and UCF, as the four schools intend to leave the conference for the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2013.
UCF will be eligible to compete for both the Conference USA championship and a bowl game this season with its appeal of a one-year football postseason ban not scheduled to be heard until next year. The NCAA has set the hearing for late January. Should UCF lose its appeal, it would serve its football ban in 2013 when it enters the Big East.[1]
Previous season
Main article: 2011 Conference USA football season
Southern Miss won the conference championship for the first time, defeating the Houston Cougars 49–28.
Regular season
| Index to colors and formatting |
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| Conference USA member won |
| Conference USA member lost |
| Conference USA teams in bold |
Players of the week
| Week | Offensive | Defensive | Special teams | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | Player | Team | Player | Team | |
| 1 – Sep. 3 | Nathan Jeffery, RB | UTEP | Jeremy Grove, LB | East Carolina | Cameron Nwosu, LB | Rice |
| 2 – Sep. 10 | David Piland, QB | Houston | Kenneth Acker,DB | SMU | Chris Boswell, K | Rice |
| 3 – Sep. 17 | Nick Lamaison, QB | UTEP | Montese Overton, LB | East Carolina | Trent Tignor, P | East Carolina |
| 4 – Sep. 24 | Taylor McHargue, QB | Rice | Dexter McCoil, DB | Tulsa | Tyler Williams, P | Marshall |
| 5 – Oct. 1 | Tommy Shuler, WR | Marshall | Chip Thompson,S | East Carolina | Autrey Golden, KR | UTEP |
| 6 – Oct. 8 | Charles Sims, RB | Houston | Randall Joyner, LB | SMU | Quincy McDuffie, KR | UCF |
| 7 – Oct. 15 | Shane Carden, QB | East Carolina | DeAundre Brown, LB | Tulsa | Matt Hogan, K | Houston |
| 8 – Oct. 22 | Latavius Murray, RB | UCF | A.J. Bouye, DB | UCF | Kevin Pope, LB, | SMU |
| 9 – Oct. 29 | Ryan Griffin, QB | Tulane | D. J. Hayden, DB | Houston | Quincy McDuffie, KR | UCF |
| 10 – Nov. 5 | Shane Carden, QB
Rakeem Cato, QB |
East Carolina
Marshall |
Troy Davis, LB | UCF | Cairo Santos, K | Tulane |
| 11 – Nov. 12 | Darrin Reaves, RB | UAB | Cory Dorris, DE | Tulsa | Jackie Williams, PR | UAB |
| 12 – Nov. 19 | Keyarris Garrett, WR | Tulsa | DeAundre Brown, LB | Tulsa | Chris Boswell, K | Rice |
Rankings
| Improvement in ranking | ||
| Drop in ranking | ||
| Not ranked previous week | ||
| RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll | |
| Pre | Wk 1 | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Carolina Pirates |
AP | ||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||
| HAR | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| Houston Cougars |
AP | RV | |||||||||||||||
| C | RV | ||||||||||||||||
| HAR | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| Marshall Thundering Herd |
AP | ||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||
| HAR | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| Memphis Tigers |
AP | ||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||
| HAR | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| Rice Owls |
AP | ||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||
| HAR | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| Southern Miss Golden Eagles |
AP | ||||||||||||||||
| C | RV | ||||||||||||||||
| HAR | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| SMU Mustangs |
AP | ||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||
| HAR | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| Tulane Green Wave |
AP | ||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||
| HAR | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| Tulsa Golden Hurricane |
AP | RV | |||||||||||||||
| C | RV | ||||||||||||||||
| HAR | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| UAB Blazers |
AP | ||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||
| HAR | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| UCF Knights |
AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | ||||||||||||
| C | RV | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||||||
| HAR | Not released | RV | |||||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| UTEP Miners |
AP | ||||||||||||||||
| C | |||||||||||||||||
| HAR | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
| BCS | Not released | ||||||||||||||||
Records against other conferences
| Conference | Wins | Losses |
|---|---|---|
| ACC | 0 | 2 |
| Big 12 | 1 | 5 |
| Big East | 0 | 2 |
| Big Ten | 0 | 5 |
| Independents | 0 | 1 |
| MAC | 1 | 1 |
| Mountain West | 1 | 1 |
| Pac-12 | 0 | 2 |
| SEC | 0 | 7 |
| Sun Belt | 2 | 6 |
| WAC | 2 | 3 |
| All FCS | 5 | 1 |
| Overall | 12 | 36 |
Bowl games
(C-USA teams in bold)
| Bowl Game | Date | Stadium | City | Television | Time (EST) | Away Team | Home Team | Score | Attendance | Payout (US$) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Petersburg Bowl | December 21, 2012 | Tropicana Field | St. Petersburg, FL | ESPN | 7:30 P.M. | Ball State | UCF | 17-38 | ||
| New Orleans Bowl | December 22, 2012 | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | New Orleans, LA | ESPN | 12:00 P.M. | East Carolina | Louisiana–Lafayette | 34-43 | ||
| Hawai'i Bowl | December 24, 2012 | Aloha Stadium | Honolulu, HI | ESPN | 8:00 P.M. | SMU | Fresno State | 43-10 | ||
| Armed Forces Bowl | December 29, 2012 | Amon G. Carter Stadium | Fort Worth, TX | ESPN | 11:45 A.M. | Rice | Air Force | 33-14 | ||
| Liberty Bowl | December 31, 2012 | Liberty Bowl | Memphis, TN | ESPN | 3:30 P.M. | Iowa State | Tulsa | 17-31 |
Attendance
| Team | Stadium | Capacity | Gm 1 | Gm 2 | Gm 3 | Gm 4 | Gm 5 | Gm 6 | Gm 7 | Total | Average | % of Capacity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Carolina | Dowdy–Ficklen Stadium | 50,000 | 49,023 | 47,817 | 45,137 | 48,327 | 45,455 | 46,317 | 282,076 | 47,013 | 94.03% | |
| Houston | Robertson Stadium | 32,000 | 32,207 | 29,142 | 25,476 | 25,242 | 27,433 | 25,827 | 25,402 | 190,729 | 27,247 | 85.1% |
| Marshall | Joan C. Edwards Stadium | 38,016 | 25,317 | 33,436 | 27,189 | 22,563 | 22,041 | 18,831 | 149,377 | 24,896 | 65.5% | |
| Memphis | Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium | 61,000 | 39,076 | 27,112 | 17,831 | 22,106 | 18,796 | 21,305 | 146,226 | 24,371 | 39.9% | |
| Rice | Rice Stadium | 47,000 | 23,105 | 14,204 | 28,677 | 14,927 | 20,710 | 101,623 | 20,325 | 43.2% | ||
| Southern Miss | M. M. Roberts Stadium | 36,000 | 34,140 | 23,492 | 25,337 | 24,093 | 22,874 | 23,757 | 153,693 | 25,987 | 71.2% | |
| SMU | Gerald J. Ford Stadium | 32,000 | 20,122 | 32,016 | 28,436 | 16,459 | 20,330 | 16,343 | 15,336 | 149,042 | 21,292 | 66.5% |
| Tulane | Mercedes-Benz Superdome | 76,468 | 26,059 | 28,913 | 18,063 | 12,531 | 15,467 | 11,519 | 14,041 | 126,593 | 18,085 | 23.7% |
| Tulsa | H. A. Chapman Stadium | 30,000 | 17,880 | 19,139 | 24,236 | 18,961 | 22,567 | 19,725 | 122,508 | 20,418 | 68.1% | |
| UAB | Legion Field | 71,594 | 28,612 | 13,196 | 16,212 | 12,403 | 11,981 | 9,219 | 91,623 | 15,271 | 21.3% | |
| UCF | Bright House Networks Stadium | 45,323 | 40,478 | 35,835 | 32,181 | 34,514 | 36,036 | 28,602 | 207,646 | 34,608 | 76.4% | |
| UTEP | Sun Bowl Stadium | 51,500 | 40,137 | 32,933 | 34,073 | 23,234 | 25,483 | 20,384 | 176,244 | 29,374 | 57.04% | |
Bowl eligibility
Bowl eligible (5)
- Tulsa (9–3) became bowl eligible on October 11 after defeating UTEP.
- UCF (9–3) became bowl eligible on October 27 after defeating Marshall.
- East Carolina (8–4) became bowl eligible on November 3 after defeating Houston.
- SMU (6-6) became bowl eligible on November 24 after defeating Tulsa.
- Rice (6-6) became bowl eligible on November 24 after defeating UTEP.
Bowl ineligible (7)
- Southern Miss (0-12) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on October 20 after losing to Marshall.
- Memphis (4–8) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on October 27 after losing to SMU.
- UAB (3–9) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on October 27 after losing to Tulane.
- UTEP (3–9) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on October 27 after losing to Houston.
- Tulane (2–10) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 3 after losing to Rice.
- Houston (5–7) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 17 after losing to Marshall.
- Marshall (5–7) lost the ability to become bowl eligible on November 23 after losing to East Carolina.
References
- ↑ "O'Leary: UCF eligible for postseason competition". Associated Press. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- ↑ "2012-13 FBS Bowl Schedule". Retrieved 6 December 2012.
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