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2012 App State

8–⁠4 (6–⁠2 Southern Conference).

Schedule and results

App State in 2012, game by game: lost at East Carolina 13–35; won vs. Montana 35–27; lost vs. The Citadel 28–52; won at Chattanooga 34–17; won vs. Coastal Carolina 55–14; won vs. Elon 35–23; won at Samford 28–25; lost vs. Wofford 28–38; won at Western Carolina 38–27; won at Georgia Southern 31–28; won vs. Furman 33–28; lost vs. Illinois State 37–38+41−24Lost 13–35 at East Carolina-22East CarolinaWon 35–27 vs. Montana+8MontanaLost 28–52 vs. The Citadel-24The CitadelWon 34–17 at Chattanooga+17ChattanoogaWon 55–14 vs. Coastal Carolina+41Coastal CarolinaWon 35–23 vs. Elon+12ElonWon 28–25 at Samford+3SamfordLost 28–38 vs. Wofford-10WoffordWon 38–27 at Western Carolina+11Western CarolinaWon 31–28 at Georgia Southern+3Georgia SouthernWon 33–28 vs. Furman+5FurmanLost 37–38 vs. Illinois State-1Illinois State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1atEast CarolinaL 13–⁠3535%
Sep 8vsMontanaW 35–⁠2745%
Sep 15vsThe CitadelL 28–⁠5272%
Sep 22atChattanoogaW 34–⁠1742%
Sep 29vsCoastal CarolinaW 55–⁠1467%
Oct 6vsElonW 35–⁠2373%
Oct 13atSamfordW 28–⁠2548%
Oct 20vsWoffordL 28–⁠3856%
Oct 27atWestern CarolinaW 38–⁠2780%
Nov 3atGeorgia SouthernW 31–⁠2825%
Nov 10vsFurmanW 33–⁠2873%
Dec 1vsIllinois StateNCAA Division I Football Championship – Second RoundL 37–⁠3863%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Illinois State 38–⁠37 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship – Second Round; unranked in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 22nd-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 58 on file).

Southern Conference champions6–⁠2 in the conference, shared with Georgia Southern and Wofford

Record
8–⁠4
Conference
6–⁠2 shared first in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
395–⁠352
Coach
—
Elo
1440 +44 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−17.1 No. 27 of 122 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 125
Offensive coordinator
Scott Satterfield
Defensive coordinator
Dale Jones
Offense
Spread option
Defense
3–⁠4

Player leaders are hidden for this season: our source’s player stats for App State are missing players (they add up to less than 85% of the team’s passing or rushing yards).

Top recruits in the 2012 class

John Law ILB★★★No. 1269
Tysean Holloway ATH★★★No. 1360
Jamie Collmar OG★★No. 2020
Dante Blackmon ATH★★No. 2044
Malachi Jones WR★★No. 2246

247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.

The 2012 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Receivers12.00.767
Offensive line12.00.783
Linebackers13.00.828
Athletes and specialists22.50.801
Whole class52.40.796

High-school signees by position group, with their average stars and 247Sports composite rating (out of 1), via CollegeFootballData.com. Athletes are signees with no set position.

Drafted in 2013

The 2013 draft
Rd 5Sam Martin PDetroit Lions
Rd 7Demetrius McCray CBJacksonville Jaguars

2012 Southern Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Wofford6–⁠29–⁠3
Georgia Southern6–⁠29–⁠3
App State6–⁠28–⁠4
The Citadel5–⁠37–⁠4
Samford5–⁠37–⁠4
Chattanooga5–⁠36–⁠5
Furman2–⁠63–⁠8
Elon1–⁠73–⁠8
Western Carolina0–⁠81–⁠10

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.