2012 Florida A&M

3–⁠6 (3–⁠3 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 4–⁠7, over 11 games to the nine on file here.

Schedule and results

Florida A&M in 2012, game by game: lost at Tennessee State 14–17; lost at No. 5 Oklahoma 13–69; won vs. Hampton 44–20; won at Delaware State 24–22; lost vs. Southern 14–21; lost vs. South Carolina State 20–27; lost at North Carolina A&T 3–16; won vs. North Carolina Central 22–21; lost vs. Bethune-Cookman 16–21+24−56Lost 14–17 at Tennessee State-3Tennessee StateLost 13–69 at No. 5 Oklahoma-56No. 5 OklahomaWon 44–20 vs. Hampton+24HamptonWon 24–22 at Delaware State+2Delaware StateLost 14–21 vs. Southern-7SouthernLost 20–27 vs. South Carolina State-7South Carolina …Lost 3–16 at North Carolina A&T-13North Carolina …Won 22–21 vs. North Carolina Central+1North Carolina …Lost 16–21 vs. Bethune-Cookman-5Bethune-Cookman
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Bethune-Cookman 21–⁠16; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 5th in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 12th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 34 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list two games of Florida A&M’s 2012 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. They don’t count in the record, Elo ratings or series totals here. Where two sources give a game alike (both teams’ articles or records, or an article and the guide), both are named.

DateOpponentResultSource
Oct 6atHowardL 10–⁠17Howard’s article, Florida A&M’s article
Oct 13vsSavannah StateW 44–⁠3Florida A&M’s article
Record
3–⁠6
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 5th in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
170–⁠234
Coach
—
Elo
1285 −78 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−34.1 No. 82 of 122 in FCS
Recruiting class
—
Defensive coordinator
Earl Holmes

Drafted in 2013

The 2013 draft
Rd 7Brandon Hepburn ILBDetroit Lions

2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
Bethune-Cookman7–⁠08–⁠3
Howard5–⁠16–⁠3
North Carolina A&T4–⁠26–⁠3
South Carolina State4–⁠25–⁠4
Delaware State3–⁠34–⁠5
North Carolina Central3–⁠34–⁠5
Florida A&M3–⁠33–⁠6
Norfolk State2–⁠44–⁠5
Hampton2–⁠52–⁠7
Morgan State1–⁠52–⁠7
Savannah State0–⁠61–⁠8

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