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2012 Georgia Southern

9–⁠3 (6–⁠2 Southern Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 10–⁠4, over 14 games to the 12 on file here.

Schedule and results

Georgia Southern in 2012, game by game: won vs. Jacksonville 58–0; lost at The Citadel 21–23; won vs. Elon 26–23; won vs. Samford 35–16; won at Western Carolina 45–13; won vs. Wofford 17–9; won at Furman 38–17; won at Chattanooga 39–31; lost vs. App State 28–31; won vs. Howard 69–26; lost at No. 5 Georgia 14–45; won vs. Central Arkansas 24–16+58−31Won 58–0 vs. Jacksonville+58JacksonvilleLost 21–23 at The Citadel-2The CitadelWon 26–23 vs. Elon+3ElonWon 35–16 vs. Samford+19SamfordWon 45–13 at Western Carolina+32Western CarolinaWon 17–9 vs. Wofford+8WoffordWon 38–17 at Furman+21FurmanWon 39–31 at Chattanooga+8ChattanoogaLost 28–31 vs. App State-3App StateWon 69–26 vs. Howard+43HowardLost 14–45 at No. 5 Georgia-31No. 5 GeorgiaWon 24–16 vs. Central Arkansas+8Central Arkansas
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsJacksonvilleW 58–⁠070%
Sep 8atThe CitadelL 21–⁠2371%
Sep 22vsElonW 26–⁠2376%
Sep 29vsSamfordW 35–⁠1671%
Oct 6atWestern CarolinaW 45–⁠1384%
Oct 13vsWoffordW 17–⁠963%
Oct 20atFurmanW 38–⁠1771%
Oct 27atChattanoogaW 39–⁠3160%
Nov 3vsApp StateL 28–⁠3175%
Nov 10vsHowardW 69–⁠2687%
Nov 17at5GeorgiaL 14–⁠4520%
Dec 1vsCentral ArkansasNCAA Division I Football Championship – Second RoundW 24–⁠1665%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Central Arkansas 24–⁠16 in the NCAA Division I Football Championship – Second Round; unranked in the final AP poll; Southern Conference champions.

In program history: The 5th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 38 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list two games of Georgia Southern’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
Dec 8atOld DominionW 49–⁠35Old Dominion’s article, Georgia Southern’s article
Dec 14atNorth Dakota StateL 20–⁠23North Dakota State’s article, Georgia Southern’s article

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

Record
9–⁠3
Conference
6–⁠2 shared first in Southern Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
414–⁠250
Coach
—
Elo
1539 +76 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−10.2 No. 11 of 122 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 131
Offensive coordinator
Brent Davis
Defensive coordinator
Jack Curtis
Offense
Triple option
Defense
4–⁠3

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

Top recruits in the 2012 class

Matt Dobson DUAL★★★No. 1206
Tre Griffin WDE★★★No. 1352

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

The 2012 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks13.00.833
Defensive line13.00.822
Whole class23.00.827

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 3J.J. Wilcox SDallas Cowboys

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.