2012 Monmouth

4–⁠5 (3–⁠3 Northeast Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 5–⁠5, over 10 games to the nine on file here.

Schedule and results

Monmouth in 2012, game by game: lost at Lehigh 17–27; won vs. Rhode Island 41–6; won at Wagner 38–17; won vs. Sacred Heart 27–14; lost vs. UAlbany 24–55; lost at Cornell 38–41; lost vs. Bryant 24–27; lost vs. Saint Francis 31–45; won at Robert Morris 26–21+35−31Lost 17–27 at Lehigh-10LehighWon 41–6 vs. Rhode Island+35Rhode IslandWon 38–17 at Wagner+21WagnerWon 27–14 vs. Sacred Heart+13Sacred HeartLost 24–55 vs. UAlbany-31UAlbanyLost 38–41 at Cornell-3CornellLost 24–27 vs. Bryant-3BryantLost 31–45 vs. Saint Francis-14Saint FrancisWon 26–21 at Robert Morris+5Robert Morris
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Robert Morris 26–⁠21; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 4th in the Northeast Conference.

In program history: The 21st-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 24 on file).

Games missing from our records

Wikipedia’s season articles list one game of Monmouth’s 2012 season that CollegeFootballData.com, where this site’s results come from, doesn’t have. It doesn’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 27atDuquesneW 28–⁠27Duquesne’s article, Monmouth’s article
Record
4–⁠5
Conference
3–⁠3 tied for 4th in Northeast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
266–⁠253
Coach
—
Elo
1273 −3 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−29.4 No. 66 of 122 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 163
Offensive coordinator
Scott Van Zile
Defensive coordinator
Andy Bobik
Offense
Multiple
Defense
4–⁠3

Top recruits in the 2012 class

Benjamin ONett PRO★★No. 1980

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

The 2012 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks12.00.786

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.

2012 Northeast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
UAlbany6–⁠18–⁠2
Wagner6–⁠18–⁠4
Saint Francis4–⁠35–⁠5
Bryant4–⁠44–⁠7
Monmouth3–⁠34–⁠5
Duquesne3–⁠45–⁠5
Robert Morris3–⁠44–⁠6
Central Connecticut1–⁠51–⁠8
Sacred Heart1–⁠62–⁠8

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