2012 Norfolk State
4–5 (2–4 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference). The season’s Wikipedia article records 4–7, over 11 games to the nine on file here. Share
Schedule and results
- Biggest winBeat Morgan State 30–0Nov 10
By 30 points, its widest win.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Elo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1 | vsVirginia State | W 24–0 | 82% |
| Sep 8 | at Liberty | W 31–24 | 44% |
| Sep 15 | vs Howard | L 36–37 | 81% |
| Sep 22 | at Ohio | L 10–44 | 18% |
| Sep 29 | at South Carolina State | L 0–14 | 46% |
| Oct 20 | at Bethune-Cookman | L 3–48 | 34% |
| Oct 27 | at North Carolina A&T | L 9–30 | 56% |
| Nov 3 | vsSavannah State | W 33–21 | 83% |
| Nov 10 | vs Morgan State | W 30–0 | 73% |
Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.
How it ended: Beat Morgan State 30–0; unranked in the final AP poll; 8th in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference.
In program history: The 5th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 25 on file).
Games missing from our records
Wikipedia’s season articles list two games of Norfolk State’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.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6 | vsDelaware State | L 17–20 | Norfolk State’s article, Delaware State’s article |
| Oct 13 | atHampton | L 14–28 | Hampton’s article, Norfolk State’s article |
- Record
- 4–5
- Conference
- 2–4 8th in Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
- AP final
- Unranked
- Points
- 176–218
- Coach
- —
- Elo
- 1319 −50 this season
- SP+ rating
- —
- SRS
- −36.4 No. 91 of 122 in FCS
- Recruiting class
- No. 179
- Offensive coordinator
- Howard Feggins
- Defensive coordinator
- Mark DeBastiani
Top recruits in the 2012 class
| Mike Phillips OG | ★★ | No. 2246 |
247Sports composite rankings via CollegeFootballData.com; national rank in the class.
The 2012 class by position
| Signed | Stars | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Offensive line | 1 | 2.0 | 0.767 |
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 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference standings
Conference page| Team | Conf. | Overall | AP final |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethune-Cookman | 7–0 | 8–3 | |
| Howard | 5–1 | 6–3 | |
| North Carolina A&T | 4–2 | 6–3 | |
| South Carolina State | 4–2 | 5–4 | |
 Delaware State | 3–3 | 4–5 | |
 North Carolina Central | 3–3 | 4–5 | |
 Florida A&M | 3–3 | 3–6 | |
 Norfolk State | 2–4 | 4–5 | |
 Hampton | 2–5 | 2–7 | |
| Morgan State | 1–5 | 2–7 | |
| Savannah State | 0–6 | 1–8 |
Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.