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2012 Northern Iowa

5–⁠6 (4–⁠4 Missouri Valley Football Conference).

Schedule and results

Northern Iowa in 2012, game by game: lost at No. 12 Wisconsin 21–26; won vs. Central State 59–0; lost at Iowa 16–27; lost at Youngstown State 35–42; lost vs. North Dakota State 21–33; lost at Southern Illinois 31–34; won vs. South Dakota State 27–6; lost vs. Illinois State 21–33; won at Western Illinois 40–0; won at South Dakota 24–21; won vs. Missouri State 38–13+59−12Lost 21–26 at No. 12 Wisconsin-5No. 12 WisconsinWon 59–0 vs. Central State+59Central StateLost 16–27 at Iowa-11IowaLost 35–42 at Youngstown State-7Youngstown StateLost 21–33 vs. North Dakota State-12North Dakota St…Lost 31–34 at Southern Illinois-3Southern Illino…Won 27–6 vs. South Dakota State+21South Dakota St…Lost 21–33 vs. Illinois State-12Illinois StateWon 40–0 at Western Illinois+40Western IllinoisWon 24–21 at South Dakota+3South DakotaWon 38–13 vs. Missouri State+25Missouri State
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1at12WisconsinL 21–⁠2617%
Sep 8vsCentral StateW 59–⁠090%
Sep 15atIowaL 16–⁠2729%
Sep 22atYoungstown StateL 35–⁠4247%
Sep 29vsNorth Dakota StateL 21–⁠3345%
Oct 13atSouthern IllinoisL 31–⁠3453%
Oct 20vsSouth Dakota StateW 27–⁠653%
Oct 27vsIllinois StateL 21–⁠3362%
Nov 3atWestern IllinoisW 40–⁠067%
Nov 10atSouth DakotaW 24–⁠2167%
Nov 17vsMissouri StateW 38–⁠1376%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Missouri State 38–⁠13; unranked in the final AP poll; tied for 6th in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

In program history: The 14th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 89 on file).

Record
5–⁠6
Conference
4–⁠4 tied for 6th in Missouri Valley Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
333–⁠235
Coach
—
Elo
1420 −27 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−8.1 No. 7 of 122 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 144
Offensive coordinators
Bill Salmon and Mario Verduzco
Defensive coordinator
Matt Entz

Top recruits in the 2012 class

Nathan Shaw ILB★★No. 2245
Tim Kilfoy S★★No. 2985

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

The 2012 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Linebackers12.00.767
Defensive backs12.00.720
Whole class22.00.744

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 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
North Dakota State7–⁠111–⁠1
South Dakota State6–⁠29–⁠4
Illinois State5–⁠39–⁠3
Indiana State5–⁠37–⁠4
Southern Illinois5–⁠36–⁠5
Youngstown State4–⁠47–⁠4
Northern Iowa4–⁠45–⁠6
Missouri State3–⁠53–⁠8
Western Illinois1–⁠73–⁠8
South Dakota0–⁠81–⁠10

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