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2012 Texas Southern

2–⁠9 (2–⁠7 Southwestern Athletic Conference).

Schedule and results

Texas Southern in 2012, game by game: won vs. Prairie View A&M 44–41; lost at North Texas 7–34; lost vs. Jackson State 35–45; lost vs. Alabama A&M 13–42; lost vs. Sam Houston 6–50; lost vs. Alabama State 0–45; lost at Southern 7–34; won vs. Grambling 23–20; lost vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff 3–49; lost at Alcorn State 24–34; lost vs. Mississippi Valley State 3–34+7−46Won 44–41 vs. Prairie View A&M+3Prairie View A&MLost 7–34 at North Texas-27North TexasLost 35–45 vs. Jackson State-10Jackson StateLost 13–42 vs. Alabama A&M-29Alabama A&MLost 6–50 vs. Sam Houston-44Sam HoustonLost 0–45 vs. Alabama State-45Alabama StateLost 7–34 at Southern-27SouthernWon 23–20 vs. Grambling+3GramblingLost 3–49 vs. Arkansas–Pine Bluff-46Arkansas–Pine B…Lost 24–34 at Alcorn State-10Alcorn StateLost 3–34 vs. Mississippi Valley State-31Mississippi Val…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 1vsPrairie View A&MAt HoustonW 44–⁠4146%
Sep 8atNorth TexasL 7–⁠3426%
Sep 15vsJackson StateL 35–⁠4541%
Sep 22vsAlabama A&ML 13–⁠4239%
Sep 27vsSam HoustonL 6–⁠5024%
Oct 6vsAlabama StateL 0–⁠4528%
Oct 13atSouthernL 7–⁠3436%
Oct 27vsGramblingW 23–⁠2039%
Nov 3vsArkansas–Pine BluffL 3–⁠4927%
Nov 10atAlcorn StateL 24–⁠3449%
Nov 17vsMississippi Valley StateL 3–⁠3446%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Mississippi Valley State 34–⁠3; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Southwestern Athletic Conference.

In program history: The 24th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 29 on file).

Record
2–⁠9
Conference
2–⁠7 9th in Southwestern Athletic Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
165–⁠428
Coach
—
Elo
1115 −162 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−53.5 No. 119 of 122 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 162
Offensive coordinator
Darrell Asberry
Defensive coordinators
Greg Johnson and Kevin Ramsey

Top recruits in the 2012 class

Elston Lane WR★★★No. 1736

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

The 2012 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Receivers13.00.802

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 Southwestern Athletic Conference standings

Conference page
TeamConf.OverallAP final
Arkansas–Pine Bluff8–⁠19–⁠2
Alabama State7–⁠27–⁠4
Jackson State7–⁠27–⁠4
Alabama A&M6–⁠37–⁠4
Mississippi Valley State5–⁠45–⁠6
Alcorn State4–⁠54–⁠7
Southern3–⁠64–⁠7
Prairie View A&M3–⁠63–⁠8
Texas Southern2–⁠72–⁠9
Grambling0–⁠91–⁠10

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