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2012 Western Illinois

3–⁠8 (1–⁠7 Missouri Valley Football Conference).

Schedule and results

Western Illinois in 2012, game by game: won vs. Butler 23–15; won vs. Indianapolis 27–17; lost at Iowa State 3–37; lost vs. Illinois State 3–23; won at South Dakota 24–17; lost vs. South Dakota State 10–31; lost vs. Indiana State 7–23; lost at Missouri State 3–42; lost vs. Northern Iowa 0–40; lost vs. Youngstown State 7–31; lost at Southern Illinois 0–35+10−40Won 23–15 vs. Butler+8ButlerWon 27–17 vs. Indianapolis+10IndianapolisLost 3–37 at Iowa State-34Iowa StateLost 3–23 vs. Illinois State-20Illinois StateWon 24–17 at South Dakota+7South DakotaLost 10–31 vs. South Dakota State-21South Dakota St…Lost 7–23 vs. Indiana State-16Indiana StateLost 3–42 at Missouri State-39Missouri StateLost 0–40 vs. Northern Iowa-40Northern IowaLost 7–31 vs. Youngstown State-24Youngstown StateLost 0–35 at Southern Illinois-35Southern Illino…
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below.
DateOpponentResultElo
Aug 30vsButlerW 23–⁠1559%
Sep 8vsIndianapolisW 27–⁠1765%
Sep 15atIowa StateL 3–⁠3713%
Sep 22vsIllinois StateL 3–⁠2334%
Oct 6atSouth DakotaW 24–⁠1733%
Oct 13vsSouth Dakota StateL 10–⁠3132%
Oct 20vsIndiana StateL 7–⁠2338%
Oct 27atMissouri StateL 3–⁠4241%
Nov 3vsNorthern IowaL 0–⁠4033%
Nov 10vsYoungstown StateL 7–⁠3136%
Nov 17atSouthern IllinoisL 0–⁠3519%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Lost to Southern Illinois 35–⁠0; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Missouri Valley Football Conference.

In program history: The 50th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 53 on file).

Record
3–⁠8
Conference
1–⁠7 9th in Missouri Valley Football Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
107–⁠311
Coach
—
Elo
1137 −89 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−32.5 No. 73 of 122 in FCS
Recruiting class
No. 155
Offensive coordinator
KiJuan Ware
Defensive coordinator
Brian Ward

Top recruits in the 2012 class

Hayden Northern PRO★★★No. 1587

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

The 2012 class by position

SignedStarsRating
Quarterbacks13.00.810

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

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.