2012 North Dakota State Bison football team

2012 North Dakota State Bison football

NCAA Division I FCS national champion MVFC champion
FCS National Championship Game, W 39–13 vs. Sam Houston State
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 1
FCS Coaches	No. 1
2012 record	14–1 (7–1 MVFC)
Head coach	Craig Bohl (10th season)
Offensive coordinator	Brent Vigen
Defensive coordinator	Chris Klieman
Home stadium	Fargodome (Capacity: 18,700)

2012 MVFC football standings
	Conf				Overall
Team		W		L		W		L
#1 North Dakota State $^		7	–	1		14	–	1
#14 South Dakota State ^		6	–	2		9	–	4
#8 Illinois State ^		5	–	3		9	–	4
Indiana State		5	–	3		7	–	4
Southern Illinois		5	–	3		6	–	5
Youngstown State		4	–	4		7	–	4
Northern Iowa		4	–	4		5	–	6
Missouri State		3	–	5		3	–	8
Western Illinois		1	–	7		3	–	8
South Dakota		0	–	8		1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll

The 2012 North Dakota State Bison football team represented North Dakota State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by tenth-year head coach Craig Bohl and played their home games at the Fargodome in Fargo, North Dakota. North Dakota State entered the season as the defending NCAA Division I Football and Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) champions. In 2012, the Bison won their second straight MVFC title posting, a 7–1 conference record and 10–1 overall mark in the regular season. In the FCS playoffs they defeated South Dakota State, Wofford, Georgia Southern, and Sam Houston State to finish the season 14–1 and win their second consecutive national title.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 PM	Robert Morris*	No. 2	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	NBC ND/ESPN3	W 52–0	18,769
September 8	6:00 PM	at Colorado State*	No. 2	Hughes Stadium • Fort Collins, CO	NBC ND/KTVD	W 22–7	23,567
September 22	3:00 PM	Prairie View A&M*	No. 1	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	NBC ND/ESPN3	W 66–7	18,623
September 29	6:00 PM	at No. 14 Northern Iowa	No. 1	UNI-Dome • Cedar Falls, IA	KVLY/Panther Sports Network/ KWWL-TV	W 33–21	16,008
October 6	1:00 PM	No. 3 Youngstown State	No. 1	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	NBC ND/ESPN3/ MVFC TV	W 48–7	19,065
October 13	3:00 PM	Indiana State	No. 1	Fargodome • Fargo, ND	NBC ND/ESPN3	L 14–17	18,164
October 20	6:00 PM	at South Dakota	No. 4	Howard Wood Field • Sioux Falls, SD	Midco SN	W 54–0	9,269
October 27	3:00 PM	Southern Illinois	No. 3	Fargodome • Fargo, ND (Harvest Bowl)	NBC ND/FCS	W 23–17	18,066
November 3	1:00 PM	at Missouri State	No. 1	Plaster Sports Complex • Springfield, MO	NBC ND/Mediacom	W 21–17	6,253
November 10	3:00 PM	No. 16 South Dakota State	No. 1	Fargodome • Fargo, ND (Dakota Marker)	NBC ND/FCS	W 20–17	18,721
November 17	1:00 PM	at No. 11 Illinois State	No. 1	Hancock Stadium • Normal, IL	NBC ND	W 38–20	6,793
December 1	3:00 PM	No. 19 South Dakota State*	No. 1	Fargodome • Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 28–3	18,482
December 8	2:00 PM	No. 9 Wofford*	No. 1	Fargodome • Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN3	W 14–7	18,267
December 14	7:00 PM	No. 5 Georgia Southern*	No. 1	Fargodome • Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Semifinals)	ESPN2	W 23–20	18,484
January 5	12:00 PM	vs. No. 5 Sam Houston State*	No. 1	FC Dallas Stadium • Frisco, TX (FCS Playoffs National Championship Game)	ESPN2	W 39–13	21,411
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

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Ranking movements

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Sports Network	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Coaches	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1

References

2012 North Dakota State Bison football—NCAA Division I FCS national champions
1 Marcus Williams 4 Ryan Smith 6 C. J. Smith 11 Carson Wentz 16 Brock Jensen 19 Ben LeCompte 22 Sam Ojuri 23 John Crockett 24 Bryan Shepherd 46 Andrew Bonnet 53 Kyle Emanuel 59 Joe Haeg 77 Billy Turner 78 Landon Lechler 82 Zach Vraa Head coach: Craig Bohl Assistant coaches: Chris Klieman

North Dakota State Bison football
Venues	Dacotah Field (1910–1992) Fargodome (1993–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Dakota Marker (South Dakota State) Nickel Trophy (North Dakota)
Culture & lore	Thundar "On Bison" Gold Star Marching Band
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
National championship seasons in bold

NCAA Division I-AA/FCS football champions
1970s	1978: Florida A&M 1979: Eastern Kentucky
1980s	1980: Boise State 1981: Idaho State 1982: Eastern Kentucky 1983: Southern Illinois 1984: Montana State 1985: Georgia Southern 1986: Georgia Southern 1987: Northeast Louisiana 1988: Furman 1989: Georgia Southern
1990s	1990: Georgia Southern 1991: Youngstown State 1992: Marshall 1993: Youngstown State 1994: Youngstown State 1995: Montana 1996: Marshall 1997: Youngstown State 1998: UMass 1999: Georgia Southern
2000s	2000: Georgia Southern 2001: Montana 2002: Western Kentucky 2003: Delaware 2004: James Madison 2005: Appalachian State 2006: Appalachian State 2007: Appalachian State 2008: Richmond 2009: Villanova
2010s	2010: Eastern Washington 2011: North Dakota State 2012: North Dakota State 2013: North Dakota State 2014: North Dakota State 2015: North Dakota State 2016: James Madison

2012 NCAA Division I FCS playoff participants
Appalachian State Bethune-Cookman Cal Poly Central Arkansas Coastal Carolina Colgate Eastern Illinois Eastern Washington Georgia Southern Illinois State Montana State New Hampshire North Dakota State Old Dominion Sam Houston State South Dakota State Stony Brook Villanova Wagner Wofford
Champion – North Dakota State

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