2012 University of North Dakota football team

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2012 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^		7	-	1					11	-	3
No. 5 Montana State +^		7	-	1					11	-	2
No. 12 Cal Poly +^		7	-	1					9	-	3
No. 20 Northern Arizona		6	-	2					8	-	3
Sacramento State		4	-	4					6	-	5
Northern Colorado		4	-	4					5	-	6
Southern Utah		4	-	4					5	-	6
North Dakota		3	-	5					5	-	6
Montana		3	-	5					5	-	6
UC Davis		3	-	5					4	-	7
Portland State		2	-	6					3	-	8
Weber State		2	-	6					2	-	9
Idaho State		0	-	8					1	-	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 University of North Dakota football team represented the University of North Dakota in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth-year head coach Chris Mussman and played their home games at the Alerus Center. This was their first year as a member of the Big Sky Conference.

This season North Dakota officially played without a mascot name after the decision to retire "Fighting Sioux" as the school's mascot amid controversy.

They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place.

Zeitplan

August 307:00 PMSouth Dakota M&T*

• Alerus Center
• Grand Forks, ND

MSN/Big Sky TVW 66–0 8,847 September 86:00 PMPortland State*

• Alerus Center
• Grand Forks, ND

MSN/Big Sky TVW 45–37 9,210 September 157:00 PMat San Diego State*

• Qualcomm Stadium
• San Diego, CA

KUSIL 41–49 24,826 September 228:00 PMat Sacramento State

• Hornet Stadium
• Sacramento, CA

Big Sky TVW 35–13 10,774 September 296:00 PMNo. 23 Cal Poly

• Alerus Center
• Grand Forks, ND

MSN/Big Sky TVL 17–35 9,531 October 66:00 PMat No. 7 Eastern Washington

• Roos Field
• Cheney, WA

SWX/Big Sky TVL 17–55 8,646 October 133:00 PMNo. 16 Northern Arizona

• Alerus Center
• Grand Forks, ND

MSN/Big Sky TVL 38–45 9,742 October 202:30 PMMontana

• Alerus Center
• Grand Forks, ND

RTRM/RTNWW 40–34 9,000 October 273:00 PMat No. 4 Montana State

• Bobcat Stadium
• Bozeman, MT

Big Sky TVL 10–55 17,137 November 31:00 PMSouthern Utah

• Alerus Center
• Grand Forks, ND

MSN/Big Sky TVW 33–29 7,144 November 171:00 PMat Northern Colorado

• Nottingham Field
• Greeley, CO

Big Sky TVL 27–28 3,418

• Source: Official Schedule

Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Portland State on September 8 was considered a non conference game and had no effect on the Big Sky Standings.

Game summaries

South Dakota M&T

	1	2	3	4	Total
Hardrockers	0	0	0	0	0
North Dakota	14	31	7	14	66

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	9	15	0	13	37
North Dakota	14	21	10	0	45

See also: 2012 Portland State Vikings football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	1981	ND, 17–10

@ San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Dakota	14	6	7	14	41
Aztecs	21	14	7	7	49

See also: 2012 San Diego State Aztecs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

@ Sacramento State

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Dakota	7	7	14	7	35
Hornets	7	0	0	6	13

See also: 2012 Sacramento State Hornets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–0	1979	ND, 31–0

Cal Poly

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Mustangs	14	0	0	21	35
North Dakota	0	7	3	7	17

See also: 2012 Cal Poly Mustangs football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–2	2011	CP, 23–19

@ Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Dakota	10	7	0	0	17
#7 Eagles	20	14	14	7	55

See also: 2012 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First meeting

Northern Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
#16 Lumberjacks	14	3	14	14	45
North Dakota	0	17	14	7	38

See also: 2012 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	1985	NAU, 41–0

Montana

	1	2	3	4	Total
Grizzlies	7	10	17	0	34
North Dakota	17	14	0	9	40

See also: 2012 Montana Grizzlies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
7–11–1	2010	MONT, 27–17

@ Montana State

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Dakota	7	0	3	0	10
#4 Bobcats	14	14	7	20	55

See also: 2012 Montana State Bobcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–15–1	1983	UND, 21–3

Southern Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Thunderbirds	3	19	0	7	29
North Dakota	0	13	13	7	33

See also: 2012 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
2–3	2011	ND, 26–20

@ Northern Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
North Dakota	14	10	3	0	27
Bears	7	14	7	0	28

See also: 2012 Northern Colorado Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
13–11	2011	ND, 27–25