2012 Wofford Terriers football team

2012 Wofford Terriers football
SoCon co-champion
FCS Playoffs quarterfinal, L 7–14 vs. North Dakota State
Conference	Southern Conference
Ranking
Sports Network	No. 9
FCS Coaches	No. 9
Record	9–4 (6–2 SoCon)
Head coach	Mike Ayers (25th season)
Offensive coordinator	Wade Long
Defensive coordinator	Nate Woody
Home stadium	Gibbs Stadium

2012 Southern Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 6 Georgia Southern +^		6	–	2					10	–	4
No. 9 Wofford +^		6	–	2					9	–	4
No. 7 Appalachian State +^		6	–	2					8	–	4
The Citadel		5	–	3					7	–	4
Samford		5	–	3					7	–	4
Chattanooga		5	–	3					6	–	5
Furman		2	–	6					3	–	8
Elon		1	–	7					3	–	8
Western Carolina		0	–	8					1	–	10
+ – Conference co-champions ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network Poll

The 2012 Wofford Terriers football team represented Wofford College in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 25th year head coach Mike Ayers and played their home games at Gibbs Stadium. They were a member of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They finished the season 9–4, 6–2 in SoCon play to claim a share of the conference championship with Appalachian State and Georgia Southern. They received an at-large bid into the FCS Playoffs where they defeated New Hampshire in the second round before falling in the quarterfinals to North Dakota State.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	6:00 pm	at Gardner–Webb*	No. 10	Ernest W. Spangler Stadium Boiling Springs, NC		W 34–7	3,140
September 8	7:00 pm	Lincoln*	No. 10	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC		W 82–0	4,309
September 15	7:00 pm	Western Carolina	No. 9	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC		W 49–20	8,544
September 29	1:30 pm	at Elon	No. 6	Rhodes Stadium Elon, NC		W 49–24	10,302
October 6	1:30 pm	Furman	No. 6	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC		W 20–17	9,170
October 13	6:00 pm	at No. 7 Georgia Southern	No. 5	Paulson Stadium Statesboro, GA		L 9–17	20,983
October 20	3:30 pm	at No. 13 Appalachian State	No. 8	Kidd Brewer Stadium Boone, NC		W 38–28	27,115
October 27	1:30 pm	The Citadel	No. 7	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC	ESPN3	W 24–21	9,658
November 3	3:00 pm	at Samford	No. 6	Seibert Stadium Homewood, AL		L 17–24	8,147
November 10	1:30 pm	Chattanooga	No. 13	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC		W 16–13 OT	8,112
November 17	1:00 pm	at No. 12 (FBS) South Carolina*	No. 9	Williams-Brice Stadium Columbia, SC	PPV	L 7–24	79,982
December 1	2:00 pm	No. 11 New Hampshire*	No. 9	Gibbs Stadium Spartanburg, SC (FCS Playoffs Second Round)	ESPN3	W 23–7	6,346
December 8	2:00 pm	No. 1 North Dakota State*	No. 9	Fargodome Fargo, ND (FCS Playoffs Quarterfinals)	ESPN3	L 7–14	18,267
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll released prior to game Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time

• Source: Schedule

Ranking movements

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
Sports Network	10	10	9	7	6	6	5	8	7	6	13	9	9
Coaches	13	13	9	6	5	5	4	9	8	7	14	9	9