2012 BYU Cougars football team

2012 BYU Cougars football
Poinsettia Bowl Champions
Poinsettia Bowl vs San Diego State, W 23–6
Conference	Independent
2012 record	8–5
Head coach	Bronco Mendenhall (8th year)
Offensive coordinator	Brandon Doman (2nd year)
Offensive scheme	West Coast
Defensive coordinator	Bronco Mendenhall (8th year)
Base defense	3–4
Captain	David Foote
Captain	Riley Nelson
Captain	Brandon Ogletree
Home stadium	LaVell Edwards Stadium (Capacity: 63,470)
Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Division I FBS independents football records
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
#4 Notre Dame  %			–						0	–	1
BYU			–						8	–	5
Navy			–						8	–	5
Army			–						2	–	10
% – BCS at-large representative As of January 7, 2013; Rankings from AP Poll

Washington State at BYU

1 2 3 4 Total WSU Cougars 0 6 0 0 6 • BYU Cougars 7 17 6 0 30 Date: August 30 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT Game start: 8:25 PM MST Elapsed time: 3:24 Game attendance: 57,045 Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C), Overcast, winds S at 8mph Referee: Jay Stricherz TV announcers (ESPN/BYUtv Sports): Joe Tessitore, Matt Millen, and Shannon Spake (ESPN); Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, and Robbie Bullough (BYUtv) Sources:

Weber State at BYU

1 2 3 4 Total Wildcats 0 0 6 7 13 • Cougars 7 14 10 14 45 Date: September 8 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT Game start: 1:05 PM MST Elapsed time: 3:13 Game attendance: 60,314 Game weather: 74 °F (23 °C), Clear, winds SW at 6mph Referee: Cooper Castleberry TV announcers (BYUtv Sports): Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, and Robbie Bullough Sources:

#25 BYU at Utah

1 2 3 4 Total #25 Cougars 0 7 0 14 21 • Utes 7 0 17 0 24 Date: September 15 Location: Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT Game start: 8:15 PM MST Elapsed time: 3:45 Game attendance: 45,653 (6th largest crowd at Rice-Eccles) Game weather: 77 °F (25 °C), Clear, winds NE at 9mph Referee: Greg Burks TV announcers (ESPN2): Mark Neely, Ray Bentley, and Paul Carcaterra Sources:

BYU at #24 Boise State

1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 0 0 0 6 6 • #24 Broncos 0 0 7 0 7 Date: September 20 Location: Bronco Stadium Boise, ID Game start: 7:07 PM MST Elapsed time: 2:57 Game attendance: 36,864 Game weather: 76 °F (24 °C), Smokey, winds WSW at 5mph Referee: Reggie Smith TV announcers (ESPN): Rece Davis, Jesse Palmer, David Pollack, and Samantha Steele Sources:

Hawaiʻi at BYU

1 2 3 4 Total Warriors 0 0 0 0 0 • Cougars 7 13 20 7 47 Date: September 28 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT Game start: 6:05 PM MST Elapsed time: 3:21 Game attendance: 62,022 Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C), Sunny, No Wind Referee: Scott Novak TV announcers (ESPN/BYUtv): Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore, and Jemele Hill (ESPN); Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, and Robbie Bullough (BYUtv) Sources:

Utah State at BYU

1 2 3 4 Total Aggies 3 0 0 0 3 • Cougars 0 6 0 0 6 Date: October 5 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT Game start: 8:26 PM MST Elapsed time: 3:09 Game attendance: 63,086 Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C), Clear, winds Calm Referee: Clair Gausman TV announcers (ESPN/BYUtv): Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore, and Shelley Smith (ESPN); Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, and Robbie Bullough (BYUtv) Sources:

#10 Oregon State at BYU

1 2 3 4 Total • #10 Beavers 14 0 7 21 42 Cougars 7 7 7 3 24 Date: October 13 Location: LaVell Edwards Stadium Provo, UT Game start: 1:35 PM MST Elapsed time: 3:31 Game attendance: 63,489 Game weather: 54 °F (12 °C), Broken Clouds, winds variable Referee: Michael Batlan TV announcers (ABC/ESPN3/BYUtv): Mike Patrick, Ed Cunningham, and Jeannine Edwards (ABC/ESPN3); Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, and Robbie Bullough (BYUtv) Sources:

BYU at #5 Notre Dame

1 2 3 4 Total Cougars 0 14 0 0 14 • #5 Fighting Irish 7 0 3 7 17 Date: October 20 Location: Notre Dame Stadium Notre Dame, IN Game start: 1:40 PM MST Elapsed time: 3:05 Game attendance: 80,795 Game weather: 72 °F (22 °C), Partly Sunny and rainy, winds W at 14mph Referee: Jeff Maconaghy TV announcers (NBC): Tom Hammond, Mike Mayock, and Alex Flanagan Sources:

The 2012 BYU Cougars football team represented Brigham Young University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Cougars, led by head coach Bronco Mendenhall, played their home games at LaVell Edwards Stadium. This was the second year BYU competed as an independent. They finished the season 8–5. They were invited to the Poinsettia Bowl where they defeated San Diego State.

As the home of the Cougars, BYUtv would sponsor their own National Letter of Intent Day signing day special. The special aired on Wednesday, February 1 at 7 PM MT and was rebroadcast that night at 10 PM MT and Thursday morning at 1 AM MT. Additionally a signing day press conference was broadcast on BYUtvsports.com live at 1:30 PM MT. The following athletes signed letters of intent to play for BYU in the coming seasons.

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6 of the Cougar commitments (Amone, Hannemann, Hinds, Mangum, Richards, and Weeks) plan to serve full-time church missions for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints before joining the BYU team. 3 Cougars commitments (Hill, Johnson, and Olsen) were mid-year enrollees. Powell graduated High School in winter 2011 and was already taking classes at BYU, so there was no letter of intent for him to sign. He plans to grey-shirt before going on a church mission. With 6 other QB's on the roster, Mangum also chose to grey-shirt the 2012 season.

BYU also announced a large list of return missionaries that would help bolster their roster this season. Commit dates in this section are dates in which it was announced these players would return to BYU, not when they actually first signed with BYU.

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The following Cougars graduated, transferred, or chose to serve two-year Church Missions after the 2011 season and didn't return to the team in 2012.

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