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2012 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team

2012 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football
Middle Tennessee Athletics logo.svg
Conference Sun Belt Conference
2012 record 8–4 (6–2 Sun Belt)
Head coach (7th year)
Offensive coordinator Buster Faulkner
Defensive coordinator Tyrone Nix/Steve Ellis
Home stadium Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium
(Capacity: 30,788)
Seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Sun Belt football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
Arkansas State $   7 1         10 3  
Louisiana–Lafayette   6 2         9 4  
Louisiana–Monroe   6 2         8 5  
Middle Tennessee   6 2         8 4  
WKU   4 4         7 6  
Troy   3 5         5 7  
North Texas   3 5         4 8  
Florida Atlantic   2 6         3 9  
FIU   2 6         3 9  
South Alabama*   1 7         2 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • South Alabama not eligible for conference title or bowl game as part of their transition to the FBS.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders football team represented Middle Tennessee State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by seventh-year head coach and played their home games at Johnny "Red" Floyd Stadium. The 2012 season proved to be the last for the Blue Raiders in the Sun Belt Conference; Middle Tennessee had initially announced a move to Conference USA (C-USA) to take effect no later than July 2014, and later announced that the move to C-USA would take effect in July 2013. They finished the season 8–4, 6–2 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three way tie for second place. Despite finishing in second place and being two games above bowl eligibility, the Blue Raiders were not invited to a bowl game.

Tyrone Nix was named co-defensive coordinator, along with Steve Ellis, and linebackers coach on February 22, 2012. Nix has led nationally ranked defenses at Southern Miss, South Carolina, and Ole Miss. Interim offensive coordinator, Buster Faulkner, was named offensive coordinator in February 2012. During the 2011 season Faulkner took over the play-calling duties the final seven games of the year following the resignation of Willie Simmons. Faulkner’s 2011 offense went on to record the fifth most yards of total offense, complete a record 299 passes, while becoming just the second offense in school history to amass over 3,000 passing yards.


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