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2012 Stony Brook Seawolves football team

2012 Stony Brook Seawolves football
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Big South co-champion
FCS Playoffs Second Round, L 10–16 vs. Montana State
Conference Big South Conference
Ranking
Sports Network No. 10
FCS Coaches No. 13
2012 record 10–3 (5–1 Big South)
Head coach Chuck Priore
Offensive coordinator Jeff Behrman
Defensive coordinator Rob Nevaiser
Home stadium Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
(Capacity: 8,136)
Seasons
« 2011 2013 »
2012 Big South football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#10 Stony Brook +^   5 1         10 3  
Coastal Carolina +^   5 1         8 4  
Liberty +   5 1         6 5  
Charleston Southern   3 3         5 6  
Gardner–Webb   2 4         3 8  
VMI   1 5         2 9  
Presbyterian   0 6         2 9  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant
Rankings from The Sports Network FCS Poll
Central Connecticut at Stony Brook
1 2 3 4 Total
Blue Devils 0 10 0 7 17
Seawolves 21 7 14 7 49
Pace at Stony Brook
1 2 3 4 Total
Setters 0 0 0 7 7
Seawolves 28 21 21 7 77
  • Date: September 8
  • Location: Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
    Stony Brook, NY
  • Game start: 6:00 PM EST
  • Elapsed time: 2:45
  • Game attendance: 4,194
  • Game weather: 79F, Cloudy/Rainy, Wind S 17 MPH
  • Referee: James Smith
Stony Brook at Syracuse
1 2 3 4 Total
Seawolves 10 7 0 0 17
• Orange 7 7 7 7 28
  • Date: September 15
  • Location: Carrier Dome
    Syracuse, NY
  • Game start: 4:00 PM EST
  • Elapsed time: 3:15
  • Game attendance: 34,512
  • Game weather: N/A (Indoor)
  • Referee: Tracy Jones
  • Television network: SNY
Colgate at Stony Brook
1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0 21 7 3 31
Seawolves 10 7 3 12 32
  • Date: September 22
  • Location: Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
    Stony Brook, NY
  • Game start: 6:00 PM EST
  • Elapsed time: 2:42
  • Game attendance: 10,278
  • Game weather: 68F, Partly Cloudy, Wind S 17 MPH
  • Referee: Kelvin Thorpe
Stony Brook at Army
1 2 3 4 Total
Seawolves 7 6 7 3 23
Black Knights 0 0 3 0 3
Charleston Southern at Stony Brook
1 2 3 4 Total
Buccaneers 0 7 0 0 7
Seawolves 7 21 21 0 49
  • Date: October 6
  • Location: Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
    Stony Brook, NY
  • Game start: 6:00 PM EST
  • Elapsed time: 2:38
  • Game attendance: 5,100
  • Game weather: 68°F, cloudy, wind WNW 18 MPH
  • Referee: Stuart Mullins
Stony Brook at Coastal Carolina
1 2 3 4 Total
Seawolves 7 7 7 6 27
Chanticleers 7 7 0 7 21
  • Date: October 13
  • Location: Brooks Stadium
    Conway, SC
  • Game start: 3:30 PM EST
  • Elapsed time: 2:46
  • Game attendance: 7,749
  • Game weather: 72F, Clear, Wind NE 10 MPH
  • Referee: David Epperly
  • TV announcers (ESPN3): Mark Bryant, Nate Ross
Gardner-Webb at Stony Brook
1 2 3 4 Total
Runnin' Bulldogs 0 3 7 0 10
Seawolves 10 3 14 14 41
  • Date: October 20
  • Location: Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium
    Stony Brook, NY
  • Game start: 4:00 PM EST
  • Elapsed time: 2:23
  • Game attendance: 5,791
  • Game weather: 67°F, Clear, Wind S 11 MPH
  • Referee: Tom McCreesh

The 2012 Stony Brook Seawolves football team represented Stony Brook University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season as a member of the Big South Conference. The team was coached by Chuck Priore and played its home games at Kenneth P. LaValle Stadium in Stony Brook, New York. This was their final season as a member of the Big South as they will join the Colonial Athletic Association in 2013. They finished the season 10–3, 5–1 in Big South play to share the conference championship with Coastal Carolina and Liberty. They received an at-large bid into the FCS Playoffs, their second straight playoff appearance, where they defeated Villanova in the first round before falling in the second round to Montana State.

After starting the season 0-3, Stony Brook went on to win nine games straight clinching an outright Big South Championship and defeating Albany in the first round of the NCAA Division I Football Championship. Advanced to the second round to face the top seeded Sam Houston State falling 27-34. The Seawolves became the first team in Big South history to finish the season undefeated. The program was ranked #18/#16 in the final Sports Network/Coaches Poll.

Injured QB Michael Coulter who started for half of the 2011 season, top running back Brock Jackolski, WR Matt Brevi who amounted to 31 receptions for 616 yards and seven touchdowns in the 2011 season, CB Donald Porter are among the graduates of the program. Jackolski was notable for playing a crucial role together with Miguel Maysonet in Stony Brook's powerful running offense, 16th in FCS history with 6,394 all-purpose yards

Among 2012 Recruits is Marcus Coker who previously played for FBS Big Ten team Iowa rushing for more than 2,000 yards and 18 touchdown in two seasons. He was second in the Big Ten in rushing and earned second-team all-conference honors. The program also added Adrian Coxson who previously played for FBS Maryland. A third recruit from the Big Ten Minnesota, Leston Simpson, is transferring for the upcoming 2012 season. A second incoming transfer from the University of Maryland, Avery Graham, was announced late April with two years of eligibility left A third incoming transfer, Graham Ball, was announced from New Mexico Military Institute, where he led the Western States Football League in points (88). He went 58 of 62 on extra points and made 10 field goals, earning second team All-WSFL honors.


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