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2012 Texas State Bobcats football team

2012 Texas State Bobcats football
Texas State Athletics wordmark.svg
Conference Western Athletic Conference
2012 record 4–8 (2–4 WAC)
Head coach Dennis Franchione (2nd year)
Co-offensive coordinator Mike Schultz (2nd year)
Co-offensive coordinator Jeff Conway (1st year)
Defensive coordinator Craig Naivar (2nd year)
Home stadium Bobcat Stadium
(Capacity: 30,000)
Seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 WAC football standings
Conf     Overall
Team   W   L         W   L  
#16 Utah State $   6 – 0         11 – 2  
#21 San Jose State   5 – 1         11 – 2  
Louisiana Tech   4 – 2         9 – 3  
UTSA*   3 – 3         8 – 4  
Texas State*   2 – 4         4 – 8  
Idaho   1 – 5         1 – 11  
New Mexico State   0 – 6         1 – 11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • Texas State and UTSA are not eligible for conference title nor bowl games as part of their transition to the FBS.
As of December 15, 2012; Rankings from AP Poll
Maroon vs. Gold Spring Game
1 2 3 4 Total
Maroon 0 7 10 0 17
• Gold 3 14 0 9 26
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Texas State Bobcats at Houston Cougars
1 2 3 4 Total
• Bobcats 14 13 0 3 30
Cougars 10 0 3 0 13
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Texas Tech Red Raiders at Texas State Bobcats
1 2 3 4 Total
• Red Raiders 21 17 17 3 58
Bobcats 0 10 0 0 10
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Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks at Texas State Bobcats
1 2 3 4 Total
Lumberjacks 10 7 14 6 37
• Bobcats 17 10 14 0 41
  • Date: September 22
  • Location: Bobcat Stadium
    San Marcos, TX
  • Game start: 6:00 pm CST
  • Game attendance: 17,188
  • Game weather: 87 °F (31 °C), Sunny, winds ESE at 6mph
  • Referee: Jim Farmer
  • TV announcers (Txstatebobcats.com): Brent Freeman and Bill Culhane
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Nevada Wolf Pack at Texas State Bobcats
1 2 3 4 Total
• Wolf Pack 7 13 14 0 34
Bobcats 7 14 0 0 21
  • Date: September 29
  • Location: Jim Wacker Field at Bobcat Stadium
    San Marcos, TX
  • Game start: 1:06 pm CST
  • Elapsed time: 3:13
  • Game attendance: 14,210
  • Game weather: 75 °F (24 °C), Cloudy w/ Light Rain, winds SSE at 10 mph
  • Referee: Stacy Hardin
  • TV announcers (LHN): Dave Armstrong and Kelly Stouffer
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Texas State Bobcats at New Mexico Lobos
1 2 3 4 Total
Bobcats 7 7 0 0 14
• Lobos 14 14 7 0 35
  • Date: October 6
  • Location: University Stadium
    Albuquerque, NM
  • Game start: 5:06 pm CST
  • Elapsed time: 2:58
  • Game attendance: 22,135
  • Game weather: 77 °F (25 °C), Partly Cloudy, winds SSW at 10 mph
  • Referee: Alan Eck
  • TV announcers (ProView Networks): Jeff Siembieda and Kole McKamey
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The 2012 Texas State Bobcats football team represented Texas State University–San Marcos in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Bobcats were led by head coach Dennis Franchione, in his second year, and played their home games at Bobcat Stadium. This was Texas State's only season as members of the Western Athletic Conference. Texas State joined the Sun Belt Conference for all sports in 2013–14. It was the second year of their transition from the FCS to the FBS, so they were not eligible to win the WAC regular season title or participate in a bowl game until 2013. They finished the season 4–8, 2–4 in WAC play to finish in fifth place.

29 recruits signed on, committed, or transferred to play for the 2012 Texas State roster.

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The Maroon-Gold Spring Game was held March 31, 2012 at 2:00 PM. Unlike other spring games where the first and third team usually combine and face the second and fourth teams, Texas State determined their teams through a Coaches Players Draft held on March 28.

The Gold team was chosen by Thaddeus Watkins, Tyler Arndt, Chase Harper, Darryl Morris, and Joplo Bartu while the Maroon team was chosen by Adley Eshraghipour, Shaun Rutherford, Marcus Curry, Brian Lilly, Jason McLean, and Isaiah Battle. These 11 players, along with Jordan Norfleet, are expected to comprise the Texas State Leadership Council for the 2012 season and will serve as captains throughout the season. The Maroon team was coached by Craig Naivar, Dennis Darnell, Jeff Conway, Mike Hudson, Dennis Porterfield, Wesley Condra, Jeff McKinley, and Vincent Ibewnike. The Gold team was coached by Mike Schultz, Brad Franchione, Jason Johnson, Rueben Vaughn, Jason Washington, Kyle Tatum, John Reid, Ron Woodard, and Eddie Veyran. Head coach Dennis Franchione would join the Texas State radio play-by-play team of Brant Freeman and Bill Culhane on KTSW for the game so he could evaluate his players from the press box area.

It was a hard fought battle between the Maroon and Gold teams. The Gold team got out to an early 17-0 lead with 7:30 left in the first half thanks to a 40-yard touchdown pass from Tyler Arndt to Jafus Gaines and a 13-yard touchdown pass from Jack Rhoades to Larry Centers, Junior, but the maroon team wouldn't be discouraged. Duke DeLancellotti completed a 31-yard touchdown pass to Marcus Curry with 17 second left in the first half to get the maroon team back in the game. DeLancellotti would make it that much closer in the third quarter with a 60-yard touchdown pass to Marcus Curry, but the gold team would strike two seconds into the fourth quarter with a Terrance Franks 25-yard touchdown run that the Gold team would never relinquish. Arndt ended the day completing 13 of his 19 passes for 218 yards. He also gained 22 yards on five carries. Rhoades completed both of his passes for 50 yards.


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