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American college football season
The 2012 University of North Dakota football team represented the University of North Dakota in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season . They were led by fifth-year head coach Chris Mussman and played their home games at the Alerus Center . This was their first year as a member of the Big Sky Conference .
This season North Dakota officially played without a mascot name after the decision to retire "Fighting Sioux" as the school's mascot amid controversy .[1]
They finished the season 5–6, 3–5 in Big Sky play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place.
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance August 30 7:00 pm South Dakota M&T * MSN /Big Sky TVW 66–08,847 September 8 6:00 pm Portland State * Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND MSN/Big Sky TV W 45–379,210 September 15 7:00 pm at San Diego State * KUSI L 41–4924,826 September 22 8:00 pm at Sacramento State Big Sky TV W 35–1310,774 September 29 6:00 pm No. 23 Cal Poly Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND MSN/Big Sky TV L 17–359,531 October 6 6:00 pm at No. 7 Eastern Washington SWX /Big Sky TVL 17–558,646 October 13 3:00 pm No. 16 Northern Arizona Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND MSN/Big Sky TV L 38–459,742 October 20 2:30 pm Montana Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND RTRM /RTNW W 40–349,000 October 27 3:00 pm at No. 4 Montana State Big Sky TV L 10–5517,137 November 3 1:00 pm Southern Utah Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND MSN/Big Sky TV W 33–297,144 November 17 1:00 pm at Northern Colorado Big Sky TV L 27–283,418
Despite also being a member of the Big Sky Conference, the game with Portland State on September 8 was considered a non conference game and had no effect on the Big Sky Standings.
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Game summaries [ edit ] South Dakota M&T [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Hardrockers
0
0
0
0
0
North Dakota
14
31
7
14
66
Portland State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Vikings
9
15
0
13
37
North Dakota
14
21
10
0
45
@ San Diego State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
North Dakota
14
6
7
14
41
Aztecs
21
14
7
7
49
@ Sacramento State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
North Dakota
7
7
14
7
35
Hornets
7
0
0
6
13
Cal Poly [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#23 Mustangs
14
0
0
21
35
North Dakota
0
7
3
7
17
@ Eastern Washington [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
North Dakota
10
7
0
0
17
#7 Eagles
20
14
14
7
55
Northern Arizona [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
#16 Lumberjacks
14
3
14
14
45
North Dakota
0
17
14
7
38
Montana [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Grizzlies
7
10
17
0
34
North Dakota
17
14
0
9
40
@ Montana State [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
North Dakota
7
0
3
0
10
#4 Bobcats
14
14
7
20
55
Southern Utah [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
Thunderbirds
3
19
0
7
29
North Dakota
0
13
13
7
33
@ Northern Colorado [ edit ]
1
2
3
4
Total
North Dakota
14
10
3
0
27
Bears
7
14
7
0
28
References [ edit ]
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