2012 Texas Southern Tigers football team

The 2012 Texas Southern Tigers football team represented Texas Southern University a member of the West Division of the Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) during the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by first-year head coach Darrell Asberry, the Tigers compiled an overall record of 2–9 with a mark of 2–7 in conference play, placing fourth in the SWAC's West Division. Texas Southern played home games at a new stadium, BBVA Compass Stadium, in Houston.

Texas Southern was barred from postseason football play for the 2012 season due to falling short in fulfilling the NCAA graduation rate requirements.

2012 recruits
14 players signed up to join the 2012 Texas Southern team.

Prairie View A&M

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Texas Southern holds an 18-8 advantage in the Labor Day Classic, but Prairie View A&M had won the most recent 5 games headed into this game.

North Texas

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North Texas and Texas Southern met for the first time in the schools' histories.

Jackson State
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Alabama A&M
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Sam Houston State
The Tigers and Bearkats play each other for the first time since 1997. The Bearkats look to build on an 8-5 record they have against the Tigers. The Bearkats won the most recent meeting in 1997 and have won 4 of the last 5 and 8 of the last 10.

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Alabama State
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Southern
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Grambling State
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Arkansas–Pine Bluff
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Alcorn State
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Mississippi Valley State
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Media
Texas Southern football games were carried live on KTSU 90.9 FM.