The 2012 New Mexico State Aggies football team represented New Mexico State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by fourth–year head coach DeWayne Walker who resigned after the end of the season and played their home games at Aggie Memorial Stadium. They were members of the Western Athletic Conference. This was their final season as a member of the WAC. With the WAC ceasing to support football in the 2013 season, New Mexico State became an FBS Independent for the 2013 season.[1] They finished the season 1–11, 0–6 in WAC play to finish in last place.
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Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
Record | 1–11 (0–6 WAC) |
Head coach |
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Offensive coordinator | Jerry McManus (1st season) |
Offensive scheme | Air raid |
Defensive coordinator | David Elson (1st season) |
Base defense | 3–4 |
Home stadium | Aggie Memorial Stadium |
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Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 16 Utah State $ | 6 | – | 0 | 11 | – | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
editDate | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 6:00 pm | Sacramento State* | AV/ALT/ESPN3 | W 49–19 | 12,118 | |
September 8 | 5:00 pm | at Ohio* | ESPN3 | L 24–51 | 25,893 | |
September 15 | 6:00 pm | at UTEP* | L 28–41 | 32,933 | ||
September 22 | 6:00 pm | New Mexico* |
| AV/ALT/ESPN3 | L 14–27 | 25,211 |
September 29 | 6:00 pm | UTSA |
| AV/ALT/ESPN3 | L 14–35 | 14,341 |
October 6 | 3:00 pm | at Idaho | KTRV/ALT | L 18–26 | 14,755 | |
October 20 | 1:00 pm | at Utah State | KMYU/ESPN3 | L 7–41 | 17,001 | |
October 27 | 6:00 pm | Louisiana Tech |
| AV/ESPN3 | L 14–28 | 12,118 |
November 3 | 10:30 am | at Auburn* | CSS/ESPN3 | L 7–42 | 74,676 | |
November 10 | 1:30 pm | San Jose State |
| AV/ALT/ESPN3 | L 7–47 | 9,121 |
November 24 | 1:30 pm | BYU* |
| ESPN3 | L 14–50 | 12,571 |
December 1 | 2:00 pm | at Texas State | L 28–66 | 15,108 | ||
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Game summaries
editSacramento State
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Hornets | 0 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 19 |
Aggies | 7 | 21 | 0 | 21 | 49 |
@ Ohio
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Aggies | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
Bobcats | 7 | 14 | 24 | 6 | 51 |
@ UTEP
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Aggies | 0 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 28 |
Miners | 20 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 41 |
New Mexico
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Lobos | 3 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 27 |
Aggies | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
UTSA
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Roadrunners | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
Aggies | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
@ Idaho
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Aggies | 3 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 18 |
Vandals | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 26 |
@ Utah State
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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NMSU Aggies | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
USU Aggies | 14 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 41 |
Louisiana Tech
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Bulldogs | 7 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 28 |
Aggies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
@ Auburn
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Aggies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Tigers | 0 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 42 |
San Jose State
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Spartans | 17 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 47 |
Aggies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
BYU
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Cougars | 0 | 20 | 10 | 20 | 50 |
Aggies | 0 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 14 |
@ Texas State
edit1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total | |
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Aggies | 21 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
Bobcats | 14 | 35 | 3 | 14 | 66 |
This was the final WAC football game in history.
References
edit- ^ "New Mexico State makes it official, will go independent in 2013". CBS Sports. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
- ^ Infos at New Mexico State Aggies website Archived September 28, 2012, at the Wayback Machine