2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team

2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs football
Gator Bowl, L 20–34 vs. Northwestern
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Western Division
Record	8–5 (4–4 SEC)
Head coach	Dan Mullen (4th season);
Offensive coordinator	Les Koenning (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread option
Co-defensive coordinator	Chris Wilson (3rd season)
Co-defensive coordinator	Geoff Collins (2nd season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	Davis Wade Stadium
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs football team represented Mississippi State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by Dan Mullen, who was in his fourth season with Mississippi State. The Bulldogs played their home games at Davis Wade Stadium in Starkville, Mississippi, and competed in the Western Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

2012 Southeastern Conference football standings
v t e
Team	W		L	W		L
Eastern Division
No. T–5 Georgia xy	7	–	1	12	–	2
No. 9 Florida x%	7	–	1	11	–	2
No. 8 South Carolina	6	–	2	11	–	2
No. 23 Vanderbilt	5	–	3	9	–	4
Missouri	2	–	6	5	–	7
Tennessee	1	–	7	5	–	7
Kentucky	0	–	8	2	–	10
Western Division
No. 1 Alabama x$#	7	–	1	13	–	1
No. 14 LSU *	6	–	2	10	–	3
No. T–5 Texas A&M	6	–	2	11	–	2
Mississippi State	4	–	4	8	–	5
Ole Miss *	3	–	5	7	–	6
Arkansas	2	–	6	4	–	8
Auburn	0	–	8	3	–	9
Championship: Alabama 32, Georgia 28
# – BCS National Champion $ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant * Ole Miss and LSU vacated all wins due to NCAA violations. Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	6:00 pm	Jackson State*		Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	SECRN	W 56–9	55,082
September 8	11:00 am	Auburn		Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	ESPN	W 28–10	56,111
September 15	6:00 pm	at Troy*		Veterans Memorial Stadium Troy, AL	ESPN3	W 30–24	29,013
September 22	6:00 pm	South Alabama*	No. 23	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	Bulldog Sports Properties	W 30–10	55,186
October 6	11:21 am	at Kentucky	No. 20	Commonwealth Stadium Lexington, KY	SECN	W 27–14	49,498
October 13	8:00 pm	Tennessee	No. 19	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	ESPN2	W 41–31	57,831
October 20	6:00 pm	Middle Tennessee*	No. 15	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	ESPN2	W 45–3	55,108
October 27	7:30 pm	at No. 1 Alabama	No. 11	Bryant–Denny Stadium Tuscaloosa, AL (rivalry)	ESPN	L 7–38	101,821
November 3	11:00 am	No. 16 Texas A&M	No. 17	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	ESPN	L 13–38	55,240
November 10	6:00 pm	at No. 5 LSU	No. 22	Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA (rivalry)	ESPN	L 17–37	92,831
November 17	11:21 am	Arkansas		Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	SECN	W 45–14	54,838
November 24	6:00 pm	at Ole Miss	No. 25	Vaught–Hemingway Stadium Oxford, MS (Egg Bowl)	ESPNU	L 24–41	61,005
January 1	11:00 am	vs. No. 21 Northwestern*		EverBank Field Jacksonville, FL (Gator Bowl)	ESPN2	L 20–34	48,612
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ "2012 Southeastern Conference Year Summary". College Football at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved November 23, 2024.
^ "2012 Mississippi State Bulldogs Football Schedule". Retrieved December 28, 2011.