2012 Northern Colorado Bears football team

American college football season August 2023 February 2026 football 2012 Northern Colorado Bears Northern Colorado Athletics old wordmark.png 150 Big Sky Conference Big Sky 5–6 4–4 Earnest Collins Jr. 2nd Michael Armour 2nd Zach Shay 2nd Spread 4–3 Nottingham Field The 2012 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Earnest Collins Jr. and played their home games at Nottingham Field. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place. Schedule 2012 NCAA Division I FCS The Sports Network Mountain August 30 5:15 pm l y y Utah Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT P12N 0–41 45,273 September 8 1:30 pm w y 2012 Colorado Mesa Mavericks Colorado Mesa Nottingham Field Greeley, CO ALT/Big Sky TV 40–3 5,136 September 15 3:00 pm l y y Sacramento State Hornet Stadium Sacramento, CA Big Sky TV 17–28 7,408 September 22 1:30 pm l y Montana State 2 Bobcat Stadium Bozeman, MT Max Media/Big Sky TV 16–41 18,637 October 6 1:30 pm l y Montana Nottingham Field Greeley, CO RTRM 17–40 4,751 October 13 7:00 pm l y Cal Poly 15 Alex G. Spanos Stadium San Luis Obispo, CA KSBY/Big Sky TV 28–56 9,382 October 20 1:30 pm w Idaho State Nottingham Field Greeley, CO Big Sky TV 52–14 4,155 October 27 1:30 pm l Northern Arizona 13 Nottingham Field Greeley, CO Big Sky TV 10–12 3,780 November 3 2:00 pm w y Portland State Jeld-Wen Field Portland, OR Big Sky TV 32–28 5,077 November 10 1:30 pm w y Weber State Stewart Stadium Ogden, UT Big Sky TV 42–34 4,837 November 17 12:00 pm w North Dakota Nottingham Field Greeley, CO Big Sky TV 28–27 3,418 Despite Sacramento State also being a member of the Big Sky, their meeting on September 15 was considered a non-conference game. Source: Official Schedule Game summaries @ Utah Bears 0 0 0 0 Utes 0 21 7 13 2012 Utah Utes football team Colorado Mesa Mavericks 0 3 0 0 Bears 7 3 16 14 The win is the Bears first win since the final game of the 2010 season against Portland State, a span of 12 games. It is also just their second win in their last 21 games. @ Sacramento State Bears 3 7 0 7 Hornets 7 7 7 7 2012 Sacramento State Hornets football team @ Montana State Bears 0 13 3 0 #2 Bobcats 21 10 7 3 2012 Montana State Bobcats football team Montana Grizzlies 0 10 14 16 Bears 0 0 10 7 2012 Montana Grizzlies football team @ Cal Poly Bears 14 0 0 14 #15 Mustangs 14 14 14 14 2012 Cal Poly Mustangs football team Idaho State Bengals 0 7 0 7 Bears 14 14 24 0 2012 Idaho State Bengals football team Northern Arizona #13 Lumberjacks 2 7 0 3 Bears 0 3 0 7 2012 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team @ Portland State Bears 3 7 15 7 Vikings 6 15 7 0 2012 Portland State Vikings football team @ Weber State Bears 9 19 0 14 Wildcats 7 10 3 14 2012 Weber State Wildcats football team North Dakota North Dakota 14 10 3 0 Bears 7 14 7 0 2012 University of North Dakota football team References Northern Colorado Category:Northern Colorado Bears football seasons Northern Colorado Bears football