2012 Pac-12 Football Championship Game

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{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game

| game_name = Pac-12 Football Championship Game

| title_sponsor =

| subheader = Conference Championship

| image =

| caption =

| date_game_played = November 30

| year_game_played = 2012

| football_season = 2012

| stadium = Stanford Stadium

| city = Stanford, California

| visitor_school = University of California, Los Angeles

| visitor_name_short = UCLA

| visitor_nickname = Bruins

| visitor_record = 9–3

| visitor_rank_AP = 17

| visitor_rank_coaches = 16

| visitor_rank_BCS = 16

| visitor_coach = Jim L. Mora

| visitor_1q = 14

| visitor_2q = 0

| visitor_3q = 10

| visitor_4q = 0

| home_school = Stanford University

| home_name_short = Stanford

| home_nickname = Cardinal

| home_record = 10–2

| home_rank_AP = 8

| home_rank_coaches = 9

| home_rank_BCS = 8

| home_coach = David Shaw

| home_1q = 7

| home_2q = 10

| home_3q = 0

| home_4q = 10

| MVP = Kevin Hogan (QB, Stanford)

| odds = Stanford by 8

| anthem = Pia Toscano

| referee = Shawn Hochuli

| halftime =

| attendance = 31,622{{cite web|title=Hogan leads Stanford past UCLA 27–24 to win Pac-12|url=https://www.ncaa.com/game/football/fbs/2012/11/30/ucla-stanford|accessdate=30 November 2012}}

| us_network = FOX (TV)
ESPN Radio

| us_announcers = Gus Johnson play-by-play
Charles Davis color
Julie Alexandria sideline #1
Petros Papadakis sideline #2

Radio: Bill Rosinski, David Norrie, Joe Schad

| ratings =

| intl_network =

| intl_announcers =

}}

{{2012 Pac-12 football standings}}

The 2012 Pac-12 Football Championship Game was played on Friday, November 30, 2012 at Stanford Stadium in Stanford, California to determine the 2012 football champion of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12). It was the second football conference championship for the Pac-12 Conference, or any of its predecessors. The game featured the South Division champions, the UCLA Bruins, against the North Division champions, the Stanford Cardinal. The previous week, the two teams had met at UCLA's home stadium at the Rose Bowl, with Stanford winning 35–17 and clinching the Pac-12 North Division championship.{{cite news |last=Sondheimer |first=Eric |title=Stanford sets up rematch for Pac-12 title by beating UCLA, 35–17 |date=November 24, 2012 |newspaper=Los Angeles Times |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-ucla-stanford-live-game-report-20121124,0,4818548.story |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121125223015/http://www.latimes.com/sports/sportsnow/la-sp-sn-ucla-stanford-live-game-report-20121124,0,4818548.story |archivedate=2012-11-25 |url-status=live |access-date=2012-11-25 }} Stanford headed back to Pasadena for the January 1, 2013 Rose Bowl Game where they defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 20–14.

This was UCLA's second consecutive appearance and Stanford's first appearance in the Pac-12 Championship Game. In 2011, the Bruins lost the inaugural game at Oregon.