2012 San Diego State Aztecs football team

{{short description|American college football season}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2012}}

{{Infobox college sports team season

| year = 2012

| team = San Diego State Aztecs

| sport= football

| image=San Diego State athletics logo 2002.png

| logo_size = 150

| conference = Mountain West Conference

| short_conf = MW

| record = 9–4

| conf_record = 7–1

| head_coach = Rocky Long

| hc_year = 2nd

| off_coach= Andy Ludwig

| oc_year = 2nd

| off_scheme = Pro-style

| def_scheme = 3–3–5

| stadium = Qualcomm Stadium

| champion = Mountain West co-champion

| bowl = Poinsettia Bowl

| bowl_result = L 6–23 vs BYU

}}

{{2012 Mountain West Conference football standings}}

The 2012 San Diego State Aztecs football team represented San Diego State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aztecs were led by second-year head coach Rocky Long and played their home games at Qualcomm Stadium. This was San Diego State's 14th season in the Mountain West Conference.

Schedule

{{CFB schedule

| rankyear = 2012

| poll = AP

| timezone = Pacific

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 1

| time = 7:30 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| away = y

| opponent = Washington

| site_stadium = CenturyLink Field

| site_cityst = Seattle, WA

| tv = P12N

| score = 12–21

| attend = 53,742

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 8

| time = 4:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = Army

| site_stadium = Qualcomm Stadium

| site_cityst = San Diego, CA

| tv = NBCSN

| score = 42–7

| attend = 30,799

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 15

| time = 5:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| nonconf = y

| opponent = North Dakota

| site_stadium = Qualcomm Stadium

| site_cityst = San Diego, CA

| tv = KUSI

| score = 49–41

| attend = 24,826

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 22

| time = 5:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = San Jose State

| site_stadium = Qualcomm Stadium

| site_cityst = San Diego, CA

| tv = KUSI

| score = 34–38

| attend = 24,103

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = September 29

| time = 7:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| away = y

| opponent = Fresno State

| site_stadium = Bulldog Stadium

| site_cityst = Fresno, CA

| gamename = rivalry

| tv = KUSI

| score = 40–52

| attend = 33,894

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 6

| time = 5:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| opponent = Hawai{{okina}}i

| site_stadium = Qualcomm Stadium

| site_cityst = San Diego, CA

| tv = CBSSN

| score = 52–14

| attend = 50,586

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 13

| time = 3:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| opponent = Colorado State

| site_stadium = Qualcomm Stadium

| site_cityst = San Diego, CA

| tv = TWCSN, KTVD

| score = 38–14

| attend = 27,133

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 20

| time = 7:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Nevada

| site_stadium = Mackay Stadium

| site_cityst = Reno, NV

| tv = CBSSN

| score = 39–38

| overtime = OT

| attend = 22,242

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = October 27

| time = 5:00 p.m.

| w/l = w

| opponent = UNLV

| site_stadium = Qualcomm Stadium

| site_cityst = San Diego, CA

| tv = TWCSN

| score = 24–13

| attend = 23,874

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 3

| time = 7:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Boise State

| opprank = 19

| site_stadium = Bronco Stadium

| site_cityst = Boise, ID

| tv = CBSSN

| score = 21–19

| attend = 36,084

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 10

| time = 12:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| opponent = Air Force

| site_stadium = Qualcomm Stadium

| site_cityst = San Diego, CA

| tv = NBCSN

| score = 28–9

| attend = 30,266

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = November 24

| time = 12:30 p.m.

| w/l = w

| away = y

| opponent = Wyoming

| site_stadium = War Memorial Stadium

| site_cityst = Laramie, WY

| tv = TWCSN, ROOT

| score = 42–28

| attend = 13,374

}}

|{{CFB schedule entry

| date = December 20

| time = 5:00 p.m.

| w/l = l

| nonconf = y

| opponent = BYU

| site_stadium = Qualcomm Stadium

| site_cityst = San Diego, CA

| tv = ESPN

| gamename = Poinsettia Bowl

| score = 6–23

| attend = 35,442

}}

}}

{{cite web |author= |title=San Diego State Aztecs Schedule 2012 |url=https://www.espn.com/college-football/team/schedule/_/id/21/season/2012 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=August 23, 2023 }}{{cite web |author= |title=2012 Football Schedule |url=https://goaztecs.com/sports/football/schedule/2012 |publisher=San Diego State University Athletics |access-date=August 23, 2023 }}

Game summaries

=@ Washington=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Aztecs

|R1= 0

|R2= 6

|R3= 0

|R4= 6

|Home=Huskies

|H1= 14

|H2= 0

|H3= 7

|H4= 0

}}

{{see also|2012 Washington Huskies football team}}

{{Clear}}

=Army=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Black Knights

|R1= 0

|R2= 0

|R3= 7

|R4= 0

|Home=Aztecs

|H1= 14

|H2= 7

|H3= 21

|H4= 0

}}

{{see also|2012 Army Black Knights football team}}

{{Clear}}

=North Dakota=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=North Dakota

|R1= 14

|R2= 6

|R3= 7

|R4= 14

|Home=Aztecs

|H1= 21

|H2= 14

|H3= 7

|H4= 7

}}

{{see also|2012 University of North Dakota football team}}

{{Clear}}

=San Jose State=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Spartans

|R1= 3

|R2= 14

|R3= 0

|R4= 21

|Home=Aztecs

|H1= 0

|H2= 17

|H3= 7

|H4= 10

}}

{{see also|2012 San Jose State Spartans football team}}

{{Clear}}

=@ Fresno State=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Aztecs

|R1= 21

|R2= 6

|R3= 13

|R4= 0

|Home=Bulldogs

|H1= 7

|H2= 29

|H3= 10

|H4= 6

}}

{{see also|2012 Fresno State Bulldogs football team}}

{{Clear}}

=Hawai{{okina}}i=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Warriors

|R1= 0

|R2= 7

|R3= 7

|R4= 0

|Home=Aztecs

|H1= 14

|H2= 21

|H3= 3

|H4= 14

}}

{{see also|2012 Hawaii Warriors football team}}

{{Clear}}

=Colorado State=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Rams

|R1= 7

|R2= 0

|R3= 0

|R4= 7

|Home=Aztecs

|H1= 7

|H2= 10

|H3= 14

|H4= 7

}}

{{see also|2012 Colorado State Rams football team}}

{{Clear}}

=@ Nevada=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Aztecs

|R1= 0

|R2= 6

|R3= 8

|R4= 17

|R5= 8

|Home=Wolf Pack

|H1= 3

|H2= 7

|H3= 14

|H4= 7

|H5= 7

}}

{{see also|2012 Nevada Wolf Pack football team}}

{{Clear}}

=UNLV=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Rebels

|R1= 6

|R2= 0

|R3= 7

|R4= 0

|Home=Aztecs

|H1= 7

|H2= 7

|H3= 7

|H4= 3

}}

{{see also|2012 UNLV Rebels football team}}

{{Clear}}

=@ Boise State=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Aztecs

|R1= 7

|R2= 0

|R3= 7

|R4= 7

|Home=#14 Broncos

|H1= 6

|H2= 7

|H3= 0

|H4= 6

}}

{{see also|2012 Boise State Broncos football team}}

{{Clear}}

=Air Force=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Falcons

|R1= 3

|R2= 0

|R3= 6

|R4= 0

|Home=Aztecs

|H1= 7

|H2= 7

|H3= 14

|H4= 0

}}

{{see also|2012 Air Force Falcons football team}}

{{Clear}}

=@ Wyoming=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Aztecs

|R1= 7

|R2= 14

|R3= 14

|R4= 7

|Home=Cowboys

|H1= 7

|H2= 21

|H3= 0

|H4= 0

}}

{{see also|2012 Wyoming Cowboys football team}}

{{Clear}}

=BYU–Poinsettia Bowl=

{{Linescore Amfootball|

|Road=Cougars

|R1= 0

|R2= 3

|R3= 0

|R4= 20

|Home=Aztecs

|H1= 3

|H2= 3

|H3= 0

|H4= 0

}}

{{see also|2012 BYU Cougars football team|2012 Poinsettia Bowl}}

{{Clear}}

References