2012 Senior Bowl
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{{more citations needed|date=June 2012}}
{{Infobox NCAA football yearly game
| game_name = Senior Bowl
| subheader = 63rd Senior Bowl
| title_sponsor = Nike
| image =
| caption =
| date_game_played = January 28
| year_game_played = 2012
| football_season = 2011
| stadium = Ladd–Peebles Stadium
| city = Mobile, Alabama
| visitor_school = Senior Bowl#Game results
| visitor_name_short = North
| visitor_nickname = Team
| visitor_coach = Leslie Frazier
(Minnesota Vikings)
| visitor_1q =3
| visitor_2q =10
| visitor_3q =7
| visitor_4q =3
| home_school = Senior Bowl#Game results
| home_name_short = South
| home_nickname = Team
| home_coach = Mike Shanahan
(Washington Redskins)
| home_1q =3
| home_2q =3
| home_3q =0
| home_4q =7
| MVP = Bobby Wagner
| odds =
| anthem =
| referee = Reggie Smith
| halftime = Alabama State University "Mighty Marching Hornets" and The Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleaders
| attendance = 40,646
| us_network = NFL Network
| us_announcers = Paul Burmeister (Play-by-Play)
Mike Mayock (Analyst)
Charles Davis (Analyst)
Rebecca Haarlow (Sidelines)
Heath Evans (Sidelines)
| ratings =
| intl_network =
| intl_announcers =
}}
The 2012 Senior Bowl was an all-star college football exhibition game featuring players from the 2011 college football season, and prospects for the 2012 draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). The 63rd edition of the Senior Bowl was won by the North team, 23–13.
The game was played on January 28, 2012, at 3 pm CST (4 p.m. Eastern time) at Ladd–Peebles Stadium in Mobile, Alabama, between "North" and "South" teams.{{cite web|url=http://www.seniorbowl.com/game.asp |title = Official Website of the Senior Bowl |accessdate=2013-01-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121221050631/http://www.seniorbowl.com/game.asp |archivedate=2012-12-21 }} This year's Senior Bowl concluded the 2011-12 post-season as the NFLPA's Texas vs The Nation game, which would have been played the following week, was canceled. The coaching staff of the Minnesota Vikings, led by head coach Leslie Frazier, coached the North team. The coaching staff of the Washington Redskins, led by head coach Mike Shanahan, coached the South team.
Coverage of the event was provided in high-definition on the NFL Network. Clothing company Nike was the sponsor for the first year, and provided apparel for the game.
Rosters
=North Team=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! No. | Name | Position | Height/Weight | School |
| 75
| OL | 6-7/323 | ||||
| 71
| OL | 6-5 1/2/315 | Utah | ||||
| 50
| OL | 6-4 1/4/310 | Ohio State | ||||
| 44
| LB | 6-4 1/8/258 | NC State | ||||
| 8
| QB | 6-2 1/2/209 | ||||
| 81
| DL | 6-4 7/8/268 | ||||
| 99
| DL | 6-3/265 | Marshall | ||||
| 4
| LB | 6-0 1/2/225 | Nebraska | ||||
| 28
| LB | 6-3/230 | ||||
| 82
| TE | 6-5 1/4/251 | Missouri | ||||
| 34
| FB | 5-11 5/8/241 | ||||
| 13
| DB | 5-10 5/8/202 | Oklahoma | ||||
| 24
| DB | 6-0 1/4/201 | ||||
| 83
| WR | 5-11 3/8/182 | NC State | ||||
| 1
| RB | 5-9 1/4/212 | Ohio State | ||||
| 84
| TE | 6-1 1/8/245 | ||||
| 18
| DB | 6-3 5/8/222 | ||||
| 2
| DB | 5-9 7/8/193 | Cal Poly | ||||
| 56
| LB | 6-3 3/4/267 | Virginia | ||||
| 52
| LB | 6-1 1/8/249 | Nevada | ||||
| 23
| DB | 5-9 7/8/198 | ||||
| 78
| OL | 6-3 3/4/310 | ||||
| 89
| WR | 6-1 7/8/198 | ||||
| 56
| OL | 6-3 1/2/300 | ||||
| 85
| TE | 6-3 3/4/249 | Michigan State | ||||
| 8
| DB | 5-11 5/8/205 | Penn State | ||||
| 22
| RB | 5-9/219 | Boise State | ||||
| 68
| DL | 6-1 1/4/307 | Michigan | ||||
| 92
| DL | 6-3 1/4/248 | Boise State | ||||
| 7
| WR | 6-2 1/2/216 | Iowa | ||||
| 11
| QB | 5-11 3/4/191 | Boise State | ||||
| 21
| DB | 6-0 1/4/200 | ||||
| 97
| P | 6-2 5/8/207 | Wisconsin | ||||
| 73
| OL | 6-5 3/8/333 | Iowa State | ||||
| 23
| RB | 5-9 7/8/193 | ||||
| 20
| RB | 5-10 1/2/224 | Washington | ||||
| 3
| WR | 6-1 5/8/209 | Ohio State | ||||
| 88
| WR | 6-3 1/2/222 | ||||
| 98
| DL | 6-3 7/8/300 | ||||
| 81
| WR | 6-3 1/8/223 | ||||
| 19
| DB | 5-9 1/2/193 | Michigan State | ||||
| 72
| OL | 6-5 1/8/317 | California | ||||
| 22
| DB | 6-1 3/4/212 | ||||
| 74
| DL | 6-2 1/2/341 | Washington | ||||
| 74
| OL | 6-4 1/8/325 | Penn State | ||||
| 45
| LB | 6-0 1/4/241 | ||||
| 37
| K | 6-0 1/2/222 | Purdue | ||||
| 16
| QB | 5-10 5/8/203 | Wisconsin | ||||
| 90
| DL | 6-3 3/8/296 | Boise State | ||||
| 62
| LS | 6-1 1/2/239 | Wisconsin | ||||
| 95
| DL | 6-5/300 | Cincinnati | ||||
| 70
| OL | 6-3 7/8/315 | Wisconsin |
=South Team=
| class="wikitable sortable"
! No. | Name | Position | Height/Weight | School |
| 55
| LB | 6-1/235 | Texas | ||||
| 4
| WR | 5-10 1/2/174 | Arkansas | ||||
| 26
| DB | 6-1 1/4/202 | ||||
| 72
| OL | 6-4/306 | Illinois | ||||
| 28
| RB | 5-10 1/8/217 | ||||
| 5
| DB | 5-9 7/8/176 | ||||
| 91
| LB | 6-4 1/2/264 | Arkansas | ||||
| 61
| OL | 6-3 1/2/314 | LSU | ||||
| 74
| OL | 6-2 3/8/312 | Baylor | ||||
| 2
| DB | 5-9 1/4/183 | Georgia | ||||
| 13
| LB | 6-1 5/8/237 | ||||
| 70
| OL | 6-3 1/2/307 | Troy | ||||
| 47
| LB | 6-1 3/8/236 | ||||
| 29
| K | 5-9 3/8/207 | ||||
| 13
| P | 6-1 1/8/199 | Georgia | ||||
| 90
| DL | 6-5 3/4/281 | North Carolina | ||||
| 33
| RB | 6-1/215 | ||||
| 82
| WR | 6-2 1/8/220 | Arizona | ||||
| 8
| QB | 6-5/244 | Arizona | ||||
| 87
| WR | 6-4 1/8/217 | Texas A&M | ||||
| 24
| RB | 5-11 1/2/241 | Baylor | ||||
| 71
| OL | 6-5 1/2/346 | Georgia | ||||
| 89
| TE | 6-5 3/4/237 | Louisiana-Lafayette | ||||
| 62
| LS | 6-1 1/8/250 | Auburn | ||||
| 19
| DB | 5-11/188 | ||||
| 96
| DL | 6-3/292 | Florida | ||||
| 6
| DL | 6-1 7/8/276 | South Carolina | ||||
| 97
| DL | 6-5/270 | ||||
| 88
| WR | 6-0 1/8/192 | Illinois | ||||
| 1
| DB | 5-9 3/4/191 | ||||
| 94
| DL | 6-4/303 | Texas A&M | ||||
| 60
| OL | 6-2 5/8/304 | Georgia | ||||
| 85
| WR | 6-3 1/8/226 | North Carolina | ||||
| 17
| QB | 6-3 3/4/229 | ||||
| 10
| DB | 6-0 3/4/203 | ||||
| 76
| OL | 6-5 5/8/309 | UAB | ||||
| 24
| DB | 5-10 1/2/195 | Alabama | ||||
| 32
| FB | 5-10 1/4/222 | ||||
| 19
| TE | 6-2 7/8/230 | LSU | ||||
| 92
| DL | 6-2 3/8/297 | North Carolina | ||||
| 2
| RB | 5-8 3/8/174 | Florida | ||||
| 93
| DL | 6-4 1/2/297 | Texas | ||||
| 51
| LB | 6-3 1/8/240 | Texas | ||||
| 77
| OL | 6-5 1/2/308 | Florida State | ||||
| 44
| TE | 6-1 7/8/233 | Alabama | ||||
| 31
| LB | 5-11 3/8/228 | ||||
| 4
| DB | 5-10 3/8/190 | Furman | ||||
| 18
| DB | 5-11 1/8/202 | LSU | ||||
| 98
| DL | 6-2/311 | Clemson | ||||
| 41
| DL | 6-1 1/2/273 | Alabama | ||||
| 73
| OL | 6-0 3/8/306 | Alabama | ||||
| 3
| QB | 6-3 1/2/219 | Oklahoma State |
Game summary
=Scoring summary=
| class="wikitable" |
| Scoring Play
! Score |
|---|
| colspan="4" align="center"| 1st Quarter |
| NORTH - Carson Wiggs 27-yard field goal, 04:18
| NORTH 3 - 0 |
| SOUTH - Randy Bullock 39-yard field goal, 05:40
| TIED 3 - 3 |
| colspan="4" align="center"| 2nd Quarter |
| NORTH - Marvin Jones 18-yard pass from Russell Wilson (Carson Wiggs kick), 02:29
| NORTH 10 - 3 |
| SOUTH - Randy Bullock 24-yard field goal, 07:18
| NORTH 10 - 6 |
| NORTH - Carson Wiggs 32-yard field goal, 00:26
| NORTH 13 - 6 |
| colspan="4" align="center"| 3rd Quarter |
| NORTH - Gerell Robinson 40-yard pass from Kirk Cousins (Carson Wiggs kick), 03:16
| NORTH 20 - 6 |
| colspan="4" align="center"| 4th Quarter |
| SOUTH - Juron Criner 20-yard pass from Nick Foles (Randy Bullock kick), 04:35
| NORTH 20 - 13 |
| NORTH - Carson Wiggs 28-yard field goal, 08:44
| NORTH 23 - 13 |
=Statistics=
| class="wikitable"
! Statistics !! North !! South | ||
| First Downs | 17 | 15 |
| Total offense, plays - yards | 63-279 | 65-331 |
| Rushes-yards (net) | 33-69 | 20-36 |
| Passing yards (net) | 210 | 295 |
| Passes, Att-Comp-Int | 15-30-2 | 26-45-3 |
| Time of Possession | 30:10 | 29:50 |
References
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