# 2012 Central Michigan Chippewas football team

The 2012 Central Michigan Chippewas football team represented Central Michigan University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by third-year head coach Dan Enos and played their home games at Kelly/Shorts Stadium. They were a member of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They concluded the season with 7–6 overall, 4–4 MAC, and won the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl over Western Kentucky.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 7:00 pm | SE Missouri State* | Kelly/Shorts StadiumMount Pleasant, MI | ESPN3 | W 38–27 | 15,250 |
| September 8 | 3:30 pm | No. 11 Michigan State* | Kelly/Shorts StadiumMount Pleasant, MI | ESPNU | L 7–41 | 35,127 |
| September 22 | 12:00 pm | at Iowa* | Kinnick StadiumIowa City, IA | BTN | W 32–31 | 70,585 |
| September 29 | 3:30 pm | at Northern Illinois | Huskie StadiumDeKalb, IL | | L 24–55 | 16,292 |
| October 6 | 3:00 pm | at Toledo | Glass BowlToledo, OH | ESPN3 | L 35–50 | 19,247 |
| October 12 | 8:00 pm | Navy* | Kelly/Shorts StadiumMount Pleasant, MI | ESPN2 | L 13–31 | 15,074 |
| October 20 | 3:30 pm | Ball State | Kelly/Shorts StadiumMount Pleasant, MI | ESPN3 | L 30–41 | 14,081 |
| October 27 | 3:30 pm | Akron | Kelly/Shorts StadiumMount Pleasant, MI | | W 35–14 | 10,172 |
| November 3 | 1:00 pm | Western Michigan | Kelly/Shorts StadiumMount Pleasant, MI (rivalry) | ESPN3 | L 31–42 | 15,322 |
| November 10 | 1:00 pm | at Eastern Michigan | Rynearson StadiumYpsilanti, MI (rivalry) | | W 34–31 | 4,081 |
| November 17 | 1:00 pm | Miami (OH) | Kelly/Shorts StadiumMount Pleasant, MI | | W 30–16 | 7,223 |
| November 23 | 3:00 pm | at Massachusetts | Gillette StadiumFoxborough, MA | | W 42–24 | 6,385 |
| December 26 | 7:30 pm | vs. Western Kentucky* | Ford FieldDetroit, MI (Little Caesars Pizza Bowl) | ESPN | W 24–21 | 23,310 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Southeast Missouri State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Redhawks | 10 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| Chippewas | 10 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 38 |

### Michigan State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #11 Spartans | 7 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 41 |
| Chippewas | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |

### @ Iowa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chippewas | 10 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 32 |
| Hawkeyes | 14 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 31 |

### @ Northern Illinois

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chippewas | 7 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 24 |
| Huskies | 14 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 55 |

### @ Toledo

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chippewas | 7 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 35 |
| Rockets | 10 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 50 |

### Navy

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Midshipmen | 14 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 31 |
| Chippewas | 3 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 13 |

### Ball State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cardinals | 7 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 41 |
| Chippewas | 0 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 30 |

### Akron

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Zips | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Chippewas | 14 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 35 |

### Western Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Broncos | 0 | 14 | 0 | 28 | 42 |
| Chippewas | 6 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 31 |

### @ Eastern Michigan

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chippewas | 0 | 10 | 21 | 3 | 34 |
| Eagles | 14 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 31 |

### Miami (OH)

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| RedHawks | 7 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 |
| Chippewas | 7 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 30 |

### @ Massachusetts

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Chippewas | 7 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 42 |
| Minutemen | 0 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 21 |

### WKU–Little Caesars Pizza Bowl

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Hilltoppers | 7 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 21 |
| Chippewas | 14 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 24 |