# 2012 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team

The 2012 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 15th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 8–3, 6–2 in the Big Sky to finish in fourth place.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 8:30 pm | at Arizona State* | | Sun Devil StadiumTempe, AZ | PAC-12 Networks | L 6–63 | 48,658 |
| September 8 | 8:00 pm | at UNLV* | | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV | | W 17–14 | 15,257 |
| September 15 | 4:00 pm | Fort Lewis* | | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | NAU-TV/FSAZ+/FCSP/Big Sky TV | W 69–0 | 6,594 |
| September 22 | 12:30 pm | at No. 14 Montana | | Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT | RTRM/RTNW/Audience Network | W 41–21 | 25,254 |
| September 29 | 2:00 pm | Portland State | No. 22 | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | FSAZ+/NAU-TV/FCSP/Big Sky TV | W 24–10 | 9,107 |
| October 13 | 1:00 pm | at North Dakota | No. 16 | Alerus CenterGrand Forks, ND | Midco Sports Net/Big Sky TV | W 45–38 | 9,742 |
| October 20 | 4:00 pm | UC Davis | No. 16 | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | FSAZ+/Big Sky TV | W 21–7 | 7,991 |
| October 27 | 12:30 pm | at Northern Colorado | No. 13 | Nottingham FieldGreeley, CO | Big Sky TV | W 12–10 | 3,780 |
| November 3 | 3:00 pm | at Idaho State | No. 12 | Holt ArenaPocatello, ID | Big Sky TV | W 50–10 | 5,144 |
| November 10 | 4:00 pm | Southern Utah | No. 11 | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ (Grand Canyon Rivalry) | FSAZ+/Big Sky TV | L 29–35 $^{3OT}$ | 4,125 |
| November 17 | 4:00 pm | No. 17 Cal Poly | No. 15 | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ | FSAZ+/Big Sky TV | L 34–42 | 6,119 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time ||||||||

## Game summaries
### @ Arizona State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Sun Devils | 14 | 28 | 7 | 14 | 63 |

### @ UNLV

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 0 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 17 |
| Rebels | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 14 |

### Fort Lewis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Skyhawks | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lumberjacks | 27 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 69 |

### @ Montana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Lumberjacks | 7 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 41 |
| #14 Grizzlies | 17 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 31 |

### Portland State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Vikings | 3 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| #22 Lumberjacks | 14 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 24 |

### @ North Dakota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #16 Lumberjacks | 14 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 45 |
| North Dakota | 0 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 38 |

### UC Davis

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Aggies | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| #16 Lumberjacks | 0 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 21 |

### @ Northern Colorado

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #13 Lumberjacks | 2 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| Bears | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 10 |

### @ Idaho State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #12 Lumberjacks | 12 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 50 |
| Bengals | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 |

### Southern Utah

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | 2OT | 3OT | Total |
| Thunderbirds | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 35 |
| #11 Lumberjacks | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 29 |

### Cal Poly

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #17 Mustangs | 14 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 42 |
| #15 Lumberjacks | 7 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 34 |