# 2012 Northern Colorado Bears football team

The 2012 Northern Colorado Bears football team represented the University of Northern Colorado in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by second-year head coach Earnest Collins Jr. and played their home games at Nottingham Field. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in Big Sky play to finish in a three way tie for fifth place.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 5:15 pm | at Utah* | Rice-Eccles StadiumSalt Lake City, UT | P12N | L 0–41 | 45,273 |
| September 8 | 1:30 pm | Colorado Mesa* | Nottingham FieldGreeley, CO | ALT/Big Sky TV | W 40–3 | 5,136 |
| September 15 | 3:00 pm | at Sacramento State* | Hornet StadiumSacramento, CA | Big Sky TV | L 17–28 | 7,408 |
| September 22 | 1:30 pm | at No. 2 Montana State | Bobcat StadiumBozeman, MT | Max Media/Big Sky TV | L 16–41 | 18,637 |
| October 6 | 1:30 pm | Montana | Nottingham FieldGreeley, CO | RTRM | L 17–40 | 4,751 |
| October 13 | 7:00 pm | at No. 15 Cal Poly | Alex G. Spanos StadiumSan Luis Obispo, CA | KSBY/Big Sky TV | L 28–56 | 9,382 |
| October 20 | 1:30 pm | Idaho State | Nottingham FieldGreeley, CO | Big Sky TV | W 52–14 | 4,155 |
| October 27 | 1:30 pm | No. 13 Northern Arizona | Nottingham FieldGreeley, CO | Big Sky TV | L 10–12 | 3,780 |
| November 3 | 2:00 pm | at Portland State | Jeld-Wen FieldPortland, OR | Big Sky TV | W 32–28 | 5,077 |
| November 10 | 1:30 pm | at Weber State | Stewart StadiumOgden, UT | Big Sky TV | W 42–34 | 4,837 |
| November 17 | 12:00 pm | North Dakota | Nottingham FieldGreeley, CO | Big Sky TV | W 28–27 | 3,418 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time |||||||
Despite Sacramento State also being a member of the Big Sky, their meeting on September 15 was considered a non-conference game.
* Source: Official Schedule

## Game summaries
### @ Utah

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Utes | 0 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 41 |

### Colorado Mesa

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Mavericks | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Bears | 7 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 40 |
The win is the Bears first win since the final game of the 2010 season against Portland State, a span of 12 games. It is also just their second win in their last 21 games.

### @ Sacramento State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 3 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 17 |
| Hornets | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 28 |

### @ Montana State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 0 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| #2 Bobcats | 21 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 41 |

### Montana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Grizzlies | 0 | 10 | 14 | 16 | 40 |
| Bears | 0 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 17 |

### @ Cal Poly

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 14 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 28 |
| #15 Mustangs | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 56 |

### Idaho State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bengals | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 14 |
| Bears | 14 | 14 | 24 | 0 | 52 |

### Northern Arizona

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

### @ Portland State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 3 | 7 | 15 | 7 | 32 |
| Vikings | 6 | 15 | 7 | 0 | 28 |

### @ Weber State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Bears | 9 | 19 | 0 | 14 | 42 |
| Wildcats | 7 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 34 |

### North Dakota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| North Dakota | 14 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 27 |
| Bears | 7 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 28 |