# 2012 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

The 2012 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the Big Sky Conference during the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. Led by fifth-year head coach Ed Lamb, the Thunderbirds played their home games at Eccles Coliseum in Cedar City, Utah.
In their first year as a member of the Big Sky, they were 5–6 overall (4–4 in Big Sky, tied for fifth).

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| August 30 | 6:00 pm | at Utah State* | Romney StadiumLogan, UT | KMYU/ESPN3 | L 3–34 | 17,009 |
| September 8 | 1:00 pm | at California* | Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA | PAC-12 Network | L 31–50 | 57,745 |
| September 15 | 6:00 pm | New Mexico Highlands* | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT | Big Sky TV | W 45–23 | 7,835 |
| September 22 | 6:00 pm | at Portland State | Jeld-Wen FieldPortland, OR | CSNNW/Big Sky TV | W 49–42 | 6,353 |
| September 29 | 1:30 pm | No. 2 Montana State | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT | ROOT | L 17–24 | 8,417 |
| October 6 | 1:00 pm | Sacramento State | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT | Big Sky TV | L 22–27 | 3,766 |
| October 13 | 1:30 pm | at Montana | Washington–Grizzly StadiumMissoula, MT | Max Media/Big Sky TV | W 30–20 | 25,684 |
| October 20 | 1:00 pm | Weber State | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT | Big Sky TV | L 22–24 | 3,811 |
| October 27 | 1:00 pm | No. 1 Eastern Washington | Eccles ColiseumCedar City, UT | Big Sky TV | W 30–27 | 3,344 |
| November 3 | 12:00 pm | at North Dakota | Alerus CenterGrand Forks, ND | Midco SN/Big Sky TV | L 29–33 | 7,144 |
| November 10 | 4:00 pm | at No. 11 Northern Arizona | Walkup SkydomeFlagstaff, AZ (rivalry) | NAU-TV/Big Sky TV | W 35–29 $^{3OT}$ | 4,125 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Mountain time |||||||

## Game summaries
### Utah State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Thunderbirds | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| • Aggies | 21 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 34 |

### Cal

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Thunderbirds | 3 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 31 |
| • Golden Bears | 0 | 20 | 0 | 30 | 50 |

### New Mexico Highlands

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Cowboys | 0 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 23 |
| • Thunderbirds | 0 | 21 | 10 | 14 | 45 |

### Portland State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Thunderbirds | 3 | 17 | 15 | 14 | 49 |
| Vikings | 21 | 7 | 14 | 0 | 42 |

### Montana State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • #2 Bobcats | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 24 |
| Thunderbirds | 0 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 17 |

### Sacramento State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Hornets | 7 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 27 |
| Thunderbirds | 3 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 22 |

### Montana

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Thunderbirds | 6 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| Grizzlies | 7 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 20 |

### Weber State

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| • Wildcats | 0 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 24 |
| Thunderbirds | 3 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 22 |

### Eastern Washington

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| #1 Eagles | 7 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 27 |
| • Thunderbirds | 7 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 30 |

### North Dakota

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Total |
| Thunderbirds | 3 | 19 | 0 | 7 | 29 |
| • North Dakota | 0 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 33 |

### Northern Arizona

| | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | OT | Total |
| • Thunderbirds | 9 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 35 |
| Lumberjacks | 0 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 29 |