2012 South Dakota Coyotes football team

2012 South Dakota Coyotes football
2012 South Dakota Coyotes football
Conference	Missouri Valley Football Conference
Record	1–10 (0–8 MVFC)
Head coach	Joe Glenn (1st season);
Offensive coordinator	Wesley Beschorner (4th season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Jason Petrino (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Home stadium	DakotaDome
	Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

2012 Missouri Valley Football Conference standings
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Team	W		L	W		L
No. 1 North Dakota State $^	7	–	1	14	–	1
No. 14 South Dakota State ^	6	–	2	9	–	4
No. 8 Illinois State ^	5	–	3	9	–	4
Indiana State	5	–	3	7	–	4
Southern Illinois	5	–	3	6	–	5
Youngstown State	4	–	4	7	–	4
Northern Iowa	4	–	4	5	–	6
Missouri State	3	–	5	3	–	8
Western Illinois	1	–	7	3	–	8
South Dakota	0	–	8	1	–	10

$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 South Dakota Coyotes football team represented the University of South Dakota in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by first year head coach Joe Glenn and played their home games in the DakotaDome. This was their inaugural season in the Missouri Valley Football Conference. They finished the season 1–10, 0–8 in MVFC play to finish in last place.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance	Source
September 1	2:30 pm	at No. 11 Montana*	Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT	KDLT	L 24–35	25,126
September 8	2:30 pm	Colgate*	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD		W 31–21	8,936
September 22	2:30 pm	at Northwestern*	Ryan Field Evanston, IL	BTN	L 7–38	28,641
September 29	2:00 pm	No. 13 Illinois State	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	Midco Sports Net	L 31–34	7,863
October 6	2:00 pm	Western Illinois	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	Midco Sports Net	L 17–24	10,196
October 13	1:00 pm	at Missouri State	Plaster Sports Complex Springfield, MO	Mediacom/KDLT	L 24–27	8,001
October 20	6:00 pm	vs. No. 4 North Dakota State	Howard Wood Field Sioux Falls, SD	Midco Sports Net	L 0–54	9,269	^[1]
October 27	1:00 pm	at No. 15 Indiana State	Memorial Stadium Terre Haute, IN	ESPN3	L 14–45	5,224
November 3	1:00 pm	at Youngstown State	Stambaugh Stadium Youngstown, OH	KDLT/ESPN3	L 10–13	11,076
November 10	12:00 pm	Northern Iowa	DakotaDome Vermillion, SD	ESPN3	L 21–24	8,476
November 17	2:00 pm	at No. 21 South Dakota State	Coughlin–Alumni Stadium Brookings, SD (rivalry)	Midco Sports Net	L 8–31	15,278
*Non-conference game Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

^ "Coyotes put up little resistance against NDSU". Sioux City Journal. October 21, 2012. Retrieved October 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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Venues	Darwin Inman Memorial Stadium (1926–1978) DakotaDome (1979–present)
Bowls & rivalries	Sitting Bull Trophy (North Dakota) South Dakota State
Culture & lore	"Hail, South Dakota!" Charlie Coyote Dakota Days
People	Head coaches NFL draftees
Seasons	1889 1890–1893 1894 1895–1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943–1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024