2012 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team

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2012 Big Sky Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 4 Eastern Washington +^		7	–	1					11	–	3
No. 5 Montana State +^		7	–	1					11	–	2
No. 12 Cal Poly +^		7	–	1					9	–	3
No. 20 Northern Arizona		6	–	2					8	–	3
Sacramento State		4	–	4					6	–	5
Northern Colorado		4	–	4					5	–	6
Southern Utah		4	–	4					5	–	6
North Dakota		3	–	5					5	–	6
Montana		3	–	5					5	–	6
UC Davis		3	–	5					4	–	7
Portland State		2	–	6					3	–	8
Weber State		2	–	6					2	–	9
Idaho State		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 Southern Utah Thunderbirds football team represented Southern Utah University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fifth year head coach Ed Lamb and played their home games at Eccles Coliseum. This was their first year as a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 5–6, 4–4 in Big Sky play.

Media

All Thunderbirds football games will be broadcast live on KSUU. They will be streamed online at http://www.power91radio.com/. All conference road games and all home games not on Root will be streamed via Big Sky TV.

Schedule

August 306:00 PMat Utah State*

• Romney Stadium
• Logan, UT (Beehive Boot)

KMYU/ESPN3L 3–34 17,009 September 81:00 PMat California*

• Memorial Stadium
• Berkeley, CA

PAC-12 NetworkL 31–50 57,745 September 156:00 PMNew Mexico Highlands*

• Eccles Coliseum
• Cedar City, UT

Big Sky TVW 45–23 7,835 September 226:00 PMat Portland State

• Jeld-Wen Field
• Portland, OR

CSNNW/Big Sky TVW 49–42 6,353 September 291:30 PMNo. 2 Montana State

• Eccles Coliseum
• Cedar City, UT

ROOTL 17–24 8,417 October 61:00 PMSacramento State

• Eccles Coliseum
• Cedar City, UT

Big Sky TVL 22–27 3,766 October 131:30 PMat Montana

• Washington–Grizzly Stadium
• Missoula, MT

Max Media/Big Sky TVW 30–20 25,684 October 201:00 PMWeber State

• Eccles Coliseum
• Cedar City, UT

Big Sky TVL 22–24 3,811 October 271:00 PMNo. 1 Eastern Washington

• Eccles Coliseum
• Cedar City, UT

Big Sky TVW 30–27 3,344 November 312:00 PMat North Dakota

• Alerus Center
• Grand Forks, ND

Midco SN/Big Sky TVL 29–33 7,144 November 104:00 PMat No. 11 Northern Arizona

• Walkup Skydome
• Flagstaff, AZ (HintonBurdick Grand Canyon Trophy Game)

NAU-TV/Big Sky TVW 35–29 ^3OT4,125

• Source: Schedule

Game summaries

Utah State

See also: 2012 Utah State Aggies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
0–2	2009	USU, 53–34

Southern Utah at Utah State

1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 0 3 0 0 3 • Aggies 21 0 7 6 34 Date: August 30 Location: Romney Stadium Logan, UT Game start: 6:07 pm MST Elapsed time: 3:01 Game attendance: 17,009 Game weather: 84 °F (29 °C) Referee: Robert Cameron TV announcers (KMYU): Mychal Clanton, Kevin White, and Brooks Hansen Sources:

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Cal

See also: 2012 California Golden Bears football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
First Meeting

Southern Utah at Cal

1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 3 7 7 14 31 • Golden Bears 0 20 0 30 50 Date: September 8 Location: California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA Game start: 1:07 pm MST Elapsed time: 3:23 Game attendance: 57,745 Game weather: 62 °F (17 °C), clear, winds W 13 mph Referee: M Mothershed TV announcers (Pac-12 Network): Rich Cellini, Gary Plummer, and Erin Coscareli Sources:

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New Mexico Highlands

See also: New Mexico Highlands Cowboys football

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
10–5–1	1988	SUU, 55–25

New Mexico Highlands at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total Cowboys 0 20 0 3 23 • Thunderbirds 0 21 10 14 45 Date: September 15 Location: Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT Game start: 6:05 pm MST Elapsed time: 3:14 Game attendance: 7,835 Referee: Bruce Bondi TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Art Challis and Matt Roan Sources:

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Portland State

See also: 2012 Portland State Vikings football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–8	1994	PSU, 48–16

Southern Utah at Portland State

1 2 3 4 Total • Thunderbirds 3 17 15 14 49 Vikings 21 7 14 0 42 Date: September 22 Location: Jeld-Wen Field Portland, OR Game start: 5:07 pm MST Elapsed time: 3:26 Game attendance: 6,353 Game weather: 68 °F (20 °C), Sunny, winds calm Referee: Gregg Wilson TV announcers (Comcast SportsNet Northwest/Big Sky TV): Bob Akamian, Mouse Davis, and Trysta Krick Sources:

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Montana State

See also: 2012 Montana State Bobcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–1	2007	MSU, 7–3

Montana State at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total • #2 Bobcats 7 7 3 7 24 Thunderbirds 0 7 0 10 17 Date: September 29 Location: Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT Game start: 1:38 pm MST Elapsed time: 3:09 Game attendance: 8,417 Game weather: 78 °F (26 °C), Sunny, winds N @ 5mph Referee: Jim Crowley TV announcers (ROOT): Tom Glasglow, Sherdric Bonner, and Jen Mueller Sources:

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Sacramento State

See also: 2012 Sacramento State Hornets football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
6–6	2011	SUU, 35–14

Sacramento State at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total • Hornets 7 0 13 7 27 Thunderbirds 3 13 6 0 22 Date: October 6 Location: Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT Game start: 1:05 pm MST Elapsed time: 2:47 Game attendance: 3,766 Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C), Mostly Sunny, winds WNW Referee: Bruce Palmer TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Art Challis and Matt Roan Sources:

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Montana

See also: 2012 Montana Grizzlies football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	2008	MONT, 46–10

Southern Utah at Montana

1 2 3 4 Total • Thunderbirds 6 7 7 10 30 Grizzlies 7 10 0 3 20 Date: October 13 Location: Washington–Grizzly Stadium Missoula, MT Game start: 1:30 pm MST Elapsed time: 3:20 Game attendance: 25,684 Game weather: 57 °F (14 °C), Cloudy, Winds 5-10mph Referee: Tom Frazier TV announcers (Max Media/Big Sky TV): Chris Byers and John Edwards Sources:

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Weber State

See also: 2012 Weber State Wildcats football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
4–14	2011	SUU, 35–28

Weber State at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total • Wildcats 0 14 7 3 24 Thunderbirds 3 0 6 13 22 Date: October 20 Location: Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT Game start: 1:05 pm MST Elapsed time: 3:00 Game attendance: 3,811 Game weather: 70 °F (21 °C), Sunny, Winds SW 10mph Referee: Gregg Wilson TV announcers (Big Sky TV): Art Challis and Matt Roan Sources:

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Eastern Washington

See also: 2012 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
1–4	2010	EWU, 31–24

Eastern Washington at Southern Utah

1 2 3 4 Total #1 Eagles 7 6 14 0 27 • Thunderbirds 7 6 7 10 30 Date: October 27 Location: Eccles Coliseum Cedar City, UT Television network: Big Sky TV Sources:

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North Dakota

See also: 2012 University of North Dakota football team

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
3–2	2011	UND, 26–20

Southern Utah at North Dakota

1 2 3 4 Total Thunderbirds 3 19 0 7 29 • North Dakota 0 13 13 7 33 Date: November 3 Location: Alerus Center Grand Forks, ND TV announcers (Midco Sports Net/Big Sky TV): Dan Hammer, Tony Stein, and Danny Luetzen Sources:

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Northern Arizona

See also: 2012 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team and Northern Arizona–Southern Utah football rivalry

Overall record	Last meeting	Result
5–11	2011	SUU, 27–24

Southern Utah at Northern Arizona

1 2 3 4 OT Total • Thunderbirds 9 3 0 3 20 35 Lumberjacks 0 0 7 8 14 29 Date: November 10 Location: Walkup Skydome Flagstaff, AZ Game weather: Indoors TV announcers (NAU-TV/Big Sky TV): Mitch Strohman, Kevin Stephens, and Marc Buckhout Sources:

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