2012 South Alabama Jaguars football team

The 2012 South Alabama Jaguars football team represented the University of South Alabama in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Joey Jones and played their home games at Ladd–Peebles Stadium. They were a member of the Sun Belt Conference. As part of their two-year transition to the FBS from the FCS, the Jaguars were not eligible for the Sun Belt championship and were not eligible to play in a bowl game. They finished the season 2–11, 1–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in last place.

2012 South Alabama Jaguars football
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	2–11 (1–7 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Joey Jones (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Robert Matthews (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Multiple
Defensive coordinator	Bill Clark (4th season)
Base defense	Multiple 3–4
Home stadium	Ladd–Peebles Stadium

2012 Sun Belt Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
Arkansas State $		7	–	1					10	–	3
Louisiana–Monroe		6	–	2					8	–	5
Middle Tennessee		6	–	2					8	–	4
Louisiana–Lafayette *		4	–	2					5	–	4
Western Kentucky		4	–	4					7	–	6
Troy		3	–	5					5	–	7
North Texas		3	–	5					4	–	8
Florida Atlantic		2	–	6					3	–	9
FIU		2	–	6					3	–	9
South Alabama **		1	–	7					2	–	11
$ – Conference champion * – Louisiana–Lafayette vacated 4 wins due to NCAA violations. ** – South Alabama was ineligible for the conference title or a bowl game as part of their transition to the FBS.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	1:00 p.m.	UTSA*	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN3	L 31–33	17,144
September 8	4:00 p.m.	Nicholls State*	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN3	W 9–3	15,237
September 15	5:00 p.m.	at NC State*	Carter–Finley Stadium Raleigh, NC	ESPN3	L 7–31	54,132
September 22	6:00 p.m.	at No. 23 Mississippi State*	Davis Wade Stadium Starkville, MS	Bulldog Sports Properties	L 10–30	55,186
September 29	2:30 p.m.	Troy	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL (rivalry)	Sun Belt Network/CSS	L 10–31	23,789
October 13	6:00 p.m.	at Arkansas State	Liberty Bank Stadium Jonesboro, AR		L 29–36	22,143
October 20	2:30 p.m.	Florida Atlantic	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL		W 37–34 2OT	17,566
October 27	6:00 p.m.	at Louisiana–Monroe	Malone Stadium Monroe, LA		L 24–38	14,556
November 3	2:30 p.m.	FIU	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL		L 20–28	11,936
November 10	4:00 p.m.	at North Texas	Apogee Stadium Denton, TX		L 14–24	15,963
November 17	2:30 p.m.	Middle Tennessee	Ladd–Peebles Stadium Mobile, AL	ESPN3	L 12–20	15,087
November 24	4:00 p.m.	at Louisiana–Lafayette	Cajun Field Lafayette, LA	RCN/ESPN3	L 30–52	20,333
December 1	10:00 p.m.	at Hawaiʻi*	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	Oceanic PPV/ROOT/TWCSN	L 7–23	27,865
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Central time

Coach death

On April 11, inside linebacker coach Kurt Crain was found dead in Spanish Fort, Alabama from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. Crain had been on the Jaguars staff since 2008. He was 47 years old.