The 2012 season was the team's first as a member of the MAC, as they continued their transition to NCAA Division I FBS play. Because of this, they were ineligible to participate in the conference championship.
However, according to an August 2, 2012 ruling by the NCAA UMass would have been eligible to participate in a bowl game if they achieved at least 6 wins, and there were not enough spots to fill all bowl games.[1]
The team would finish the season with a record of 1–11 overall with a Conference record of 1–7 which placed them in 6th place in the MAC East Division. At the end of the season three players were selected to All-MAC teams. Senior linebacker Perry McIntyre was named to the All-MAC First Team Defense, while senior safety Darren Thellen earned Second Team accolades. Punter Colter Johnson, a junior, was also honored as a Third Team selection.
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The 2012 UMass Minutemen football team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season as a member of the Mid American Conference The team was coached by Charley Molnar and played its home games at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough Massachusetts 2012 UMass Minutemen footballConferenceMid American ConferenceDivisionEast DivisionRecord1 11 1 7 MAC Head coachCharley Molnar 1st season Offensive coordinatorMike Kruczek 1st season Offensive schemePro spreadDefensive coordinatorPhil Elmassian 1st season Base defense4 3Home stadiumGillette StadiumSeasons 20112013 2012 Mid American Conference football standings vte Conf OverallTeam W L W L East DivisionKent State x 8 0 11 3 Bowling Green 6 2 8 5 Ohio 4 4 9 4 Buffalo 3 5 4 8 Miami OH 3 5 4 8 UMass 1 7 1 11 Akron 0 8 1 11 West DivisionNo 22 Northern Illinois x 8 0 12 2 Toledo 6 2 9 4 Ball State 6 2 9 4 Central Michigan 4 4 7 6 Western Michigan 2 6 4 8 Eastern Michigan 1 7 2 10 Championship Northern Illinois 44 Kent State 37 Conference champion and BCS representative as top non AQ school to meet automatic qualification criteriax Division champion co championsUMass not eligible for conference title or bowl game as part of FBS transitionRankings from AP PollThe 2012 season was the team s first as a member of the MAC as they continued their transition to NCAA Division I FBS play Because of this they were ineligible to participate in the conference championship However according to an August 2 2012 ruling by the NCAA UMass would have been eligible to participate in a bowl game if they achieved at least 6 wins and there were not enough spots to fill all bowl games 1 The 2012 season was Charley Molnar s first as head coach of the Minutemen previously serving as Offensive coordinator of the Notre Dame Fighting Irish The team would finish the season with a record of 1 11 overall with a Conference record of 1 7 which placed them in 6th place in the MAC East Division At the end of the season three players were selected to All MAC teams Senior linebacker Perry McIntyre was named to the All MAC First Team Defense while senior safety Darren Thellen earned Second Team accolades Punter Colter Johnson a junior was also honored as a Third Team selection Contents 1 Schedule 2 Game summaries 2 1 UConn 2 2 Indiana 2 3 Michigan 2 4 Miami Ohio 2 5 Ohio 2 6 Western Michigan 2 7 Bowling Green 2 8 Vanderbilt 2 9 Northern Illinois 2 10 Akron 2 11 Buffalo 2 12 Central Michigan 3 Team players selected in the 2013 NFL Draft 4 References 5 External linksSchedule editDateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendanceAugust 307 30 p m at Connecticut Rentschler FieldEast Hartford CT The U Game SNY ESPN3L 0 3735 270September 83 30 p m Indiana Gillette StadiumFoxborough MAESPN3L 6 4516 304September 153 30 p m at No 17 Michigan Michigan StadiumAnn Arbor MIBTNL 13 63110 708September 2212 00 p m at Miami OH Yager StadiumOxford OHESPN L 16 2715 159September 293 30 p m OhioGillette StadiumFoxborough MAESPN3L 34 378 321October 62 00 p m at Western MichiganWaldo StadiumKalamazoo MIL 14 5215 671October 2012 00 p m Bowling Green nbsp Gillette StadiumFoxborough MAL 0 2410 846October 277 00 p m at Vanderbilt Vanderbilt StadiumNashville TNSECRN NESNL 7 4932 227November 33 30 p m at Northern IllinoisHuskie StadiumDeKalb ILL 0 6311 114November 102 00 p m at AkronInfoCision StadiumAkron OHW 22 147 716November 173 00 p m BuffaloGillette StadiumFoxborough MAL 19 2912 649November 233 00 p m Central MichiganGillette StadiumFoxborough MAL 21 426 385 Non conference game nbsp HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Eastern time 2 Game summaries edit UConn edit 1 2 3 4 TotalMinutemen 0 0 0 0 0Huskies 7 13 7 10 37See also 2012 Connecticut Huskies football team Indiana edit 1 2 3 4 TotalHoosiers 21 17 0 7 45Minutemen 6 0 0 0 6See also 2012 Indiana Hoosiers football team Michigan edit 1 2 3 4 TotalMinutemen 0 13 0 0 13 17 Wolverines 14 28 14 7 63See also 2012 Michigan Wolverines football team Miami Ohio edit 1 2 3 4 TotalMinutemen 0 3 7 6 16RedHawks 0 14 7 6 27See also 2012 Miami RedHawks football team Ohio edit 1 2 3 4 TotalBobcats 3 17 0 17 37Minutemen 10 7 10 7 34See also 2012 Ohio Bobcats football team Western Michigan edit 1 2 3 4 TotalMinutemen 0 7 0 7 14Broncos 7 21 21 3 52See also 2012 Western Michigan Broncos football team Bowling Green edit 1 2 3 4 TotalFalcons 7 0 14 3 24Minutemen 0 0 0 0 0See also 2012 Bowling Green Falcons football team Vanderbilt edit 1 2 3 4 TotalMinutemen 0 0 0 7 7Commodores 7 14 28 0 49See also 2012 Vanderbilt Commodores football team Northern Illinois edit 1 2 3 4 TotalMinutemen 0 0 0 0 0Huskies 14 21 21 7 63See also 2012 Northern Illinois Huskies football team Akron edit 1 2 3 4 TotalMinutemen 3 12 0 7 22Zips 0 0 7 7 14See also 2012 Akron Zips football team Buffalo edit 1 2 3 4 TotalBulls 0 0 14 15 29Minutemen 3 10 6 0 19See also 2012 Buffalo Bulls football team Central Michigan edit 1 2 3 4 TotalChippewas 7 7 14 14 42Minutemen 0 14 7 0 21See also 2012 Central Michigan Chippewas football teamTeam players selected in the 2013 NFL Draft editNFL Draftees Name Position Round Pick NFL TeamMichael Cox Running Back 7 253 New York GiantsReferences edit NCAA org Archived from the original on August 3 2012 Retrieved August 23 2017 2012 Football Non Conference Schedule Announced University of Massachusetts Official Athletic Site www umassathletics com Archived from the original on March 4 2016 External links edit nbsp Media related to 2012 UMass Minutemen football team at Wikimedia Commons nbsp This college football 2010s season article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2012 UMass Minutemen football team amp oldid 1204821999, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,