The 2012 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team represented Northern Arizona University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by 15th-year head coach Jerome Souers and played their home games at the Walkup Skydome. They are a member of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 8–3, 6–2 in the Big Sky to finish in fourth place.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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| August 30 | 8:30 pm | at Arizona State* | | | PAC-12 Networks | L 6–63 | 48,658 |
| September 8 | 8:00 pm | at UNLV* | | | | W 17–14 | 15,257 |
| September 15 | 4:00 pm | Fort Lewis* | | | NAU-TV/FSAZ+/FCSP/Big Sky TV | W 69–0 | 6,594 |
| September 22 | 12:30 pm | at No. 14 Montana | | | RTRM/RTNW/Audience Network[1] | W 41–21 | 25,254 |
| September 29 | 2:00 pm | Portland State | No. 22 | - Walkup Skydome
- Flagstaff, AZ
| FSAZ+/NAU-TV/FCSP/Big Sky TV | W 24–10 | 9,107 |
| October 13 | 1:00 pm | at North Dakota | No. 16 | | Midco Sports Net/Big Sky TV | W 45–38 | 9,742 |
| October 20 | 4:00 pm | UC Davis | No. 16 | - Walkup Skydome
- Flagstaff, AZ
| FSAZ+/Big Sky TV | W 21–7 | 7,991 |
| October 27 | 12:30 pm | at Northern Colorado | No. 13 | | Big Sky TV | W 12–10 | 3,780 |
| November 3 | 3:00 pm | at Idaho State | No. 12 | | Big Sky TV | W 50–10 | 5,144 |
| November 10 | 4:00 pm | Southern Utah | No. 11 | | FSAZ+/Big Sky TV | L 29–35 3OT | 4,125 |
| November 17 | 4:00 pm | No. 17 Cal Poly | No. 15 | - Walkup Skydome
- Flagstaff, AZ
| FSAZ+/Big Sky TV | L 34–42 | 6,119 |
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Game summaries
@ Arizona State
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Lumberjacks
|
0
|
0
|
6
|
0 |
6 |
| Sun Devils
|
14
|
28
|
7
|
14 |
63 |
@ UNLV
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Lumberjacks
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
10 |
17 |
| Rebels
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
0 |
14 |
Fort Lewis
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Skyhawks
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0 |
0 |
| Lumberjacks
|
27
|
21
|
14
|
7 |
69 |
@ Montana
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Lumberjacks
|
7
|
7
|
13
|
14 |
41 |
| #14 Grizzlies
|
17
|
7
|
0
|
7 |
31 |
Portland State
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Vikings
|
3
|
0
|
7
|
0 |
10 |
| #22 Lumberjacks
|
14
|
3
|
7
|
0 |
24 |
@ North Dakota
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| #16 Lumberjacks
|
14
|
3
|
14
|
14 |
45 |
| North Dakota
|
0
|
17
|
14
|
7 |
38 |
UC Davis
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| Aggies
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
7 |
7 |
| #16 Lumberjacks
|
0
|
7
|
14
|
0 |
21 |
@ Northern Colorado
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| #13 Lumberjacks
|
2
|
7
|
0
|
3 |
12 |
| Bears
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
7 |
10 |
@ Idaho State
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| #12 Lumberjacks
|
12
|
14
|
7
|
17 |
50 |
| Bengals
|
7
|
3
|
0
|
0 |
10 |
Southern Utah
|
|
|
|
|
| | | |
Total |
| Thunderbirds
|
9
|
3
|
0
|
3 | 7 | 7 | 6 |
35 |
| #11 Lumberjacks
|
0
|
0
|
7
|
8 | 7 | 7 | 0 |
29 |
Cal Poly
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total |
| #17 Mustangs
|
14
|
7
|
14
|
7 |
42 |
| #15 Lumberjacks
|
7
|
6
|
7
|
14 |
34 |
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