2012 Utah State Aggies football
WAC champion
Famous Idaho Potato Bowl champion
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 17
APNo. 16
Record11–2 (6–0 WAC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorMatt Wells (1st season)
Offensive schemeSpread
Defensive coordinatorDave Aranda (1st season)
Base defense3–4
Home stadiumRomney Stadium
2012 Western Athletic Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
No. 16 Utah State $  6 –0   11 –2  
No. 21 San Jose State  5 –1   11 –2  
Louisiana Tech  4 –2   9 –3  
UTSA *  3 –3   8 –4  
Texas State *  2 –4   4 –8  
Idaho  1 –5   1 –11  
New Mexico State  0 –6   1 –11  
  • $ – Conference champion
  • * Texas State and UTSA were not eligible for conference title or bowl games as part of their transition to the FBS.
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Utah State Aggies football team represented Utah State University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Aggies were led by fourth-year head coach Gary Andersen and played their home games at Merlin Olsen Field at Romney Stadium. This was the Aggies' final season as members of the Western Athletic Conference, winning the final WAC football title outright. They joined the Mountain West Conference on July 1, 2013 for the 2013 season.[1]

Before the season

2012 recruits

US college sports recruiting information for 2012 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Tavarreon Dickerson
RB		 Arlington, Texas Arlington HS 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Nov 10, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 74
Nick Vigil
RB		 Ogden, Utah Fremont HS 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 179 lb (81 kg) Oct 5, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 72
Jake Simonich
DT		 Danville, California San Ramon Valley HS 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 265 lb (120 kg) Jan 9, 2012 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 72
Delroy Hamilton
OLB		 Hallandale, Florida Hallandale HS 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Nov 29, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 71
D. J. Nelson
QB		 Logan, Utah Logan HS 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sep 28, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 69
Bruce Natson
WR		 Fort Lauderdale, Florida Boyd Anderson HS 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) 145 lb (66 kg) Jun 20, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 67
Marquan Ellison
WR		 Milwaukee, Wisconsin Bradley Tech HS 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jan 21, 2012 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Andrew Chen
OG		 Calabasas, California Calabasas HS 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 216 lb (98 kg) Jan 8, 2012 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Logan Malohifo'ou
OT		 Salt Lake City, Utah Copper Hills HS 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 240 lb (110 kg) Feb 1, 2012 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: LQ
Dwayne Lorick
WR		 Washington, D.C. Anacostia HS 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Feb 1, 2012 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Patrick Ward
OT		 Glendale, Arizona Glendale CC 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 285 lb (129 kg) Jan 28, 2012 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:3/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: JC
Bill Vavau
OG		 Sandy, Utah Snow CC 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 310 lb (140 kg) Nov 29, 2011 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: JC
Jordan Jenkins
WR		 St. Louis, Missouri Coffeyville CC 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 198 lb (90 kg) Jan 10, 2012 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:2/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: JC
Devonta Glover-Wright
CB		 Thatcher, Arizona Eastern Arizona CC 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jan 21, 2012 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:2/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: JC
Alex Wheat
WR		 San Marcos, California Palomar CC 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jan 21, 2012 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: JC
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 123   Rivals: 115
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "Utah State 2012 Football Commitments". Rivals.com. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
  • "2012 Utah State Football Commits". Scout.com. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
  • "2012 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
  • "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
  • "2012 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved February 1, 2012.

Blue-White Spring Game presented by Orbit Irrigation Products

The Spring Game took place on April 28, 2012 featuring the squad divided into a blue team and a white team. It quickly became obvious that offense would rule the day. Despite injuries to running back Kerwynn Williams and receiver Matt Austin, the Aggies offense compiled 330 yards passing offense and 482 yards total offense over 75-plays. The Blue team would sneak away with a 58-57 win. However, the QB battle didn't become any clearer. Both Chuckie Keeton and Adam Kennedy would have outstanding days in the new Aggies spread offense. Keeton went 16-of-25 for 187 yards and two touchdowns. Kennedy responded by going 16-for-22 for 143 yards, 1 touchdown, and 1 interception.[2]

Departures

27 lettermen, 14 offensively and 13 defensively, didn't return to the Aggies for the 2012 football season. Among those are the following players that were drafted or signed contracts into the NFL.

Draft

NameNumberPos.ClassTeamRoundPick
Robert Turbin6RBJuniorSeattle Seahawks4106
Bobby Wagner9LBSeniorSeattle Seahawks247
Michael Smith20RBSeniorTampa Bay Buccaneers7212

[3]

Roster

2012 Utah State Aggies football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 13 Michael Chislock Fr
QB 19 Craig Harrison So
QB 16 Chuckie Keeton So
QB 17 Jeff Manning Fr
QB 12 Daniel Wray So
RB 31 Paul Clark So
RB 28 Joey DeMartino Jr
RB 29 Tavarreon Dickerson Fr
RB 32 Joe Hill So
RB 27 Robert Marshall Jr
RB 87 Travis Swann So
RB 30 Abou Toure Jr
RB 25 Kerwynn Williams Sr
WR 4 Matt Austin Sr
WR 80 Lars Gunderson Jr
WR 10 Chuck Jacobs Sr
WR 82 Jordan Jenkins Jr
WR 18 Shaan Johnson So
WR 9 Dwayne Lorick Jr
WR 83 Bruce Natson Fr
WR 8 Travis Reynolds Jr
WR 6 Rashard Stewart So
WR 85 Brandon Swindall Fr
WR 7 Travis Van Jr
WR 84 Cameron Webb Sr
WR 11 Alex Wheat So
TE 22 Keegan Andersen So
TE 81 Kellen Bartlett Sr
TE 45 Quincy Mason Fr
TE 86 Brad Theurer Jr
TE 91 D.J. Tialavea Jr
OL 65 Austin Albrecht Fr
OT 69 Andrew Chen Fr
OL 75 Taani Fisilau Fr
OL 65 Chris Friesen Jr
LS 97 Mark Hutchinson Fr
OL 64 Josh Larmay So
C 58 Tyler Larsen Jr
OL 79 Logan Malohifo'ou Fr
OL 54 Jamie Markosian Jr
OL 78 Jorden Mattinson Fr
OL 67 Oscar Molina-Sanchez Sr
LS 89 Nate Needham So
OL 66 Eric Schultz Jr
OL 76 Jake Simonich Fr
OL 60 Joe Summers So
OL 61 Daquan Vandross Jr
OL 68 Bill Vavau Jr
OL 62 Bryce Walker So
OL 74 Kevin Whimpey Jr
OL 73 Kyle Whimpey Jr
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DE 94 Eric Berntson Fr
DL 98 Jake Gallegos Fr
DL 96 Elvis Kamana-Matagi So
DL 92 Derek Keller Fr
DL 90 Al Lapuaho Sr
DL 99 B.J. Larsen So
DL 57 Havea Lasike Sr
DE 0 Tyrn Mesarch Fr
DL 72 Jordan Nielsen Fr
DL 56 AJ Pataialii Jr
DL 48 Paul Piukala Jr
DL 70 Travis Seefeldt Fr
DL 95 Tevita Vaifoou So
DE 40 Connor Williams Jr
LB 59 Nick Ciancone So
LB 33 Jefferson Court Fr
LB 49 Forrest Dabb Sr
LB 51 Jake Doughty Jr
LB 52 Kyler Fackrell Fr
LB 55 Bojay Filimoeatu Sr
LB 39 Torrey Green Fr
LB 50 Delroy Hamilton Fr
LB 42 La'Bradford Harold Fr
LB 31 Parker Hausknecht So
LB 25 Gavin Jones Sr
LB 32 Jason Luke Jr
LB 43 Alex Marsaw Fr
LB 16 Tavaris McMillian So
LB 47 Travis Parrish Fr
LB 0 Sharrieff Shah Fr
LB 12 Terrell Thompson Sr
LB 41 Nick Vigil Fr
LB 53 Zach Vigil Jr
CB 5 Terrence Alston Sr
CB 36 McKade Brady Sr
CB 3 Quinton Byrd Sr
CB 37 Devin Centers Fr
S 18 Clayton Christensen Jr
CB 17 Will Davis Jr
CB 30 Marquan Ellison Fr
CB 20 Devonta Glover-Wright Jr
CB 27 Dee Hamala So
CB 13 Ladale Jackson Fr
S 24 Isaiah Jones Sr
CB 1 Nevin Lawson Jr
S 23 Michael Okonkwo Fr
CB 14 Jamaine Olson Sr
S 20 Bridger Peck Fr
CB 15 Jumanne Robertson Sr
CB 2 Cameron Sanders Jr
S 21 Brian Suite So
SO 46 Frankie Sutera
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
P 88 Tyler Bennett Sr
K 38 Jaron Bentrude So
K 93 Nick Diaz Jr
K 44 Jacob Haueter So
K 19 Josh Thompson Jr
K 63 Brock Warren Fr

[4]
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

[5]

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

Depth chart

[6]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
August 306:00 pmSouthern Utah*
KMYU/ESPN3W 34–317,009
September 76:00 pmUtah*
ESPN2W 27–20 OT25,513
September 156:00 pmat No. 22 Wisconsin*
BTN[7]L 14–1679,332
September 225:00 pmat Colorado State*
KMYU/KTVDW 31–1923,374
September 296:00 pmUNLV*dagger
  • Romney Stadium
  • Logan, UT
ESPN3W 35–1324,226
October 58:15 pmat BYU*
ESPNL 3–663,086
October 132:00 pmat San Jose State
ESPN+/ALT/ESPN3W 49–2715,168
October 201:00 pmNew Mexico State
  • Romney Stadium
  • Logan, UT
KMYU/ESPN3W 41–717,001
October 2712:00 pmat UTSA
ESPN3W 48–1723,519
November 31:00 pmTexas State
  • Romney Stadium
  • Logan, UT
KMYUW 38–717,222
November 175:00 pmat No. 19 Louisiana Tech
ESPN3W 48–41 OT25,614
November 241:00 pmIdahoNo. 25
  • Romney Stadium
  • Logan, UT
ESPN+/ALT/ESPN3W 45–919,350
December 152:30 pmvs. Toledo*No. 18
ESPNW 41–1529,243
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Mountain time

[8]

Game summaries

Southern Utah

Southern Utah at Utah State
1 234Total
Southern Utah Thunderbirds 0 300 3
• Utah State Aggies 21 076 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:

Utah

Utah at Utah State
1 234OTTotal
Utah Utes 0 31070 20
• Utah State Aggies 13 0077 27
  • Date: September 7
  • Location: Romney Stadium
    Logan, UT
  • Game start: 6:06 pm MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:38
  • Game attendance: 25,513
  • Game weather: 80 °F (27 °C), Clear
  • Referee: Shawn Hochuli
  • TV announcers (ESPN2): Carter Blackburn, Rod Gilmore, and Jemele Hill
Sources:

@ Wisconsin

Utah State at Wisconsin
1 234Total
Utah State Aggies 7 700 14
• #22 Wisconsin Badgers 0 3130 16
Sources:

@ Colorado State

Utah State at Colorado State
1 234Total
• Utah State Aggies 10 777 31
Colorado State Rams 0 0613 19
Sources:

UNLV

UNLV at Utah State
1 234Total
UNLV Rebels 0 760 13
• Utah State Aggies 0 20015 35
  • Date: September 29
  • Location: Romney Stadium
    Logan, UT
  • Game start: 6:07 pm MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:23
  • Game attendance: 24,226
  • Game weather: 75 °F (24 °C), Clear, Winds SW at 5mph
  • Referee: Eddy Shelton
  • TV announcers (ESPN3): Trey Bender and Jay Taylor
Sources:

@ BYU

Utah State at BYU
1 234Total
Utah State Aggies 3 000 3
• BYU Cougars 0 600 6
Sources:[9]

@ San Jose State

Utah State at San Jose State
1 234Total
• Utah State Aggies 14 14147 49
San Jose State Spartans 3 1770 27
  • Date: October 13
  • Location: Spartan Stadium
    San Jose, CA
  • Game start: 2:05 pm MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:20
  • Game attendance: 15,168
  • Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C), Sunny, winds WSW 10mph
  • Referee: Jim Farmer
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Trey Bender and Jay Taylor
Sources:

New Mexico State

New Mexico State at Utah State
1 234Total
New Mexico State Aggies 0 070 7
• Utah State Aggies 14 14103 41
  • Date: October 20
  • Location: Romney Stadium
    Logan, UT
  • Game start: 1:07 pm MST
  • Elapsed time: 2:53
  • Game attendance: 17,001
  • Game weather: 66 °F (19 °C), Light Breeze
  • Referee: Stacey Hardin
  • TV announcers (KMYU): Mychal Clanton, Kevin White, and Brooks Hansen
Sources:

@ UTSA

Utah State at UTSA
1 234Total
• Utah State Aggies 7 20210 48
UTSA Roadrunners 3 077 17
Sources:

Texas State

Texas State at Utah State
1 234Total
Texas State Bobcats 0 070 7
• Utah State Aggies 14 2130 38
  • Date: November 3
  • Location: Romney Stadium
    Logan, UT
  • Game start: 1:07 pm MST
  • Elapsed time: 2:43
  • Game attendance: 17,222
  • Game weather: 53 °F (12 °C), Sparse Clouds, winds N 5 mph
  • Referee: Jim Farmer
  • TV announcers (KMYU): Mychal Clanton, Kevin White, and Brooks Hansen
Sources:

@ Louisiana Tech

Utah State at Louisiana Tech
1 234OTTotal
• Utah State Aggies 14 32407 48
#19 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs 0 321170 41
  • Date: November 17
  • Location: Joe Aillet Stadium
    Ruston, LA
  • Game start: 2:04 pm MST
  • Elapsed time: 3:42
  • Game attendance: 25,614
  • Game weather: 65 °F (18 °C), Clear, winds Calm
  • Referee: Robert Cameron
  • TV announcers (ESPN3): Trey Bender and John Bunting
Sources:

Idaho

Idaho at Utah St.
1 234Total
Idaho Vandals 0 630 9
• #25 Utah State Aggies 14 7717 45
  • Date: November 24
  • Location: Romney Stadium
    Logan, UT
  • Game start: 1:00 PM MST
  • Game attendance: 19,350
  • TV announcers (ESPN+): Trey Bender and Jay Taylor
Sources:

Toledo (Famous Idaho Potato Bowl)

Toledo at Utah St.
1 234Total
Toledo Rockets 3 309 15
• #18 Utah State Aggies 7 3328 41
Sources:

References

  1. ↑ "It's official, Utah State joining MWC in 2013". Deseret News. Retrieved May 4, 2012.
  2. ↑ "QB Battle Brewing for Aggies". Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Seattle Seahawks select Utah State star RB Robert Turbin: Turbin to join former teammate Wagner in Seattle; Buccaneers pick Michael Smith". Deseret News. Retrieved April 28, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Rivals.com". n.rivals.com.
  5. ↑ "Utah State Men's Football Staff". Utahstateaggies.com. Archived from the original on May 14, 2017.
  6. ↑ "2012 Utah State Depth Chart" (PDF). Utahstateaggies.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  7. ↑ "Big Ten Schools Announce Primetime Games to appear on ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, or BTN". Big Ten Conference. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  8. ↑ "2012 Utah State Schedule". Utahstateaggies.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Utah State Aggies vs. BYU Cougars". Stat Broadcast. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
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