2012 Boston College Eagles football team

The 2012 Boston College Eagles football team represented Boston College as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The were led by fourth-year head coach Frank Spaziani and played their home games at Alumni Stadium. Boston College finished the season 2–10 overall and 1–7 in ACC play to place last of six teams in Atlantic Division.

2012 Boston College Eagles football
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
DivisionAtlantic Division
Record2–10 (1–7 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorDoug Martin (1st season)
Defensive coordinatorBill McGovern (4th season)
CaptainEmmett Cleary, Jim Noel, Chris Pantale, Kaleb Ramsey
Home stadiumAlumni Stadium (capacity: 44,500)
2012 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
Atlantic Division
No. 10 Florida State xy$  7 –1   12 –2  
No. 11 Clemson x  7 –1   11 –2  
NC State  4 –4   7 –6  
Wake Forest  3 –5   5 –7  
Maryland  2 –6   4 –8  
Boston College  1 –7   2 –10  
Coastal Division
Georgia Tech xy  5 –3   7 –7  
North Carolina†  5 –3   8 –4  
Miami (FL)‡  5 –3   7 –5  
Virginia Tech  4 –4   7 –6  
Duke  3 –5   6 –7  
Virginia  2 –6   4 –8  
Championship: Florida State 21, Georgia Tech 15
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • x – Division champion/co-champions
  • y – Championship game participant
  • † North Carolina ineligible for ACC title, championship game, and bowl game due to NCAA sanctions.[1]
    ‡ Miami ineligible for ACC title, championship game, and bowl game due to self-imposed sanctions.[1]
Rankings from AP Poll

On November 25, Boston College's athletic director, Brad Bates, announced that Spaziani has been relieved of duties as head coach of the Eagles.[2]

Boston College (in white) on defense versus Wake Forest (in black) during the November 3, 2012 game

Schedule
DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
September 13:30 p.m.Miami (FL)
ABC/ESPN2L 32–4139,262
September 81:00 p.m.Maine*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
ESPN3W 34–330,685
September 153:30 p.m.at Northwestern*
BTNL 13–2232,597
September 293:30 p.m.No. 16 Clemson
ESPN2L 31–4540,138
October 612:00 p.m.at Army*
CBSSNL 31–3439,492
October 135:30 p.m.at No. 12 Florida State
ESPN2L 7–5181,075
October 203:00 p.m.at Georgia Tech
ACC RSNL 17–3740,112
October 271:00 p.m.Maryland
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA
ESPN3W 20–1733,267
November 33:30 p.m.at Wake Forest
ACC RSNL 14–2828,963
November 108:00 p.m.No. 4 Notre Dame*
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA (Holy War)
ABCL 6–2144,500
November 1712:30 p.m.Virginia Tech
  • Alumni Stadium
  • Chestnut Hill, MA (rivalry)
ACCNL 23–30 OT34,266
November 243:00 p.m.at NC State
ESPN3L 10–2753,020

Roster
2012 Boston College Eagles football team roster
Players Coaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
WR 1 Colin Larmond, Jr. Sr
QB 11 Chase Rettig Jr
QB 16 Mike Marscovetra Sr
QB 17 Dennis McCarthy Sr
OT 73 John Wetzel Sr
OT 77 Emmett Cleary Sr
OL 79 Paul Gaughan So
TE 80 Brian Miller So
 Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DB 5 Al Louis-Jean So
DB 6 C. J. Jones So
DL 55 Kieran Borcich So
DL 90 Connor Wujciak So
DE 91 Kasim Edebali Jr
DT 93 Bryan Murray Sr
DL 95 Dominic Appiah So
DL 99 Brian Mihalik So
 Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
K 85 Nate Freese Jr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt Redshirt

Roster

References
  1. "2018 ACC Media Guide" (PDF). theacc.com. ACC. p. 115. Retrieved December 10, 2018.
  2. Benbow, Julian (November 25, 2012). "AD Brad Bates Lowers Boom on Boston College Football Coach Frank Spaziani". The Boston Globe. Retrieved November 25, 2012.
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