2012 Buffalo State Bengals football team
The 2012 Buffalo State Bengals football team represented Buffalo State College as a member of the Empire 8 during the 2012 NCAA Division III football season. They were led by 19th-year head coach Jerry Boyes and played their home games at Coyer Field. On September 15, Buffalo State went on the road and defeated the three-time defending NCAA Division III champions and top-ranked Wisconsin–Whitewater, 7–6, winning the game on a touchdown pass in the game's final seconds.[1] The victory by the Bengals snapped Wisconsin–Whitewater's 46-game winning streak, preventing the Warhawks from extending the streak to 47 games, which would have been the third-longest winning streak in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football history.[2][3][4]
| 2012 Buffalo State Bengals football | |
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| Conference | Empire 8 |
| Record | 6–4 (4–3 E8) |
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| Home stadium | Coyer Field |
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| Team | W | L | W | L | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11 Salisbury $^ | 6 | – | 1 | 9 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alfred | 5 | – | 2 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John Fisher | 4 | – | 3 | 8 | – | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Buffalo State | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ithaca | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Utica | 4 | – | 3 | 6 | – | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Frostburg State | 1 | – | 6 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hartwick | 0 | – | 7 | 3 | – | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Schedule
| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | Result | Attendance |
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| September 1 | 12:00 p.m. | Cortland* |
| W 49–31 | 1,750 | |
| September 8 | 1:00 p.m. | at Brockport* | Brockport, NY | L 24–38 | 1,000 | |
| September 15 | 2:00 p.m. | at No. 1 Wisconsin–Whitewater* | W 7–6 | 5,872 | ||
| September 22 | 12:30 p.m. | Alfred | No. 19 |
| L 17–40 | 1,355 |
| September 29 | 12:00 p.m. | Salisbury |
| L 7–20 | 1,029 | |
| October 6 | 12:00 p.m. | Utica |
| L 44–51 | 855 | |
| October 13 | 1:00 p.m. | at Ithaca |
| W 21–14 | 3,128 | |
| October 20 | 1:00 p.m. | at Frostburg State |
| W 22–7 | 1,346 | |
| October 27 | 12:00 p.m. | Hartwick |
| W 27–24 | 655 | |
| November 3 | 12:00 p.m. | at No. 25 St. John Fisher | W 17–9 | 2,145 | ||
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References
- Lenzi, Rachel (September 14, 2022). "'We had nothing to lose': 10 years later, Buffalo State still basks in upset of No. 1 Wisconsin-Whitewater". The Buffalo News. Archived from the original on September 15, 2022. Retrieved October 2, 2022.
- "Buff State football shocks the defending national champions". The Buffalo News. September 15, 2012. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
- "Buffalo State tops UW-Whitewater 7-6, ends Warhawks' 46-game win streak". NCAA. September 15, 2012. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved January 12, 2013.
- "Buffalo State snaps UW-Whitewater's streak". Fox Sports Wisconsin. September 15, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2013.