American college football season
The 2012 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team represented Western Illinois University as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC) in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by head coach Mark Hendrickson in his fourth full season and fifth overall year since coaching the first seven games of the 2008 season. They played their home games at Hanson Field. Western Illinois finished the season 3–8 overall and 1–7 in MVFC play to place ninth.
Date | Time | Opponent | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
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August 30 | 6:00 pm | Butler* | | | W 23–15 | 12,589 |
September 8 | 3:00 pm | Indianapolis* | | | W 27–17 | 13,411 |
September 15 | 7:00 pm | at Iowa State* | | | L 3–37 | 55,783 |
September 22 | 3:00 pm | No. 15 Illinois State![dagger](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/Dagger-14-plain.png) | | Comcast | L 3–23 | 16,033 |
October 6 | 2:00 pm | at South Dakota | | Midco Sports Net | W 24–17 | 10,196 |
October 13 | 6:00 pm | at No. 20 South Dakota State | | MVFC TV | L 10–31 | 10,727 |
October 20 | 6:00 pm | No. 21 Indiana State | | | L 7–23 | 9,478 |
October 27 | 1:00 pm | at Missouri State | | MVFC TV | L 3–42 | 10,076 |
November 3 | 1:00 pm | Northern Iowa | | MVFC TV | L 40–0 | 3,094 |
November 10 | 1:00 pm | Youngstown State | | ESPN3 | L 7–31 | 3,286 |
November 17 | 2:00 pm | at Southern Illinois | | | L 0–35 | 7,899 |
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