American college football season
The 2012 Tulsa Golden Hurricane football team represented the University of Tulsa in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season . They were led by second-year head coach Bill Blankenship and played their home games at Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium . They were a member of the West Division of Conference USA (C-US). They finished the season 11–3, 7–1 C-USA to be West Division champions. They defeated UCF in the C-USA Championship Game to become C-USA champions. They were invited to the Liberty Bowl , where they defeated Iowa State to avenge a season-opening loss.
Schedule [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Site TV Result Attendance September 1 2:30 p.m. at Iowa State * FSN L 23–3854,931 September 8 11:00 a.m. Tulane FSN W 45–1017,880 September 15 6:00 p.m. Nicholls State * Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK W 66–1619,139 September 22 7:00 p.m. Fresno State * Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK CBSSN W 27–2624,236 September 29 2:00 p.m. at UAB W 49–4213,196 October 6 2:30 p.m. at Marshall CBSSN W 45–3827,189 October 11 7:00 p.m. UTEP Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK FSN W 33–1118,961 October 20 2:30 p.m. Rice Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK FSN W 28–2422,567 November 3 11:21 a.m. at Arkansas * SECN L 15–1964,451 November 10 4:00 p.m. at Houston CBSSN W 41–725,827 November 17 11:00 a.m. UCF Skelly Field at H. A. Chapman Stadium Tulsa, OK FSN W 23–2119,725 November 24 11:00 a.m. at SMU FSN L 27–3515,336 December 1 11:00 a.m. UCF ESPN2 W 33–27 OT 17,635 December 31 2:30 p.m. vs. Iowa State* ESPN W 31–1753,687
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Game summaries [ edit ] At Iowa State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Hurricane 16 0 0 7 23 Cyclones 7 17 7 7 38
1 2 3 4 Total Green Wave 3 0 0 7 10 Golden Hurricane 14 21 0 10 45
Nicholls State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Colonels 6 3 0 7 16 Golden Hurricane 28 14 10 14 66
Fresno State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Bulldogs 20 0 6 0 26 Golden Hurricane 7 10 10 0 27
Last meeting was in the 2005 Liberty Bowl . This will be the first regular season meeting not as conference members as their meetings between 1999 and 2002 were as members of the Western Athletic Conference .
1 2 3 4 Total Golden Hurricane 21 14 7 7 49 Blazers 14 7 7 14 42
At Marshall [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Hurricane 10 7 20 8 45 Thundering Herd 3 14 15 6 38
1 2 3 4 Total Miners 3 0 0 8 11 Golden Hurricane 3 3 20 7 33
1 2 3 4 Total Owls 7 14 0 3 24 Golden Hurricane 7 7 7 7 28
At Arkansas [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Hurricane 0 3 12 0 15 Razorbacks 10 3 0 6 19
Tulsa has lost the previous 17 meetings dating back to 1977.
At Houston [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Golden Hurricane 3 14 7 17 41 Cougars 0 0 0 7 7
1 2 3 4 Total Knights 0 14 0 7 21 Golden Hurricane 10 0 13 0 23
1 2 3 4 Total Golden Hurricane 0 6 6 15 27 Mustangs 7 21 7 0 35
UCF–C-USA Championship Game [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 OT Total Knights 0 14 13 0 0 27 Golden Hurricane 7 14 0 6 6 33
Vs. Iowa State–Liberty Bowl [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Cyclones 17 0 0 0 17 Golden Hurricane 7 14 7 3 31
This is the second time this season the Golden Hurricane and Cyclones will meet. The Cyclones won the season opener 38–23.
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