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2012 Atlantic Coast Conference football season


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title2012 ACC football season
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color text#ffffff
leagueNCAA Division I FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision)
sportFootball
logo_size150px
durationAugust 31, 2012 – December 1, 2012
no_of_teams12
seasonRegular season
MVPTBA
conf1Atlantic
conf1_linkACC Atlantic Division
conf1_champFlorida State
conf2Coastal
conf2_linkACC Coastal Division
conf2_champGeorgia Tech, UNC, Miami
finalsACC Championship Game
finals_link2012 ACC Championship Game
finals_champFlorida State
finals_runner-upGeorgia Tech
seasonslistList of ACC football seasons
seasonslistnamesACC
prevseason_link2011 Atlantic Coast Conference football season
prevseason_year2011
nextseason_link2013 Atlantic Coast Conference football season
nextseason_year2013

| conf1_runner-up = | conf2_runner-up = | finals_runner-up = Georgia Tech

The 2012 ACC football season was an NCAA football season that was played from September 1, 2012, to January 1, 2013. At the time, the Atlantic Coast Conference consisted of 12 members in two divisions. The Atlantic division consists of Boston College, Clemson, Florida State, Maryland, North Carolina State and Wake Forest. The Coastal division consists of Duke, Georgia Tech, Miami, North Carolina, Virginia, and Virginia Tech. The division champions met on December 1 in the 2012 ACC Championship Game, at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina. This season also marked the 60th football season in the conference's history.

Preseason

Preseason Poll

The 2012 ACC Preseason Poll was announced at the ACC Football Kickoff meetings in Greensboro, NC on July 23. Virginia Tech was voted to win Coastal division while Florida State was voted to win the Atlantic division and the conference. Sammy Watkins of Clemson was voted the Preseason ACC Player of the Year.

Atlantic Division poll

  1. Florida State – 543 (72 first place votes)
  2. Clemson – 470 (17)
  3. North Carolina State – 402 (5)
  4. Wake Forest – 241
  5. Boston College – 181
  6. Maryland – 148

Coastal Division poll

  1. Virginia Tech – 558 (83)
  2. Georgia Tech – 421 (10)
  3. North Carolina – 341 (2)
  4. Virginia – 326
  5. Miami – 245
  6. Duke – 04

Predicted ACC Championship Game Winner

  1. Florida State–60
  2. Virginia Tech–18
  3. Clemson–13
  4. Georgia Tech–3
  5. NC State-1

Preseason ACC Player of the Year

  1. Sammy Watkins, CLEM - 25
  2. Logan Thomas, VT - 21
  3. E. J. Manuel, FSU - 19
  4. Tajh Boyd, CLEM - 18
  5. Mike Glennon, NCSU - 5
  6. David Amerson, NCSU - 3
  7. Giovani Bernard, UNC - 1
  8. Bryn Renner, UNC - 1
  9. Tanner Price, WF - 1
  10. Kyle Fuller, VT - 1

Preseason All Conference Teams

Offense

PositionPlayerSchoolWide receiverTight endTackleGuardCenterQuarterbackRunning back
Conner VernonDuke
Sammy WatkinsClemson
Matt FurstenburgMaryland
James HurstNorth Carolina
Oday AboushiVirginia
Omoregie UzziGeorgia Tech
Jonathan CooperNorth Carolina
Dalton FreemanClemson
Tajh BoydClemson
Giovani BernardNorth Carolina
Andre EllingtonClemson

Defense

PositionPlayerSchoolDefensive endDefensive tackleLinebackerCornerbackSafety
Brandon JenkinsFlorida State
James GayleVirginia Tech
Joe VellanoMaryland
Nikita WhitlockWake Forest
Kevin ReddickNorth Carolina
Bruce TaylorVirginia Tech
Steve GreerVirginia
David AmersonNC State
Kyle FullerVirginia Tech
Lamarcus JoynerFlorida State
Earl WolffNC State

Specialist

PositionPlayerSchoolPlacekickerPunterSpecialist
Dustin HopkinsFlorida State
Dalton BottsMiami
Greg ReidFlorida State

Preseason Watch list

PlayerSchoolAward
Chris PantaleBoston CollageJohn Mackey Award
Kevin Pierre-LouisBoston CollageBronko Nagurski Trophy
Brandon JenkinsFlorida StateBronko Nagurski Trophy
Lamarcus JoynerFlorida StateBronko Nagurski Trophy
Xavier RhodesFlorida StateBronko Nagurski Trophy
Bjoern WernerFlorida StateBronko Nagurski Trophy
Alex AmidonBoston CollageBiletnikoff Award
Willie HaulsteadFlorida StateBiletnikoff Award
EJ ManuelFlorida StateMaxwell Award
EJ ManuelFlorida StateJohnny Unitas Golden Arm Award
Brandon JenkinsFlorida StateBednarik Award
Lamarcus JoynerFlorida StateBednarik Award
Xavier RhodesFlorida StateBednarik Award
Dustin HopkinsFlorida StateLou Groza Award
Brandon JenkinsFlorida StateOutland Trophy
Lamarcus JoynerFlorida StateOutland Trophy
Xavier RhodesFlorida StateOutland Trophy
Björn WernerFlorida StateOutland Trophy
Lamarcus JoynerFlorida StateJim Thorpe Award
Xavier RhodesFlorida StateJim Thorpe Award
Brandon JenkinsFlorida StateLombardi Award
Bjoern WernerFlorida StateRotary Lombardi Award
Bjoern WernerFlorida StateButkus Award
Nick MoodyFlorida StateButkus Award
E.J. ManuelFlorida StateDavey O'Brien Award
Brandon JenkinsFlorida StateWalter Camp Award

Coaches

NOTE: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season

TeamHead coachYears at schoolOverall recordRecord at schoolACC recordBoston CollegeClemsonDukeFlorida StateGeorgia TechMarylandMiamiNorth CarolinaNC StateVirginiaVirginia TechWake Forest
Frank Spaziani520–1920–1912–12
Dabo Swinney529–1929–1919–10
David Cutcliffe559–6215–336–26
Jimbo Fisher319–819–811–5
Paul Johnson5141–5834–1921–11
Randy Edsall276–802–101–7
Al Golden233–406–63–5
Larry Fedora134-190-00-0
Tom O'Brien6108–7533–3018–22
Mike London336–1812–136–10
Frank Beamer26250–121–4208–98–253–11
Jim Grobe11101–100–168–6738–51

Pre-season Coaches changes

Former Ohio State Offensive Coordinator, Jim Bollman, was hired as Boston College offensive line coach/running game coordinator. Sean Desai was hired from Miami as Boston College new Running backs coach/Special teams coordinator, Columbia's wide receivers coach Aaron Smith took the same position at Boston College.

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Schedule

Index to colors and formatting
ACC member won
ACC member lost
ACC teams in bold

Week One

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Week Thirteen

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Championship Week

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Bowl Games

Bowl GameDateStadiumCityTelevisionMatchup/ResultAttendancePayout (US$) per teamBCSNon-BCS
Discover Orange BowlJanuary 1, 2013Sun Life StadiumMiami Gardens, FLESPNFlorida State 31, Northern Illinois 1072,073
Belk BowlDecember 26, 2012Bank of America StadiumCharlotte, NCESPNDuke 34, Cincinnati 4848,128
Russell Athletic BowlDecember 28, 2012Florida Citrus Bowl StadiumOrlando, FLESPNVirginia Tech 13, Rutgers 1048,127
Franklin American Mortgage Music City BowlDecember 31, 2012LP FieldNashville, TNESPNNC State 24, Vanderbilt 3855,801
Hyundai Sun BowlDecember 31, 2012Sun Bowl StadiumEl Paso, TXCBSGeorgia Tech 21, USC 747,922
Chick-fil-A BowlDecember 31, 2012Georgia DomeAtlanta, GAESPNClemson 25, LSU 2468,027

Weekly awards

Following each week of games, Atlantic Coast Conference officials select the players of the week from the conference's teams.

WeekOffensive Back of the WeekReceiver of the WeekDefensive Lineman of the WeekLinebacker of the WeekDefensive Back of the WeekSpecialist of the WeekPlayer (s)Position (s)Team (s)Player (s)Position (s)Team (s)Player (s)Position (s)Team (s)Player (s)Position (s)Team (s)Player (s)Position (s)Team (s)Player (s)Position (s)Team (s)
1Bjoern WernerDEFlorida State
3Chris ThompsonRBFlorida StateCornellius CarradineDEFlorida StateNick ClancyILBBoston College
5Alex AmidonWRBoston College
7EJ ManuelQBFlorida State
8Telvin SmithLBFlorida State
9Christian JonesOLBFlorida StateRonald DarbyCBFlorida State
11Rashad GreeneWRFlorida StateCornellius CarradineDEFlorida State
12Nick ClancyILBBoston College
13Bjoern WernerDEFlorida StateDustin HopkinsKFlorida State

Postseason awards

All-conference teams

First Team

Offense

PositionPlayerSchoolQuarterbackRunning backWide receiverTight endTackleGuardCenterPlacekickerSpecialist
Tajh BoydClemson
Giovani BernardNorth Carolina
Andre EllingtonClemson
DeAndre HopkinsClemson
Alex AmidonBoston College
Brandon FordClemson
Oday AboushiVirginia
Brandon ThomasClemson
Jonathan CooperNorth Carolina
Omoregie UzziGeorgia Tech
Dalton FreemanClemson
Dustin HopkinsFlorida State
Giovani BernardNorth Carolina

Defense

PositionPlayerSchoolDefensive endDefensive tackleLinebackerCornerbackSafetyPunter
Bjoern WernerFlorida State
Cornellius CarradineFlorida State
Joe VellanoMaryland
Sylvester WilliamsNorth Carolina
Nick ClancyBoston College
Kevin ReddickNorth Carolina
Steve GreerVirginia
Xavier RhodesFlorida State
Ross CockrellDuke
Lamarcus JoynerFlorida State
Earl WolffNC State
Will MondayDuke

Second Team

Offense

PositionPlayerSchoolQuarterbackRunning backWide receiverTight endTackleGuardCenterPlacekickerSpecialist
EJ ManuelFlorida State
Duke JohnsonMiami
Chris ThompsonFlorida State
Conner VernonDuke
Michael CampanaroWake Forest
Eric EbronNorth Carolina
James HurstNorth Carolina
Cameron ErvingFlorida State
Emmett ClearyBoston College
Tre' JacksonFlorida State
R.J. MatttesNC State
Bryan StorkFlorida State
Chandler CatanzaroClemson
Casey BarthNorth Carolina
Duke JohnsonMiami

Defense

PositionPlayerSchoolDefensive endDefensive tackleLinebackerCornerbackSafetyPunter
James GayleVirginia Tech
Kareem MartinNorth Carolina
Everett DawkinsFlorida State
Nikita WhitlockWake Forest
Demetrius HartsfieldMaryland
Christian JonesFlorida State
Jack TylerVirginia Tech
David AmersonNC State
Antone ExumVirginia Tech
Rashard HallClemson
Walt CantyDuke
Tommy HibbardNorth Carolina

Conferences awards

  • Defensive Player of the Year: Bjoern Werner, FSU
  • Defensive Rookie of the Year: Ronald Darby. FSU

Players going pro

NamePositionSchoolPro TeamAcquired
EJ ManuelQBFlorida StateBuffalo Bills1R 16P
Björn WernerDEFlorida StateIndianapolis Colts1R 24P
Xavier RhodesCBFlorida StateMinnesota Vikings1R 25P
Cornelius CarradineDEFlorida StateSan Francisco 49ers2R 8P
Menelik WatsonOTFlorida StateOakland Raiders2R 10P
Chris ThompsonRBFlorida StateWashington Redskins5R 21P
Brandon JenkinsLBFlorida StateWashington Redskins5R 29P
Dustin HopkinsKFlorida StateBuffalo Bills6R 9P
Nick MoodyLBFlorida StateSan Francisco 49ers6R 12P
Vince WilliamsLBFlorida StatePittsburgh Steelers6R 38P
Everett DawkinsDTFlorida StateMinnesota Vikings7R 23P
Nick ClancyLBBoston CollegeAtlanta FalconsUndrafted free agent
Emmett ClearyOTBoston CollegeIndianapolis ColtsUndrafted free agent
Jim NoelDBBoston CollegeSeattle SeahawksUndrafted free agent
Chris PantaleTEBoston CollegeNew York JetsUndrafted free agent
John WetzelOTBoston CollegeOakland RaidersUndrafted free agent
Lonnie PryorFBFlorida StateJacksonville JaguarsUndrafted free agent
Rodney SmithWRFlorida StateMinnesota VikingsUndrafted free agent
Anthony McCloudDTFlorida StateMinnesota VikingsUndrafted free agent

References

References

  1. (2012). "ACC Football Kickoff Media Selects Florida State as 2012 Favorite". CBS Interactive.
  2. (2012). "2012 Preseason ACC Football Team Announced". CBS Interactive.
  3. "Pantale Named To Mackey Preseason Watch List".
  4. "Pierre-Louis Named To Nagurski Watch List".
  5. "Amidon Added To Biletnikoff Watch List".
  6. "Spaziani Names Jim Bollman offensive line coach/running game coordinator".
  7. "Spaziani Announces Three Additions To Coaching Staff".
  8. "Week 1".
  9. "Week 2".
  10. "Week 3".
  11. "Week 4".
  12. "Week 5".
  13. "Week 6".
  14. "Week 7".
  15. "Week 8".
  16. "Week 9".
  17. "Week 10".
  18. "Week 11".
  19. "Week 12".
  20. "Week 13".
  21. "Week 14".
  22. (2012). "College Bowl Games 2012-2013". ESPN.com.
  23. "Nick Clancy Earns ACC Linebacker of the Week Honors".
  24. "Amidon Earns ACC Receiver of the Week Laurels".
  25. "Clancy Earns ACC Linebacker Of The Week Recognition".
  26. (2012). "The 2012 All-ACC Football Teams Announced by ACSMA". theacc.com.
  27. "Five Former Football Players Sign Free Agent Contracts".
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