2012 Hampton Pirates football team

2012 Hampton Pirates football
Conference	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference
Record	3–7 (3–5 MEAC)
Head coach	Donovan Rose (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Earnest Wilson
Defensive coordinator	Keith Goganious
Home stadium	Armstrong Stadium

2012 Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference football standings

	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
No. 22 Bethune–Cookman $^		8	–	0					9	–	3
Howard		6	–	2					7	–	4
North Carolina A&T		5	–	3					7	–	4
North Carolina Central		5	–	3					6	–	5
Delaware State		5	–	3					6	–	5
South Carolina State		4	–	4					5	–	6
Florida A&M		4	–	4					4	–	7
Hampton		3	–	5					3	–	7
Norfolk State		2	–	6					4	–	7
Morgan State		2	–	6					3	–	8
Savannah State		0	–	8					1	–	10
$ – Conference champion ^ – FCS playoff participant Rankings from The Sports Network poll

The 2012 Hampton Pirates football team represented Hampton University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth year head coach Donovan Rose and played their home games at Armstrong Stadium. They are a member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference. They finished the season 3–7, 3–5 in MEAC play to finish the season in eighth place.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	8:00 pm	at Tennessee Tech*	Tucker Stadium Cookeville, TN	OVCDN	L 31–41	10,130
September 8	6:00 pm	No. 7 Old Dominion*	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA		L 7–45	5,500
September 15	6:00 pm	at Florida A&M	Bragg Memorial Stadium Tallahassee, FL		L 20–44	17,871
September 29	6:00 pm	Bethune-Cookman	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA		L 26–38	1,200
October 13	1:00 pm	Norfolk State	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA (Battle of the Bay)		W 28–14	8,500
October 18	7:30 pm	at North Carolina Central	O'Kelly–Riddick Stadium Durham, NC	ESPNU	L 20–37	9,648
October 27	2:00 pm	Savannah State	Armstrong Stadium Hampton, VA		W 21–13	5,500
November 3	1:00 pm	at Howard	William H. Greene Stadium Washington, DC (The Real HU)		L 10–20	3,086
November 10	1:00 pm	at Delaware State	Alumni Stadium Dover, DE		L 27–35	2,249
November 17	1:00 pm	at Morgan State	Hughes Stadium Baltimore, MD		W 27–17	850
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from The Sports Network Poll released prior to the game All times are in Eastern time