2012 Syracuse Orange football team

2012 Syracuse Orange football
Big East co-champion
Pinstripe Bowl champion
ConferenceBig East Conference
Record8–5 (5–2 Big East)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorNathaniel Hackett (2nd season)
Offensive schemeMultiple
Defensive coordinatorScott Shafer (4th season)
Base defenseMultiple
Home stadiumCarrier Dome
Seasons
← 2011
2013 →
2012 Big East Conference football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
No. 13 Louisville $+   5 2     11 2  
Cincinnati +   5 2     10 3  
Rutgers +   5 2     9 4  
Syracuse +   5 2     8 5  
Pittsburgh   3 4     6 7  
Connecticut   2 5     5 7  
Temple   2 5     4 7  
South Florida   1 6     3 9  
  • $ – BCS representative as conference champion
  • + – Conference co-champions
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Syracuse Orange football team represented Syracuse University in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Orange were led by fourth year head coach Doug Marrone and played their home games at the Carrier Dome. The season marked their last as members of the Big East Conference, as they joined the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013. They finished the season 8–5, 5–2 in Big East play to claim a four-way share of the Big East Conference championship. They were invited to the Pinstripe Bowl where they defeated long-time rival West Virginia, whom they did not play in the regular season due to the Mountaineers' move to the Big 12 Conference. The 2012 season also proved to be the final one for Marrone as the Orange head coach, as he was hired as the new head coach of the NFL's Buffalo Bills shortly after the end of the season.[1]

  1. ^ Copeland, Kareem (January 6, 2013). "Doug Marrone agrees to terms to be Buffalo Bills coach". Around the League. National Football League. Retrieved January 6, 2013.