2012 East–West Shrine Game

The 2012 East–West Shrine Game was the 87th staging of the all-star college football exhibition game featuring NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision players and a few select invitees from Canadian university football. The game featured over 100 players from the 2011 college football season, and prospects for the 2012 Draft of the professional National Football League (NFL). In the week prior to the game, scouts from all 32 NFL teams attended. The proceeds from the East-West Shrine Game benefit Shriners Hospitals for Children. Brad Childress and Bobby Ross were named coaches on December 19, 2011.

2012 East–West Shrine Game
All–Star Bowl Game
East Team West Team 17 24 Head coach:  Bobby Ross Head coach:  Brad Childress
1 2 3 4 Total East Team 10 7 0 0 17 West Team 0 14 0 10 24
Date	January 21, 2012
Season	2011
Stadium	Tropicana Field
Location	St. Petersburg, Florida
MVP	Lennon Creer (RB, Louisiana Tech) & Nick Sukay (CB, Penn State)[1]
Attendance	18,000 (est.)[2]
United States TV coverage
Network	NFL Network
Announcers	Booth: Paul Burmeister, Mike Mayock, Charles Davis Sideline: Rebecca Haarlow

This oldest all-star game was played on January 21, 2012, at 4 p.m. ET at the Tropicana Field. The radio broadcast team was Patrick Kinas and Brian Jordan in the radio booth, and Rick Berkey reporting from the sidelines. The Pat Tillman Award was presented to Tauren Poole (RB, Tennessee) as a player who "best exemplifies character, intelligence, sportsmanship and service".[3]

Players

East Team Name, Pos., College Justin Bethel, CB, Presbyterian Emanuel Davis, CB, East Carolina Gary Gray, CB, Notre Dame R.J. Blanton, CB, Notre Dame Charles Brown, CB, North Carolina Micah Pellerin, CB, Hampton Josh Norman, CB, Coastal Carolina Matt Conrath, DL, Virginia Julian Miller, DL, West Virginia Jabaree Tuani, DL, Navy Kyle Wilber, DL, Wake Forest Akiem Hicks, DL, Regina Nick Jean-Baptiste, DL, Baylor Micanor Regis, DL, Miami Travian Robertson, DL, South Carolina Bruce Figgins, FB/TE, Georgia Brandon Lindsey, LB, Pittsburgh Najee Goode, LB, West Virginia Shawn Loiseau, LB, Merrimack Steven Erzinger, LB, Army Max Gruder, LB, Pittsburgh Joshua Linam, LB, Central Florida Nick Sukay, LB, Penn State Quentin Saulsberry, OC, Mississippi State Tyler Horn, OC, Miami Derek Dennis, OG, Temple Jeremiah Warren, OG, South Florida Desmond Wynn, OG, Rutgers Rishaw Johnson, OG, California-Pennsylvania Jeff Adams, OT, Columbia Lamar Holmes, OT, Southern Miss Joe Long, OT, Wayne State Bradley Sowell, OT, Mississippi Blair Walsh, K, Georgia Shawn Powell, P, Florida State B. J. Coleman, QB, Tennessee-Chattanooga Austin Davis, QB, Southern Miss John Brantley, QB, Florida Alfred Morris, RB, Florida Atlantic Tauren Poole, RB, Tennessee Davin Meggett, RB, Maryland Matt Daniels, S, Duke Jerrell Young, S, South Florida Christian Thompson, S, South Carolina State Tysyn Hartman, S, Kansas State Chase Ford, TE, Miami Emil Igwenagu, TE, Massachusetts Evan Rodriguez, TE, Temple Tim Benford, WR, Tennessee Tech LaRon Byrd, WR, Miami B.J. Cunningham, WR, Michigan State Kevin Hardy, WR, The Citadel Lance Lewis, WR, East Carolina Thomas Mayo, WR, California-Pennsylvania A.J. Jenkins, WR, Illinois

West Team Name, Pos., College Chris Greenwood, CB, Albion Brandon Hardin, CB, Oregon State Rodney McLeod, CB, Virginia Shaun Prater, CB, Iowa Keith Tandy, CB, West Virginia Trevin Wade, CB, Arizona Tyrone Crawford, DL, Boise State Kentrell Lockett, DL, Mississippi Arnaud Nadon, DL, Laval Justin Francis, DL, Rutgers Dominique Hamilton, DL, Missouri Vaughn Meatoga, DL, Hawaii Kaniela Tuipulotu, DL, Hawaii DaJohn Harris, DL, Southern California Jerry Franklin, LB, Arkansas Tank Carder, LB, Texas Christian Steven Johnson, LB, Kansas Brandon Marshall, LB, Nevada Josh Kaddu, LB, Oregon Ronnie Thomton, LB, Southern Miss David Snow, OC, Texas Moe Petrus, OC, Connecticut Brandon Brooks, OG, Miami (OH) Markus Zusevics, OG, Iowa Ben Heenan, OG, Saskatchewan Josh LeRibeus, OG, Southern Methodist Tom Compton, OT, South Dakota Ryan Miller, OT, Colorado Al Netter, OT, Northwestern Matt Reynolds, OT, Brigham Young Marcel Jones, OT, Nebraska Greg Zuerlein, K, Missouri Western State Matt Prewitt, P, Kentucky Christian Bryan Anger, P, California Tyler Hansen, QB, Colorado Chandler Harnish, QB, Northern Illinois Dan Persa, QB, Northwestern Lennon Creer, RB, Louisiana Tech Marc Tyler, RB, Southern California Bobby Rainey, RB, Western Kentucky Aaron Henry, S, Wisconsin Austin Cassidy, S, Nebraska Blake Gideon, S, Texas Duke Ihenaho, S, San Jose State Kevin Koger, TE, Michigan Cory Harkey, TE, UCLA George Bryan, TE, North Carolina State David Paulson, TE, Oregon Greg Childs, WR, Arkansas Junior Hemingway, WR, Michigan Dale Moss, WR, South Dakota State Tyler Shoemaker, WR, Boise State Jarius Wright, WR, Arkansas Devon Wylie, WR, Fresno State Darius Hanks, WR, Alabama

Game notes

• This was the third time the game was played in Florida; having been played the prior two years at the Florida Citrus Bowl in Orlando, this was the first time it was held in St. Petersburg.[4]

Scoring summary

Scoring summary

Quarter Time Drive Team Scoring information Score Plays Yards TOP East West 1 9:44 9 70 5:16 East 28-yard field goal by Blair Walsh 3 0 1 3:51 5 94 2:55 East B. J. Cunningham 17-yard touchdown reception from B. J. Coleman, Blair Walsh kick good 10 0 2 10:03 19 80 8:48 West Chandler Harnish 1-yard touchdown run, Greg Zuerlein kick good 10 7 2 5:18 7 49 4:45 West Tyler Hansen 3-yard touchdown run, Greg Zuerlein kick good 10 14 2 0:20 14 83 4:58 East LaRon Byrd 3-yard touchdown reception from Austin Davis, Blair Walsh kick good 17 14 4 13:21 9 68 4:36 West 35-yard field goal by Greg Zuerlein 17 17 4 0:47 9 74 2:47 West Lennon Creer 9-yard touchdown run, Greg Zuerlein kick good 17 24 "TOP" = time of possession. For other American football terms, see Glossary of American football. 17 24

Statistics

Statistics	East	West
First Downs	18	25
Total offense, plays - yards	53-316	73-377
Rushes-yards (net)	22-57	39-171
Passing yards (net)	259	206
Passes, Comp-Att-Int	18-31-0	21-34-1
Time of Possession	24:27	35:33

2012 NFL Draft

References

1. AP, West rallies past East to win 87th Shrine Game, ESPN, January 21, 2012
2. "Crowd pleases organizers". Tampa Bay Times. St. Petersburg, Florida. January 22, 2012. Retrieved January 14, 2018 – via newspapers.com.
3. The East-West Shrine Game Pat Tillman Award, East-West Shrine Game, 2011
4. East-West Shrine Game Moving to St. Petersburg's Tropicana Field Archived 2012-01-28 at the Wayback Machine, shrinegame.com, April 27, 2011

External links

• Box score at ESPN
• Rosters at shrinegame.com