The 2012 Shepherd Rams football team represented Shepherd University during the 2012 NCAA Division II football season as a member of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC).
With a conference mark of 7–1, they were named WVIAC champions[2] and advanced to the Division II Playoffs, losing in the first round against IUP.
[3][4][5] The 2012 regular season for the Rams consisted of eight games against WVIAC opponents, and one game each against American International and Shippensburg.
Shepherd finished the regular season 8–2, and advanced to the NCAA Division II playoffs.
[6] Shepherd lost in the first round of the payoffs, 17–27, against IUP.