2012 Washington Huskies football team

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2012 Washington Huskies football
Washington Huskies logo.svg
Conference Pac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Record7–6 (5–4 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Eric Kiesau (1st season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Justin Wilcox (1st season)
Base defense 4–3
CaptainS Sean Parker
QB Keith Price
C Drew Schaefer
CB Desmond Trufant
LB John Timu
Home stadium CenturyLink Field
Seasons
  2011
2013  
2012 Pac-12 Conference football standings
ConfOverall
Team W L  W L 
North Division
No. 7 Stanford xy$  8 1   12 2  
No. 2 Oregon x%  8 1   12 1  
No. 20 Oregon State  6 3   9 4  
Washington  5 4   7 6  
California  2 7   3 9  
Washington State  1 8   3 9  
South Division
UCLA x  6 3   9 5  
Arizona State  5 4   8 5  
USC  5 4   7 6  
Arizona  4 5   8 5  
Utah  3 6   5 7  
Colorado  1 8   1 11  
Championship: Stanford 27, UCLA 24
  • $ BCS representative as conference champion
  • % BCS at-large representative
  • x Division champion/co-champions
  • y Championship game participant
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2012 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team, coached by fourth-year head coach Steve Sarkisian, was a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. The Huskies played their home games at CenturyLink Field in Seattle due to renovations at their normal on-campus home of Husky Stadium, also in Seattle. They finished the season 7–6, 5–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in fourth place in the North Division. They were invited to the Maaco Bowl Las Vegas where they were defeated by Boise State.

Contents

Offseason

Following the Alamo Bowl coach Sarkisian fired nearly all of his defensive coaches, deciding to retain only defensive line coach/special teams coordinator Johnny Nansen. Shortly thereafter, offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier left the program to accept a similar position at Alabama. Sarkisian filled his defensive staff with Justin Wilcox as defensive coordinator, Peter Sirmon as linebackers coach, Tosh Lupoi as defensive line coach, and Keith Heyward as defensive backs coach. He filled the open offensive coordinator position with former Cal assistant Eric Kiesau. Junior offensive lineman Colin Porter, who had started 19 games in two seasons, was forced to retire from football due to degenerative arthritis in both of his shoulders. [1]

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendance
September 17:30 p.m. San Diego State * P12N W 21–1253,742
September 84:00 p.m.at No. 3 LSU * ESPN L 3–4192,804
September 151:00 p.m. Portland State *
  • CenturyLink Field
  • Seattle, WA
FX W 52–1354,922
September 276:00 p.m.No. 8 Stanford
  • CenturyLink Field
  • Seattle, WA
ESPNW 17–1355,941
October 67:30 p.m.at No. 2 Oregon No. 23ESPNL 21–5258,792
October 134:00 p.m.No. 13 USC
  • CenturyLink Field
  • Seattle, WA
FOX L 14–2466,202
October 207:00 p.m.at Arizona P12NL 17–5250,148
October 277:15 p.m.No. 7 Oregon State Dagger-14-plain.png
  • CenturyLink Field
  • Seattle, WA
P12NW 20–1760,842
November 26:00 p.m.at California ESPN2W 21–1342,226
November 107:30 p.m. Utah
  • CenturyLink Field
  • Seattle, WA
P12NW 34–1560,050
November 1710:30 a.m.at Colorado No. 25FXW 38–343,148
November 2312:30 p.m.at Washington State No. 25FOXL 28–31 OT30,544
December 2212:30 p.m.vs. No. 20 Boise State *ESPNL 26–2833,217
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
AP RVRV23RVRV
Coaches RVRVRVRVRVRVRVRV
Harris Not releasedRVRVRVNot released
BCS Not released2525Not released

Weekly starters

The following players were the weekly offensive and defensive game starters. [2]

OpponentWRLTLGCRGRTTEQBTBFBWR
San Diego StateWilliamsHatchieTanigawaSchaeferKohlerRivaSeferian-JenkinsPriceCallierHartvigson#Mickens
at LSUWilliamsHatchieTanigawaSchaeferAtoeKohlerSeferian-JenkinsPriceSankeyTaylor^Smith
Portland StateWilliamsHatchieCharlesSchaeferAtoeCristeSeferian-JenkinsPriceSankeyHudson#Campbell
StanfordWilliamsHatchieCharlesSchaeferBrostekAtoeSeferian-JenkinsPriceSankeyHartvigson#Campbell
at OregonWilliamsHatchieCharlesSchaeferBrostekAtoeSeferian-JenkinsPriceSankeyE. Hudson#Campbell
USCWilliamsHatchieCharlesSchaeferBrostekAtoeSeferian-JenkinsPriceSankeyAmosaMickens
at ArizonaWilliamsHatchieCharlesSchaeferAtoeRivaSeferian-JenkinsPriceSankey E.HudsonMickens
Oregon StateWilliamsHatchieCharlesSchaeferCristeRivaSeferian-JenkinsPriceSankeyHartvigson#Campbell
at CaliforniaWilliamsHatchieCharlesSchaeferCristeRivaSeferian-JenkinsPriceSankeyHudson#Campbell
UtahWilliamsHatchieCharlesSchaeferCristeRivaSeferian-JenkinsPriceSankeyHudson#Campbell
at ColoradoWilliamsHatchieCharlesSchaeferCristeRivaSeferian-JenkinsPriceSankeyMickens^Bruns
at Washington State
Boise State
OpponentDENTDERELBILBNICKELSSCBCB
San Diego StateCrichtonSheltonA. HudsonShirleyFeeneyTimuThompsonShamburgerParkerTrufantWatson
at LSUCrichtonSheltonA. HudsonShirleyFeeneyTimuThompsonShamburgerParkerTrufantWatson
Portland StateTokolahiSheltonA. HudsonShirleyFuimaonoTimuThompsonGlennParkerTrufantWatson
StanfordTokolahiSheltonA. HudsonCrichtonTutogiTimuThompsonGlennParkerTrufantWatson
at OregonCrichtonSheltonA. HudsonLittletonFeeneyTimuThompsonGlennParkerTrufantWatson
USCCrichtonSheltonA. HudsonBanks%FeeneyTimuThompsonGlennParkerTrufantPeters
at ArizonaCrichtonSheltonA. HudsonLittletonFeeneyTimuThompsonGlennParkerTrufantPeters
Oregon StateCrichtonSheltonA. HudsonTokolahi%FuimaonoTimuThompsonGlennParkerTrufantPeters
at CaliforniaCrichtonSheltonA. HudsonTokolahi%FuimaonoTimuThompsonGlennParkerTrufantPeters
UtahSheltonSchultzA. HudsonTokolahi%FeeneyTimuThompsonGlennParkerTrufantPeters
at ColoradoTokolahiSheltonA. HudsonShirleyFeeneyTimuThompsonGlennParkerDucrePeters
at Washington State
Boise State
# - started as second tight end, ^ - started as third wide receiver, % - started at defensive tackle

Roster and coaching staff

2012 Washington Huskies football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
FB 48Jonathan AmosaSr
OL 70 James Atoe Redshirt.svg  So
TB 38Dominic BoddieFr
QB 6Derrick BrownRFr
OL 60Shane BrostekFr
WR 7Cody BrunsSr
TB 24Jesse CallierJr
WR 19DiAndre CampbellRSo
WR 27William ChandlerJr
OL 76Dexter CharlesRFr
TB 32Deontae CooperSo
OL 78Mike CristeRSo
OL 74Nathan DeanFr
OL 62Ross DolbecRFr
OL 52Jake EldernkampFr
OL 69Cory FuavaiFr
WR 16 Marvin Hall Fr
TE 84Michael HartvigsonRSo
OL 72Micah HatcheeRSo
OL 63Taylor HindyFr
TE 80Evan HudsonRSo
WR 3James JohnsonSr
WR 11Jamaal JonesRFr
TE 89Alec KimbleSo
OL 75Erik KohlerJr
QB 5Jeff LindquistFr
RB 31Ryan McDanielFr
WR 4Jaydon MickensFr
QB 10 Cyler Miles Fr
WR 82 Joshua Perkins RFr
TB/FB 34Dezden PettyRFr
QB 17 Keith Price Jr
OL 59Ben RivaRSo
TB 35Cole SagerSr
TB 25 Bishop Sankey So
OL 73Drew SchaeferSr
TE 88 Austin Seferian-Jenkins So
WR 8 Kevin Smith Jr
OL 64Colin TanigawaRSo
TB/WR 23Kendyl TaylorFr
OL 61Ben TeichmanSo
OL 65Siosifa TufungaRFr
QB 14Thomas VincentRFr
WR 12 Dwayne Washington Fr
WR 2 Kasen Williams So
QB 16Erik WilsonJr
TB 20Erich Wilson IIFr
TB 29Willis WilsonRSo
FB 28 Psalm Wooching Fr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
DT 99Josh BanksJr
CB 9Brandon BeaverFr
DE 91Connor CreeRFr
DE 11Talia CrichtonSr
CB 12 Travell Dixon Jr
CB 18 Greg Ducre Jr
S 42Ken EguRSo
S 41 Travis Feeney RFr
S 29Nate FellnerSr
DE 95Jarett FinauRFr
LB 37Princeton FuimaonoJr
LB 53Garret GillilandJr
S 20Justin GlennSr
CB 26Anthony GobernSr
DE 93Andrew HudsonRSo
DE 52 Hau'oli Jamora So
LB 58Jamaal KearseRSo
DL 97Lawrence LagafuainaRSo
LB 47Scott LawyerRFr
LB 42 Cory Littleton Fr
DB 27Adam LongSr
S 1Sean ParkerJr
LB 43Cooper PelluerJr
CB 21 Marcus Peters RFr
DL 55Sione Potoa'eJr
LB 36Blake RodgersFr
S 5James SampleRFr
DL 77Drew SchultzRSo
S 13Will ShamburgerJr
LB 40Stetson ShearerJr
DL 71 Danny Shelton So
DE 22 Josh Shirley RSo
DB 4Antavius SimsJr
S 14Taz StevensonJr
S 7 Shaq Thompson Fr
LB 10 John Timu So
DT 98Semisi TokolahiSr
CB 6 Desmond Trufant Sr
DL 90 Taniela Tupou RFr
LB 3Thomas TutogiJr
DE 44Pio VatuveiFr
CB 3Cleveland WallaceFr
DE 45Corey WallerRFr
DB 35Darien WashingtonFr
CB 32Tre WatsonRJr
S 30Evan ZegerRFr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
LS 51David ButlerJr
PK 46 Travis Coons Jr
P 46Korey DurkeeFr
P 94Knight LairdRFr
PK 96Santiago LopezFr
LS 77Ryan MaselFr
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

[3]


Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 30, 2012

Game summaries

San Diego State

1234Total
Aztecs060612
Huskies1407021

LSU

1234Total
Huskies30003
#3 Tigers14614741

Portland State

1234Total
Vikings006713
Huskies14317052

Stanford

1234Total
#8 Cardinal337013
Huskies307717

1st quarter scoring: STAN – Jordan Williamson 31-yard field goal; WASH – Travis Coons 43-yard field goal

2nd quarter scoring: STAN – Williamson 28-yard field goal

3rd quarter scoring: STAN – Trent Murphy 40-yard interception return (Williamson kick); WASH – Bishop Sankey 61-yard run (Coons kick)

4th quarter scoring: WASH – Kasen Williams 35-yard pass from Keith Price (Coons kick)

Oregon

1234Total
#23 Huskies077721
#2 Ducks211431452

USC

1234Total
#13 Trojans10140024
Huskies707014

Arizona

1234Total
Huskies3140017
Wildcats102114752

Oregon State

1234Total
#7 Beavers0010717
Huskies3701020

California

1234Total
Huskies707721
Golden Bears076013

Utah

1234Total
Utes807015
Huskies01413734

Colorado

1234Total
Huskies07171438
Buffaloes00303

Washington State

1234OTTotal
#25 Huskies07210028
Cougars37018331

This was the Huskies' last loss to the Cougars until 2021.

Boise State–Maaco Bowl Las Vegas

1234Total
Huskies3146326
#20 Broncos997328

Notes

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