2012 Washington Huskies football team

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.

2012 Washington Huskies football
Maaco Bowl Las Vegas, L 26–28 vs. Boise State
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	North Division
Record	7–6 (5–4 Pac-12)
Head coach	Steve Sarkisian (4th season)
Offensive coordinator	Eric Kiesau (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Justin Wilcox (1st season)
Base defense	4–3
Captain	S 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

v t e	Conf.							Overall
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 xy		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

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

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:30 p.m.	San Diego State*		CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA	P12N	W 21–12	53,742
September 8	4:00 p.m.	at No. 3 LSU*		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	ESPN	L 3–41	92,804
September 15	1:00 p.m.	Portland State*		CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA	FX	W 52–13	54,922
September 27	6:00 p.m.	No. 8 Stanford		CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA	ESPN	W 17–13	55,941
October 6	7:30 p.m.	at No. 2 Oregon	No. 23	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (rivalry)	ESPN	L 21–52	58,792
October 13	4:00 p.m.	No. 13 USC		CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA	FOX	L 14–24	66,202
October 20	7:00 p.m.	at Arizona		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	P12N	L 17–52	50,148
October 27	7:15 p.m.	No. 7 Oregon State		CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA	P12N	W 20–17	60,842
November 2	6:00 p.m.	at California		California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	ESPN2	W 21–13	42,226
November 10	7:30 p.m.	Utah		CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA	P12N	W 34–15	60,050
November 17	10:30 a.m.	at Colorado	No. 25	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	FX	W 38–3	43,148
November 23	12:30 p.m.	at Washington State	No. 25	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (Apple Cup)	FOX	L 28–31 OT	30,544
December 22	12:30 p.m.	vs. No. 20 Boise State*		Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV (Maaco Bowl Las Vegas)	ESPN	L 26–28	33,217
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

Rankings

See also: 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	RV	RV	—	—	—	23	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	—	—
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	—	—
Harris	Not released						—	—	—	—	—	RV	RV	RV	—	Not released
BCS	Not released							—	—	—	—	25	25	—	—	Not released

Weekly starters

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

Opponent	WR	LT	LG	C	RG	RT	TE	QB	TB	FB	WR
San Diego State	Williams	Hatchie	Tanigawa	Schaefer	Kohler	Riva	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Callier	Hartvigson#	Mickens
at LSU	Williams	Hatchie	Tanigawa	Schaefer	Atoe	Kohler	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Sankey	Taylor^	Smith
Portland State	Williams	Hatchie	Charles	Schaefer	Atoe	Criste	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Sankey	Hudson#	Campbell
Stanford	Williams	Hatchie	Charles	Schaefer	Brostek	Atoe	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Sankey	Hartvigson#	Campbell
at Oregon	Williams	Hatchie	Charles	Schaefer	Brostek	Atoe	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Sankey	E. Hudson#	Campbell
USC	Williams	Hatchie	Charles	Schaefer	Brostek	Atoe	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Sankey	Amosa	Mickens
at Arizona	Williams	Hatchie	Charles	Schaefer	Atoe	Riva	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Sankey E.	Hudson	Mickens
Oregon State	Williams	Hatchie	Charles	Schaefer	Criste	Riva	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Sankey	Hartvigson#	Campbell
at California	Williams	Hatchie	Charles	Schaefer	Criste	Riva	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Sankey	Hudson#	Campbell
Utah	Williams	Hatchie	Charles	Schaefer	Criste	Riva	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Sankey	Hudson#	Campbell
at Colorado	Williams	Hatchie	Charles	Schaefer	Criste	Riva	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Sankey	Mickens^	Bruns
at Washington State
Boise State
Opponent	DE	NT	DE	RE	LB	ILB	NICKEL	S	S	CB	CB
San Diego State	Crichton	Shelton	A. Hudson	Shirley	Feeney	Timu	Thompson	Shamburger	Parker	Trufant	Watson
at LSU	Crichton	Shelton	A. Hudson	Shirley	Feeney	Timu	Thompson	Shamburger	Parker	Trufant	Watson
Portland State	Tokolahi	Shelton	A. Hudson	Shirley	Fuimaono	Timu	Thompson	Glenn	Parker	Trufant	Watson
Stanford	Tokolahi	Shelton	A. Hudson	Crichton	Tutogi	Timu	Thompson	Glenn	Parker	Trufant	Watson
at Oregon	Crichton	Shelton	A. Hudson	Littleton	Feeney	Timu	Thompson	Glenn	Parker	Trufant	Watson
USC	Crichton	Shelton	A. Hudson	Banks%	Feeney	Timu	Thompson	Glenn	Parker	Trufant	Peters
at Arizona	Crichton	Shelton	A. Hudson	Littleton	Feeney	Timu	Thompson	Glenn	Parker	Trufant	Peters
Oregon State	Crichton	Shelton	A. Hudson	Tokolahi%	Fuimaono	Timu	Thompson	Glenn	Parker	Trufant	Peters
at California	Crichton	Shelton	A. Hudson	Tokolahi%	Fuimaono	Timu	Thompson	Glenn	Parker	Trufant	Peters
Utah	Shelton	Schultz	A. Hudson	Tokolahi%	Feeney	Timu	Thompson	Glenn	Parker	Trufant	Peters
at Colorado	Tokolahi	Shelton	A. Hudson	Shirley	Feeney	Timu	Thompson	Glenn	Parker	Ducre	Peters
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
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class FB 48 Jonathan Amosa Sr OL 70 James Atoe  So TB 38 Dominic Boddie Fr QB 6 Derrick Brown RFr OL 60 Shane Brostek Fr WR 7 Cody Bruns Sr TB 24 Jesse Callier Jr WR 19 DiAndre Campbell RSo WR 27 William Chandler Jr OL 76 Dexter Charles RFr TB 32 Deontae Cooper So OL 78 Mike Criste RSo OL 74 Nathan Dean Fr OL 62 Ross Dolbec RFr OL 52 Jake Eldernkamp Fr OL 69 Cory Fuavai Fr WR 16 Marvin Hall Fr TE 84 Michael Hartvigson RSo OL 72 Micah Hatchee RSo OL 63 Taylor Hindy Fr TE 80 Evan Hudson RSo WR 3 James Johnson Sr WR 11 Jamaal Jones RFr TE 89 Alec Kimble So OL 75 Erik Kohler Jr QB 5 Jeff Lindquist Fr RB 31 Ryan McDaniel Fr WR 4 Jaydon Mickens Fr QB 10 Cyler Miles Fr WR 82 Joshua Perkins RFr TB/FB 34 Dezden Petty RFr QB 17 Keith Price Jr OL 59 Ben Riva RSo TB 35 Cole Sager Sr TB 25 Bishop Sankey So OL 73 Drew Schaefer Sr TE 88 Austin Seferian-Jenkins So WR 8 Kevin Smith Jr OL 64 Colin Tanigawa RSo TB/WR 23 Kendyl Taylor Fr OL 61 Ben Teichman So OL 65 Siosifa Tufunga RFr QB 14 Thomas Vincent RFr WR 12 Dwayne Washington Fr WR 2 Kasen Williams So QB 16 Erik Wilson Jr TB 20 Erich Wilson II Fr TB 29 Willis Wilson RSo FB 28 Psalm Wooching Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 99 Josh Banks Jr CB 9 Brandon Beaver Fr DE 91 Connor Cree RFr DE 11 Talia Crichton Sr CB 12 Travell Dixon Jr CB 18 Greg Ducre Jr S 42 Ken Egu RSo S 41 Travis Feeney RFr S 29 Nate Fellner Sr DE 95 Jarett Finau RFr LB 37 Princeton Fuimaono Jr LB 53 Garret Gilliland Jr S 20 Justin Glenn Sr CB 26 Anthony Gobern Sr DE 93 Andrew Hudson RSo DE 52 Hau'oli Jamora So LB 58 Jamaal Kearse RSo DL 97 Lawrence Lagafuaina RSo LB 47 Scott Lawyer RFr LB 42 Cory Littleton Fr DB 27 Adam Long Sr S 1 Sean Parker Jr LB 43 Cooper Pelluer Jr CB 21 Marcus Peters RFr DL 55 Sione Potoa'e Jr LB 36 Blake Rodgers Fr S 5 James Sample RFr DL 77 Drew Schultz RSo S 13 Will Shamburger Jr LB 40 Stetson Shearer Jr DL 71 Danny Shelton So DE 22 Josh Shirley RSo DB 4 Antavius Sims Jr S 14 Taz Stevenson Jr S 7 Shaq Thompson Fr LB 10 John Timu So DT 98 Semisi Tokolahi Sr CB 6 Desmond Trufant Sr DL 90 Taniela Tupou RFr LB 3 Thomas Tutogi Jr DE 44 Pio Vatuvei Fr CB 3 Cleveland Wallace Fr DE 45 Corey Waller RFr DB 35 Darien Washington Fr CB 32 Tre Watson RJr S 30 Evan Zeger RFr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 51 David Butler Jr PK 46 Travis Coons Jr P 46 Korey Durkee Fr P 94 Knight Laird RFr PK 96 Santiago Lopez Fr LS 77 Ryan Masel Fr	Head coach Steve Sarkisian    4th season    4th year at Washington    alma mater: BYU Coordinators/assistant coaches Eric Kiesau    1st season as OC/QC coach    1st year at Washington    alma mater: Portland State Justin Wilcox    1st season as DC coach    1st year at Washington    alma mater: Oregon Dan Cozzetto    4th season as Run Game Coordinator/OL coach    4th year at Washington    alma mater: Idaho Jimmie Dougherty    4th season as WR coach    4th year at Washington    alma mater: Missouri Keith Heyward    1st season as DB Coach    1st year at Washington    alma mater: Oregon State Tosh Lupoi    1st season as DL Coach/Defensive RG    1st year at Washington    alma mater: California Johnny Nansen    4th season as ST/DL coach    4th year at Washington    alma mater: Washington State Peter Sirmon    1st season as LB coach    1st year at Washington    alma mater: Oregon Joel Thomas    4th season as RB coach    4th year at Washington    alma mater: Idaho Jordan Paopao    2nd season as GA coach    2nd year at Washington    alma mater: San Diego Donte Williams    2nd season as GA coach    2nd year at Washington    alma mater: Syracuse [3] Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: September 30, 2012

Game summaries

San Diego State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Aztecs	0	6	0	6	12
Huskies	14	0	7	0	21

See also: 2012 San Diego State Aztecs football team

LSU

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	3	0	0	0	3
#3 Tigers	14	6	14	7	41

See also: 2012 LSU Tigers football team

Portland State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Vikings	0	0	6	7	13
Huskies	14	31	7	0	52

See also: 2012 Portland State Vikings football team

Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
#8 Cardinal	3	3	7	0	13
Huskies	3	0	7	7	17

See also: 2012 Stanford Cardinal football team

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

	1	2	3	4	Total
#23 Huskies	0	7	7	7	21
#2 Ducks	21	14	3	14	52

See also: 2012 Oregon Ducks football team

USC

	1	2	3	4	Total
#13 Trojans	10	14	0	0	24
Huskies	7	0	7	0	14

See also: 2012 USC Trojans football team

Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	3	14	0	0	17
Wildcats	10	21	14	7	52

See also: 2012 Arizona Wildcats football team

Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#7 Beavers	0	0	10	7	17
Huskies	3	7	0	10	20

See also: 2012 Oregon State Beavers football team

California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	7	0	7	7	21
Golden Bears	0	7	6	0	13

See also: 2012 California Golden Bears football team

Utah

	1	2	3	4	Total
Utes	8	0	7	0	15
Huskies	0	14	13	7	34

See also: 2012 Utah Utes football team

Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	0	7	17	14	38
Buffaloes	0	0	3	0	3

See also: 2012 Colorado Buffaloes football team

Washington State

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
#25 Huskies	0	7	21	0	0	28
Cougars	3	7	0	18	3	31

See also: 2012 Washington State Cougars football team and Apple Cup

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

Boise State–Maaco Bowl Las Vegas

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	3	14	6	3	26
#20 Broncos	9	9	7	3	28

See also: 2012 Boise State Broncos football team and 2012 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas

Notes

• September 4, 2012 – Jesse Callier out of the season due to a torn right knee anterior cruciate ligament; Ben Riva had a fractured forearm.