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
ConferencePac-12 Conference
DivisionNorth Division
Record7–6 (5–4 Pac-12)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorEric Kiesau (1st season)
Offensive schemePro-style
Defensive coordinatorJustin Wilcox (1st season)
Base defense4–3
CaptainS Sean Parker
QB Keith Price
C Drew Schaefer
CB Desmond Trufant
LB John Timu
Home stadiumCenturyLink Field
(Capacity: 67,000)
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

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*
P12NW 21–1253,742
September 84:00 p.m.at No. 3 LSU*
ESPNL 3–4192,804
September 151:00 p.m.Portland State*
  • CenturyLink Field
  • Seattle, WA
FXW 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 OregonNo. 23
ESPNL 21–5258,792
October 134:00 p.m.No. 13 USC
  • CenturyLink Field
  • Seattle, WA
FOXL 14–2466,202
October 207:00 p.m.at Arizona
P12NL 17–5250,148
October 277:15 p.m.No. 7 Oregon Statedagger
  • 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 ColoradoNo. 25
FXW 38–343,148
November 2312:30 p.m.at Washington StateNo. 25
FOXL 28–31 OT30,544
December 2212:30 p.m.vs. No. 20 Boise State*
ESPNL 26–2833,217
  • *Non-conference game
  • daggerHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Pacific time
Source:[2]

Conference opponents not played this season: Arizona State, UCLA

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
PollPre1234567891011121314Final
APRVRV———23—————RVRV——
CoachesRVRVRVRVRVRV—————RVRV——
HarrisNot released—————RVRVRV—Not released
BCSNot released————2525——Not released

Weekly starters

The following players were the weekly offensive and defensive game starters.[3]

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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
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.#NameClass
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
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

[4]

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Injured Injured
  • Redshirt 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 4OT Total
#25 Huskies 0 7 21 00 28
Cougars 3 7 0 183 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.

References
  1. Condotta, Bob (April 9, 2012). "Colin Porter's Career Over". The Seattle Times. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
  2. "Washington Football Future Schedules". Official Athletic Website of the University of Washington. Archived from the original on December 9, 2010. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
  3. "Press release" (PDF). gohuskies.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
  4. "Washington Football Roster". GoHuskies. Archived from the original on September 25, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2012.
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