2012 Washington Huskies football team

2012 Washington Huskies football
Maaco Bowl Las Vegas vs Boise State, L 26–28
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
	North Division
2012 record	7–6 (5–4 Pac-12)
Head coach	Steve Sarkisian (4th year)
Offensive coordinator	Eric Kiesau (1st year)
Offensive scheme	Pro Style
Defensive coordinator	Justin Wilcox (1st year)
Base defense	4-3
Captain	S Sean Parker QB Keith Price C Drew Schaefer CB Desmond Trufant LB John Timu
Home stadium	CenturyLink Field (Capacity: 67,000)

2012 Pac-12 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
#7 Stanford xy$		8	–	1					12	–	2
#2 Oregon x%		8	–	1					12	–	1
#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 As of January 8, 2013; 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.

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		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 (105th 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 game. All times are in Pacific Time.

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Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	23	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR
Coaches'	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	NR	NR
Harris	Not released						NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	NR	Not released
BCS	Not released							NR	NR	NR	NR	25	25	NR	NR	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. # Name Class FB 48 Amosa, JonathanJonathan Amosa Sr OL 70 Atoe, JamesJames Atoe RSo TB 38 Boddie, DominicDominic Boddie Fr QB 6 Brown, DerrickDerrick Brown RFr OL 60 Brostek, ShaneShane Brostek Fr WR 7 Bruns, CodyCody Bruns Sr TB 24 Callier, JesseJesse Callier Jr WR 19 Campbell, DiAndreDiAndre Campbell RSo WR 27 Chandler, WilliamWilliam Chandler Jr OL 76 Charles, DexterDexter Charles RFr TB 32 Cooper, DeontaeDeontae Cooper So OL 78 Criste, MikeMike Criste RSo OL 74 Dean, NathanNathan Dean Fr OL 62 Dolbec, RossRoss Dolbec RFr OL 52 Eldernkamp, JakeJake Eldernkamp Fr OL 69 Fuavai, CoryCory Fuavai Fr WR 16 Hall, MarvinMarvin Hall Fr TE 84 Hartvigson, MichaelMichael Hartvigson RSo OL 72 Hatchee, MicahMicah Hatchee RSo OL 63 Hindy, TaylorTaylor Hindy Fr TE 80 Hudson, EvanEvan Hudson RSo WR 3 Johnson, JamesJames Johnson Sr WR 11 Jones, JamaalJamaal Jones RFr TE 89 Kimble, AlecAlec Kimble So OL 75 Kohler, ErikErik Kohler Jr QB 5 Lindquist, JeffJeff Lindquist Fr RB 31 McDaniel, RyanRyan McDaniel Fr WR 4 Mickens, JaydonJaydon Mickens Fr QB 10 Miles, CylerCyler Miles Fr WR 82 Perkins, JoshuaJoshua Perkins RFr TB/FB 34 Petty, DezdenDezden Petty RFr QB 17 Price, KeithKeith Price Jr OL 59 Riva, BenBen Riva RSo TB 35 Sager, ColeCole Sager Sr TB 25 Sankey, BishopBishop Sankey So OL 73 Schaefer, DrewDrew Schaefer Sr TE 88 Seferian-Jenkins, AustinAustin Seferian-Jenkins So WR 8 Smith, KevinKevin Smith Jr OL 64 Tanigawa, ColinColin Tanigawa RSo TB/WR 23 Taylor, KendylKendyl Taylor Fr OL 61 Teichman, BenBen Teichman So OL 65 Tufunga, SiosifaSiosifa Tufunga RFr QB 14 Vincent, ThomasThomas Vincent RFr WR 12 Washington, DwayneDwayne Washington Fr WR 2 Williams, KasenKasen Williams So QB 16 Wilson, ErikErik Wilson Jr TB 20 Wilson II, ErichErich Wilson II Fr TB 29 Wilson, WillisWillis Wilson RSo FB 28 Wooching, PsalmPsalm Wooching Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class DT 99 Banks, JoshJosh Banks Jr CB 9 Beaver, BrandonBrandon Beaver Fr DE 91 Cree, ConnorConnor Cree RFr DE 11 Crichton, TaliaTalia Crichton Sr CB 12 Dixon, TravellTravell Dixon Jr CB 18 Ducre, GregGreg Ducre Jr S 42 Egu, KenKen Egu RSo S 41 Feeney, TravisTravis Feeney RFr S 29 Fellner, NateNate Fellner Sr DE 95 Finau, JarettJarett Finau RFr LB 37 Fuimaono, PrincetonPrinceton Fuimaono Jr LB 53 Gilliland, GarretGarret Gilliland Jr S 20 Glenn, JustinJustin Glenn Sr CB 26 Gobern, AnthonyAnthony Gobern Sr DE 93 Hudson, AndrewAndrew Hudson RSo DE 52 Jamora, Hau'oliHau'oli Jamora So LB 58 Kearse, JamaalJamaal Kearse RSo DL 97 Lagafuaina, LawrenceLawrence Lagafuaina RSo LB 47 Lawyer, ScottScott Lawyer RFr LB 42 Littleton, CoryCory Littleton Fr DB 27 Long, AdamAdam Long Sr S 1 Parker, SeanSean Parker Jr LB 43 Pelluer, CooperCooper Pelluer Jr CB 21 Peters, MarcusMarcus Peters RFr DL 55 Potoa'e, SioneSione Potoa'e Jr LB 36 Rodgers, BlakeBlake Rodgers Fr S 5 Sample, JamesJames Sample RFr DL 77 Schultz, DrewDrew Schultz RSo S 13 Shamburger, WillWill Shamburger Jr LB 40 Shearer, StetsonStetson Shearer Jr DL 71 Shelton, DannyDanny Shelton So DE 22 Shirley, JoshJosh Shirley RSo DB 4 Sims, AntaviusAntavius Sims Jr S 14 Stevenson, TazTaz Stevenson Jr S 7 Thompson, ShaqShaq Thompson Fr LB 10 Timu, JohnJohn Timu So DT 98 Tokolahi, SemisiSemisi Tokolahi Sr CB 6 Trufant, DesmondDesmond Trufant Sr DL 90 Tupou, TanielaTaniela Tupou RFr LB 3 Tutogi, ThomasThomas Tutogi Jr DE 44 Vatuvei, PioPio Vatuvei Fr CB 3 Wallace, ClevelandCleveland Wallace Fr DE 45 Waller, CoreyCorey Waller RFr DB 35 Washington, DarienDarien Washington Fr CB 32 Watson, TreTre Watson RJr S 30 Zeger, EvanEvan Zeger RFr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 51 Butler, DavidDavid Butler Jr PK 46 Coons, TravisTravis Coons Jr P 46 Durkee, KoreyKorey Durkee Fr P 94 Laird, KnightKnight Laird RFr PK 96 Lopez, SantiagoSantiago Lopez Fr LS 77 Masel, RyanRyan 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 [4] Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: September 30, 2012

Game notes

San Diego State

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

LSU

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

Portland State

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

Stanford

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

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

USC

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

Arizona

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

Oregon State

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

California

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

Utah

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

Colorado

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

Washington State

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

Boise State–Maaco Bowl Las Vegas

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

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. Retrieved February 16, 2012.
3. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/wash/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2012-13/release/release.pdf
4. "Washington Football Roster". GoHuskies. Retrieved April 24, 2012.

External links

• Official website