2012 Washington Huskies football team

2012 Washington Huskies football
2012 Washington Huskies football
Maaco Bowl Las Vegas, L 26–28 vs. Boise State
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
	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
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.

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

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

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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

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

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

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

^ Condotta, Bob (April 9, 2012). "Colin Porter's Career Over". The Seattle Times. Retrieved August 26, 2012.
^ "Press release" (PDF). gohuskies.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2022.
^ "Washington Football Roster". GoHuskies. Archived from the original on September 25, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2012.

[1] Condotta, Bob (April 9, 2012). "Colin Porter's Career Over". The Seattle Times. Retrieved August 26, 2012.

[2] "Press release" (PDF). gohuskies.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 29, 2022.

[3] "Washington Football Roster". GoHuskies. Archived from the original on September 25, 2011. Retrieved April 24, 2012.

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