2011 Washington Huskies football team

2011 Washington Huskies football
Alamo Bowl, L 56–67 vs. Baylor
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	North Division
2011 record	7–6 (5–4 Pac-12)
Head coach	Steve Sarkisian (3rd season)
Offensive coordinator	Doug Nussmeier (3rd season)
Offensive scheme	Pro-style
Defensive coordinator	Nick Holt (3rd season)
Base defense	4–3
MVP	Cort Denninson Greg Walker Chris Polk
Captains	Cort Denninson Jermaine Kearse Senio Kelemete Alameda Ta'amu
Home stadium	Husky Stadium (Capacity: 72,500)
Seasons ← 2010 2012 →

2011 Pac-12 Conference football standings
v t	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 4 Oregon xy$		8	–	1					12	–	2
No. 7 Stanford x%		8	–	1					11	–	2
Washington		5	–	4					7	–	6
California		4	–	5					7	–	6
Oregon State		3	–	6					3	–	9
Washington State		2	–	7					4	–	8
South Division
No. 6 USC †		7	–	2					10	–	2
UCLA xy		5	–	4					6	–	8
Utah		4	–	5					8	–	5
Arizona State		4	–	5					6	–	7
Arizona		2	–	7					4	–	8
Colorado		2	–	7					3	–	10
Championship: Oregon 49, UCLA 31
$ – BCS representative as conference champion % – BCS at-large representative x – Division champion/co-champions y – Championship game participant † – USC ineligible for championship and post-season due to NCAA sanctions Rankings from AP Poll

The 2011 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 2011 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The team was coached by third year head coach Steve Sarkisian. They played six of their home games at Husky Stadium and their final home game at CenturyLink Field due to a planned renovation of Husky Stadium;^[1] both stadiums are in Seattle. They are a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 7–6, 5–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place in the North division. They were invited to the Alamo Bowl where they were defeated by Baylor 67–56.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 3	4:00 p.m.	Eastern Washington*		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	RTNW	W 30–27	58,088[2]
September 10	12:30 p.m.	Hawaiʻi*		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	RTNW	W 40–32	63,252[3]
September 17	12:30 p.m.	at No. 11 Nebraska*		Memorial Stadium Lincoln, NE	ABC/ESPN	L 38–51	85,110[4]
September 24	12:30 p.m.	California		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FSN	W 31–23	60,437[5]
October 1	4:00 p.m.	at Utah		Rice-Eccles Stadium Salt Lake City, UT	FSN	W 31–14	45,412[6]
October 15	12:30 p.m.	Colorado		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	RTNW	W 52–24	62,147[7]
October 22	5:00 p.m.	at No. 7 Stanford	No. 22	Stanford Stadium Stanford, CA	ABC	L 21–65	50,360[8]
October 29	7:30 p.m.	Arizona		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FSN	W 42–31	59,825[9]
November 5	7:30 p.m.	No. 6 Oregon		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA (rivalry)	FSN	L 17–34	69,407[10]
November 12	12:30 p.m.	at No. 18 USC		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	FX	L 17–40	64,756[11]
November 19	12:30 p.m.	at Oregon State		Reser Stadium Corvallis, OR	RTNW	L 21–38	42,766[12]
November 26	4:30 p.m.	Washington State		CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA (104th Apple Cup)	Versus	W 38–21	64,559[13]
December 29	6:00 p.m.	vs. No. 15 Baylor*		Alamodome San Antonio, TX (Alamo Bowl)	ESPN	L 56–67	65,256
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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Roster and coaching staff[]

2011 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class WR 9 Devin Aguilar Sr FB 48 Jonathan Amosa Jr OL 70 James Atoe RFr TE 81 Marlion Barnett So FB 36 Travon Brooks Fr QB 6 Derrick Brown Fr WR 7 Cody Bruns Sr TB 24 Jesse Callier So WR 19 DiAndre Campbell RFr WR 27 William Chandler So OL 76 Dexter Charles Fr TB 32 Deontae Cooper RFr OL 78 Mike Criste RFr OL 62 Ross Dolbec Fr OL 67 Skyler Fancher Sr TB 26 Johri Fogerson Sr WR 16 Marvin Hall Fr TE 84 Michael Hartvigson RFr OL 72 Micah Hatchee RFr TE 80 Evan Hudson RFr WR 3 James Johnson Jr WR 11 Jamaal Jones Fr WR 15 Jermaine Kearse Sr OL 56 Senio Kelemete Sr OL 75 Erik Kohler So WR 83 Luther Leonard Jr WR 89 Reade Lobdill Sr QB 5 Nick Montana RFr WR 12 Joshua Perkins Fr TB/FB 34 Dezden Petty Fr TB 1 Chris Polk Jr OL 79 Colin Porter So QB 17 Keith Price So OL 59 Ben Riva RFr TB 35 Cole Sager Jr TE 87 Cameron Salley So TB 25 Bishop Sankey Fr OL 73 Drew Schaefer Jr TE 88 Austin Seferian-Jenkins Fr WR 8 Kevin Smith So QB 13 Wil Smith Fr OL 64 Colin Tanigawa RFr OL 61 Ben Teichman Fr OL 65 Siosifa Tufunga Fr QB 14 Thomas Vincent Fr WR 2 Kasen Williams Fr QB 16 Erik Wilson So TB 29 Willis Wilson RFr OL 52 Nick Wood Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 36 Zach Beebe RFr DE 82 James Boker Fr DE 91 Connor Cree Fr DE 11 Talia Crichton Jr LB 31 Cort Dennison Sr CB 18 Greg Ducre So S 42 Ken Egu RFr S 41 Travis Feeney Fr S 29 Nate Fellner Jr DE 95 Jarett Finau Fr LB 37 Princeton Fuimaono So DE 85 Pete Galbraith Sr LB 53 Garret Gilliland So S 20 Justin Glenn Jr CB 26 Anthony Gobern Jr S 34 K.C. Herren RFr LB 50 Nick Holt Fr DE 93 Andrew Hudson RFr DE 52 Hau'oli Jamora So LB 58 Jamaal Kearse RFr LB 56 Alec Kimble RFr DL 97 Lawrence Lagafuaina RFr LB 47 Scott Lawyer Fr DB 27 Adam Long Jr LB 40 Matthew Lyons Fr S 1 Sean Parker So LB 43 Cooper Pelluer So CB 38 Marquis Persley Sr CB 21 Marcus Peters Fr DL 55 Sione Potoa'e So CB 28 Quinton Richardson Sr S 5 James Sample Fr DL 77 Drew Schultz RFr S 13 Will Shamburger So DL 71 Danny Shelton Fr DE 22 Josh Shirley RFr DB 4 Antavius Sims Jr S 14 Taz Stevenson So DL 74 Alameda Ta'amu Sr DE 72 Everrette Thompson Sr LB 10 John Timu Fr DL 98 Semisi Tokolahi Jr CB 6 Desmond Trufant Jr LB 54 Tim Tucker So DL 90 Taniela Tupou Fr LB 3 Thomas Tutogi So S 39 Greg Walker Jr LB 51 Jordan Wallace Jr DE 45 Corey Waller Fr CB 32 Tre Watson Jr S 30 Evan Zeger Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class PK 17 Erik Folk Sr PK 16 Eric Guttorp Sr LS 60 Brendon Lopez Sr P 46 Will Mahan Sr P 94 Kiel Rasp Sr	Head coach Steve Sarkisian    3rd season    3rd year at Washington    Alma mater: BYU Coordinators/assistant coaches Nick Holt    3rd season as DC    3rd year at Washington    Alma mater: Pacific Doug Nussmeier    3rd season as OC/QB coach    3rd year at Washington    Alma mater: Idaho Mike Cox    3rd season as LB coach    3rd year at Washington    Alma mater: Idaho Dan Cozzetto    3rd season as Run Game Coordinator/OL coach    3rd year at Washington    Alma mater: Idaho Jimmie Dougherty    3rd season as WR coach    3rd year at Washington    Alma mater: Missouri Demetrice Martin    3rd season as Sec/CB coach    3rd year at Washington    Alma mater: Excelsior College Jeff Mills    3rd season as Sec/S coach    3rd year at Washington    Alma mater: Western Washington Johnny Nansen    3rd season as ST/DL coach    3rd year at Washington    Alma mater: Washington State Joel Thomas    3rd season as RB coach    3rd year at Washington    Alma mater: Idaho Jordan Paopao    1st season as GA coach    1st year at Washington    Alma mater: San Diego Donte Williams    1st season as GA coach    1st year at Washington    Alma mater: Syracuse [15] Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: August 17, 2011

Game Starters[]

The follow players were the game starters.^[16]

Opponent	WR	LT	LG	C	RG	RT	TE	QB	TB	FB	WR
EASTERN WASH.	Je. Kearse	Kelemete	Tanigawa	Schaefer	Porter	Kohler	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Polk	Hartvigson%	Aguilar
HAWAI’I	Je. Kearse	Kelemete	Tanigawa	Schaefer	Porter	Kohler	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Polk	Amosa	Hartvigson%
at Nebraska	Je. Kearse	Kelemete	Tanigawa	Schaefer	Porter	Kohler	Williams+	Price	Polk	Johnson+	Aguilar
CALIFORNIA	Je. Kearse	Kelemete	Tanigawa	Schaefer	Porter	Kohler	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Polk	Amosa	- Hartvigson%
at Utah	Smith	Kelemete	Tanigawa	Schaefer	Porter	Kohler	Hartvigson	Price	Polk	Amosa	Johnson
COLORADO	Je. Kearse	Kelemete	Tanigawa	Schaefer	Porter	Kohler	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Polk	Johnson+	Aguilar
at Stanford	Je. Kearse	Kelemete	Tanigawa	Schaefer	Porter	Kohler	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Polk	Hartvigson%	Aguilar
ARIZONA	Je. Kearse	Kelemete	Tanigawa	Schaefer	Porter	Kohler	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Polk	Johnson+	Aguilar
OREGON	Je. Kearse	Kelemete	Tanigawa	Schaefer	Porter	Kohler	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Polk	Hartvigson%	E. Hudson%
at USC	Je. Kearse	Kelemete	Tanigawa	Schaefer	Porter	Kohler	Williams+	Price	Polk	Smith+	Aguilar
at Oregon State	Je. Kearse	Kelemete	Tanigawa	Schaefer	Porter	Kohler	Seferian-Jenkins	Montana	Polk	Williams+	Aguilar
WASHINGTON STATE	Je. Kearse	Kelemete	Wood	Schaefer	Porter	Kohler	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Polk	Tucker	Smith
vs. Baylor	Je. Kearse	Kelemete	Wood	Schaefer	Porter	Kohler	Seferian-Jenkins	Price	Polk	Williams+	Aguilar

% – started as second/third tight end + – started as third/fourth wide receiver

Opponent	DE	DT	DT	DE	OLB	ILB	OLB	S	S	CB	CB
EASTERN WASH.	Crichton	Thompson	Ta’amu	Jamora	Fuimaono	Dennison	Timu	Fellner	Parker	Ducre	Trufant
HAWAI’I	Crichton	Thompson	Ta’amu	Jamora	Fuimaono	Dennison	Ducre^	Fellner	Parker	Richardson	Trufant
at Nebraska	Crichton	Thompson	Ta’amu	Jamora	Fuimaono	Dennison	Timu	Glenn	Parker	Richardson	Trufant
CALIFORNIA	Thompson	Potoa’e	Ta’amu	Jamora	Gilliland	Dennison	Timu	Glenn	Parker	Richardson	Trufant
at Utah	Thompson	Tokolahi	Ta’amu	Shirley	Fuimaono	Dennison	Ja. Kearse	Glenn	Parker	Ducre	Trufant
COLORADO	Thompson	Tokolahi	Ta’amu	Shirley	Fuimaono	Dennison	Ja. Kearse	Glenn	Parker	Ducre	Trufant
at Stanford	Thompson	Tokolahi	Ta’amu	Shirley	Fuimaono	Dennison	Ja. Kearse	Glenn	Parker	Ducre	Trufant
ARIZONA	Thompson	Tokolahi	Ta’amu	Shirley	Fuimaono	Dennison	Timu	Shamburger	Parker	Ducre	Trufant
OREGON	Thompson	Tokolahi	Ta’amu	Shirley	Fuimaono	Dennison	Timu	Shamburger	Parker	Richardson	Trufant
at USC	Thompson	Tokolahi	Ta’amu	A. Hudson	Fuimaono	Dennison	Timu	Shamburger	Parker	Richardson	Trufant
at Oregon State	Thompson	Tokolahi	Ta’amu	A. Hudson	Fuimaono	Dennison	Timu	Shamburger	Parker	Richardson	Trufant
WASHINGTON STATE	Thompson	Tokolahi	Ta’amu	Shirley	Fuimaono	Dennison	Timu	Fellner	Parker	Richardson	Trufant
vs. Baylor	Thompson	Shelton	Ta’amu	Shirley	Fuimaono	Dennison	Ja. Kearse	Fellner	Parker	Richardson	Trufant

^ – started as fifth defensive back

Game summaries[]

Eastern Washington[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	10	3	7	7	27
Huskies	7	13	7	3	30

Washington Husky cornerback Desmond Trufant intercepted a pass by Eastern Washington Eagles' quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell in the end zone with 29 seconds left to preserve a 30–27 win on September 3. Trufant wrestled the pass away from 6-foot-5 Eagles receiver Brandon Kaufman. Mitchell passed for 473 yards on the night, completed 39 of 69 passes, and had 3 touchdowns against 2 interceptions. For Washington, quarterback Keith Price threw three touchdown passes and completed 17 of 25 passes for 102 yards, and running back Chris Polk ran for 125 yards on 23 carries. Washington gained fewer total yards than Eastern Washington – 250 yards compared to 504 for the Eagles – but had zero turnovers while the Eagles gave up the ball four times. Trufant had forced another one of those turnovers during the first quarter; he stripped Matt Johnson on a punt return and created a short field for the Huskies that led to a 7-yard touchdown pass from Price to Jonathan Amosa.^[17]

After the game, the Pac-12 Conference named Trufant Pac-12 defensive player of week. Washington placekicker Erik Folk was named Pac-12 special teams player of the week. Polk was a perfect 3-for-3 on field goals during the game and all three of his field goals came from outside of 40 yards.^[18]

Hawaii[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Warriors	0	14	6	12	32
Huskies	21	7	3	9	40

Nebraska[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	7	10	0	21	38
#11 Cornhuskers	10	10	17	14	51

California[]

1 2 3 4 Total California 7 13 3 0 23 • Washington 14 7 3 7 31 Date: September 24 Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle Game start: 12:30 p.m. PDT

Scoring summary 1 10:00 CAL Keenan Allen 90-yard pass from Zach Maynard (Giorgio Tavecchio kick) CAL 7–0 1 8:39 WASH Austin Seferian-Jenkins 20-yard pass from Keith Price (Erik Folk kick) Tied 7–7 1 3:30 WASH Chris Polk 2-yard run (Erik Folk kick) WASH 14–7 2 12:57 CAL Giorgio Tavecchio 29-yard field goal WASH 14–10 2 8:51 WASH Austin Seferian-Jenkins 20-yard pass from Keith Price (Erik Folk kick) WASH 21–10 2 5:13 CAL Giorgio Tavecchio 36-yard field goal WASH 21–13 2 1:20 CAL C.J. Anderson 1-yard run (Giorgio Tavecchio kick) WASH 21–20 3 7:51 CAL Giorgio Tavecchio 25-yard field goal CAL 23–21 3 2:06 WASH Erik Folk 40-yard field goal WASH 24–23 4 12:13 WASH Chris Polk 70-yard pass from Keith Price (Erik Folk kick) WASH 31–23

Utah[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	7	3	14	7	31
Utes	7	0	0	7	14

Colorado[]

1 2 3 4 Total Colorado 7 3 7 7 24 • Washington 21 17 7 7 52 Date: October 15 Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle Game start: 12:30 p.m. PDT

Scoring summary 1 12:16 WASH Jermaine Kearse 17-yard pass from Keith Price (Erik Folk kick) WASH 7–0 1 9:42 COL Kyle Cefalo 5-yard pass from Tyler Hansen (Will Oliver kick) Tied 7–7 1 6:47 WASH Kevin Smith 22-yard run (Erik Folk kick) WASH 14–7 1 0:00 WASH Austin Seferian-Jenkins 11-yard pass from Keith Price (Erik Folk kick) WASH 21–7 2 10:51 COL Will Oliver 46-yard field goal WASH 21–10 2 8:05 WASH Chris Polk 14-yard pass from Keith Price (Erik Folk kick) WASH 28–10 2 2:09 WASH Devin Aguilar 4-yard pass from Keith Price (Erik Folk kick) WASH 35–10 2 0:00 WASH Erik Folk 41-yard field goal WASH 38–10 3 10:45 COL Tony Jones 2-yard run (Will Oliver kick) WASH 38–17 3 2:48 WASH Jesse Callier 26-yard run (Erik Folk kick) WASH 45–17 4 13:34 COL Tony Jones 1-yard run (Will Oliver kick) WASH 45–24 4 2:32 WASH Bishop Sankey 3-yard run (Eric Guttorp kick) WASH 52–24

Stanford[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#22 Huskies	7	7	0	7	21
#7 Cardinal	10	28	10	17	65

Arizona[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Wildcats	10	3	15	3	31
Huskies	0	14	14	14	42

Oregon[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
#6 Ducks	10	7	17	0	34
Huskies	3	7	7	0	17

USC[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	0	3	7	7	17
#18 Trojans	7	16	14	3	40

Oregon State[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	7	7	0	7	21
Beavers	14	3	0	21	38

Washington State[]

Washington State at Washington

1 2 3 4 Total Washington State 0 14 7 0 21 • Washington 14 7 7 10 38 Date: November 26 Location: CenturyLink Field, Seattle Game start: 4:30 p.m. PST Game attendance: 64,559 Television network: Versus

Scoring summary 1 11:37 WASH Jesse Callier 2-yard blocked punt return (Erik Folk kick) WASH 7–0 1 2:13 WASH Kasen Williams 16-yard pass from Keith Price (Erik Folk kick) WASH 14–0 2 7:55 WSU Jared Karstetter 16-yard pass from Marshall Lobbestael (Andrew Furney kick) WASH 14–7 2 2:05 WSU Marquess Wilson 16-yard pass from Marshall Lobbestael (Andrew Furney kick) Tied 14–14 2 0:24 WASH Kasen Williams 21-yard pass from Keith Price (Erik Folk kick) WASH 21–14 3 5:56 WASH Chris Polk 22-yard pass from Keith Price (Erik Folk kick) WASH 28–14 3 4:31 WSU Marquess Wilson 38-yard pass from Marshall Lobbestael (Andrew Furney kick) WASH 28–21 4 13:16 WASH Erik Folk 46-yard field goal WASH 31–21 4 5:23 WASH Chris Polk 1-yard run (Erik Folk kick) WASH 38–21

Keith Price threw three touchdown passes to become Washington's all-time single-season leader in that category, the final one a 22-yard toss to Chris Polk, and Washington held off rival Washington State 38–21 on Saturday night to win the 104th Apple Cup. Price threw his 29th touchdown pass of the season midway through the third quarter, finding Polk on a wheel-route out of the backfield to give the Huskies a 28–14 lead.

Washington State pulled within 28–21, but Erik Folk's 46-yard field goal early in the fourth quarter pushed the lead to 10 and Polk sealed the Huskies third straight Apple Cup title on his 1-yard TD run with 5:23 left.

Price, who sat out last week's loss at Oregon State due to a multitude of injuries, finished 21 of 29 for 291 yards. Washington also got a blocked punt that Jesse Callier returned 2 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter.^[19]

The Cougars fired head coach Paul Wulff the following week.

Baylor (Alamo Bowl)[]

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	7	28	14	7	56
#15 Bears	21	3	29	14	67

Entering their first game in the Alamo Bowl, the Huskies has a 16–14–1 overall bowl game record, going back to their first game in the 1924 Rose Bowl. The Huskies set new school record during the season in passing touchdowns (32) and in fewest fumbles (11).

Rankings[]

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	RV	NR	RV	NR	RV	RV	RV	22	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Harris	Not released						RV	25	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	Not released
BCS	Not released							25	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Not released

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