American college football season
2012 Washington Huskies football Conference Pac-12 Conference Division North Division 2012 record 7–6 (5–4 Pac-12) Head coach 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 (Capacity: 67,000)Seasons
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 21–1253,742
September 8 4:00 p.m. at No. 3 LSU * Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA ESPN L 3–4192,804
September 15 1:00 p.m. Portland State * CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA FX W 52–1354,922
September 27 6:00 p.m. No. 8 Stanford CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA ESPN W 17–1355,941
October 6 7:30 p.m. at No. 2 Oregon No. 23 ESPN L 21–5258,792
October 13 4:00 p.m. No. 13 USC CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA FOX L 14–2466,202
October 20 7:00 p.m. at Arizona P12N L 17–5250,148
October 27 7:15 p.m. No. 7 Oregon State CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA P12N W 20–1760,842
November 2 6:00 p.m. at California Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA ESPN2 W 21–1342,226
November 10 7:30 p.m. Utah CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA P12N W 34–1560,050
November 17 10:30 a.m. at Colorado No. 25 FX W 38–343,148
November 23 12:30 p.m. at Washington State No. 25 FOX L 28–31 OT 30,544
December 22 12:30 p.m. vs. No. 20 Boise State * ESPN L 26–2833,217
*Non-conference game HomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time
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Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ 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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
As of 2020, this is the last loss to the Cougars as the Huskies are on a seven game win streak.
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 [ ]
Venues
Various (1889–1894)
Denny Field (1895–1920)
CenturyLink Field (2011–2012)
Husky Stadium (1920–2011, 2013–present)
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