American college football season
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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Date Time Opponent Rank Site TV Result Attendance September 1 7:30 p.m. San Diego State * P12N W 21–1253,742 September 8 4:00 p.m. at No. 3 LSU * ESPN L 3–4192,804 September 15 1:00 p.m. Portland State * CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA FX W 52–1354,922 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 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 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
Source: [2] Conference opponents not played this season: Arizona State , UCLA
Rankings [ edit ] Ranking movementsLegend: ██ 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 2012 Washington Huskies football team roster Players Coaches Offense Defense 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 [4]
Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: September 30, 2012
Game summaries [ edit ] San Diego State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Aztecs 0 6 0 6 12 Huskies 14 0 7 0 21
1 2 3 4 Total Huskies 3 0 0 0 3 #3 Tigers 14 6 14 7 41
Portland State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Vikings 0 0 6 7 13 Huskies 14 31 7 0 52
Stanford [ edit ] 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)
1 2 3 4 Total #23 Huskies 0 7 7 7 21 #2 Ducks 21 14 3 14 52
1 2 3 4 Total #13 Trojans 10 14 0 0 24 Huskies 7 0 7 0 14
Arizona [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Huskies 3 14 0 0 17 Wildcats 10 21 14 7 52
Oregon State [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total #7 Beavers 0 0 10 7 17 Huskies 3 7 0 10 20
California [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Huskies 7 0 7 7 21 Golden Bears 0 7 6 0 13
1 2 3 4 Total Utes 8 0 7 0 15 Huskies 0 14 13 7 34
Colorado [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Huskies 0 7 17 14 38 Buffaloes 0 0 3 0 3
Washington State [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 1 2 3 4 Total Huskies 3 14 6 3 26 #20 Broncos 9 9 7 3 28
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 [ edit ]
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