# 2012 Washington Huskies football team

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.

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Opponent | Rank | Site | TV | Result | Attendance |
| September 1 | 7:30 p.m. | San Diego State* | | CenturyLink FieldSeattle, WA | P12N | W 21–12 | 53,742 |
| September 8 | 4:00 p.m. | at No. 3 LSU* | | Tiger StadiumBaton Rouge, LA | ESPN | L 3–41 | 92,804 |
| September 15 | 1:00 p.m. | Portland State* | | CenturyLink FieldSeattle, WA | FX | W 52–13 | 54,922 |
| September 27 | 6:00 p.m. | No. 8 Stanford | | CenturyLink FieldSeattle, WA | ESPN | W 17–13 | 55,941 |
| October 6 | 7:30 p.m. | at No. 2 Oregon | No. 23 | Autzen StadiumEugene, OR (rivalry) | ESPN | L 21–52 | 58,792 |
| October 13 | 4:00 p.m. | No. 13 USC | | CenturyLink FieldSeattle, WA | FOX | L 14–24 | 66,202 |
| October 20 | 7:00 p.m. | at Arizona | | Arizona StadiumTucson, AZ | P12N | L 17–52 | 50,148 |
| October 27 | 7:15 p.m. | No. 7 Oregon State | | CenturyLink FieldSeattle, WA | P12N | W 20–17 | 60,842 |
| November 2 | 6:00 p.m. | at California | | California Memorial StadiumBerkeley, CA | ESPN2 | W 21–13 | 42,226 |
| November 10 | 7:30 p.m. | Utah | | CenturyLink FieldSeattle, WA | P12N | W 34–15 | 60,050 |
| November 17 | 10:30 a.m. | at Colorado | No. 25 | Folsom FieldBoulder, CO | FX | W 38–3 | 43,148 |
| November 23 | 12:30 p.m. | at Washington State | No. 25 | Martin StadiumPullman, WA (Apple Cup) | FOX | L 28–31 $^{OT}$ | 30,544 |
| December 22 | 12:30 p.m. | vs. No. 20 Boise State* | | Sam Boyd StadiumWhitney, NV (Maaco Bowl Las Vegas) | ESPN | L 26–28 | 33,217 |
| *Non-conference gameHomecomingRankings from AP Poll released prior to the gameAll times are in Pacific time ||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | 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 | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | RV | — | Not released |
| BCS | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | Not released | — | — | — | — | 25 | 25 | — | — | Not released |

## Weekly starters

The following players were the weekly offensive and defensive game starters.
| 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 ||||||||||||

## 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 |