American college football season
2012 CenturyLink Field
Seasons
The 2012 Washington Huskies football team represented the
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
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. P12N W 21–1253,742
September 8 4:00 p.m. at No. 3 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 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
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
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
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
[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
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
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