| Mode: | football |
| Year: | 2012 |
| Team: | Washington Huskies |
| Conference: | Pac-12 Conference |
| Division: | North Division |
| Short Conf: | Pac-12 |
| Record: | 7–6 |
| Conf Record: | 5–4 |
| Head Coach: | Steve Sarkisian |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Off Coach: | Eric Kiesau |
| Oc Year: | 1st |
| Off Scheme: | Pro-style |
| Def Coach: | Justin Wilcox |
| Dc Year: | 1st |
| Def Scheme: | 4–3 |
| Captain: | S Sean Parker QB Keith Price C Drew Schaefer CB Desmond Trufant LB John Timu |
| Stadium: | CenturyLink Field |
| Bowl: | Maaco Bowl Las Vegas |
| Bowl Result: | L 26–28 vs. Boise State |
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.
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]
Conference opponents not played this season: Arizona State, UCLA
See also: 2012 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings.
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 | ||||||||||||
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See also: 2012 San Diego State Aztecs football team.
See also: 2012 LSU Tigers football team.
See also: 2012 Portland State Vikings football team.
See also: 2012 Stanford Cardinal football team. 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)
See also: 2012 Oregon Ducks football team.
See also: 2012 USC Trojans football team.
See also: 2012 Arizona Wildcats football team.
See also: 2012 Oregon State Beavers football team.
See also: 2012 California Golden Bears football team.
See also: 2012 Utah Utes football team.
See also: 2012 Colorado Buffaloes football team.
See also: 2012 Washington State Cougars football team and Apple Cup.
This was the Huskies' last loss to the Cougars until 2021.
See also: 2012 Boise State Broncos football team and 2012 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas.