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.

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2012 Washington Huskies football
Maaco Bowl Las Vegas, L 26–28 vs. Boise State
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	North Division
Record	7–6 (5–4 Pac-12)
Head coach	Steve Sarkisian (4th season)
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
Seasons ← 2011 2013 →

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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]

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Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 1	7:30 p.m.	San Diego State*		CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA	P12N	W 21–12	53,742
September 8	4:00 p.m.	at No. 3 LSU*		Tiger Stadium Baton Rouge, LA	ESPN	L 3–41	92,804
September 15	1:00 p.m.	Portland State*		CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA	FX	W 52–13	54,922
September 27	6:00 p.m.	No. 8 Stanford		CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA	ESPN	W 17–13	55,941
October 6	7:30 p.m.	at No. 2 Oregon	No. 23	Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (rivalry)	ESPN	L 21–52	58,792
October 13	4:00 p.m.	No. 13 USC		CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA	FOX	L 14–24	66,202
October 20	7:00 p.m.	at Arizona		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	P12N	L 17–52	50,148
October 27	7:15 p.m.	No. 7 Oregon State		CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA	P12N	W 20–17	60,842
November 2	6:00 p.m.	at California		Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	ESPN2	W 21–13	42,226
November 10	7:30 p.m.	Utah		CenturyLink Field Seattle, WA	P12N	W 34–15	60,050
November 17	10:30 a.m.	at Colorado	No. 25	Folsom Field Boulder, CO	FX	W 38–3	43,148
November 23	12:30 p.m.	at Washington State	No. 25	Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (105th Apple Cup)	FOX	L 28–31 OT	30,544
December 22	12:30 p.m.	vs. No. 20 Boise State*		Sam Boyd Stadium Whitney, NV (Maaco Bowl Las Vegas)	ESPN	L 26–28	33,217
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game All times are in Pacific time

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Conference opponents not played this season: Arizona State, UCLA

The following players were the weekly offensive and defensive game starters.^[3]

• September 4, 2012 – Jesse Callier out of the season due to a torn right knee anterior cruciate ligament; Ben Riva had a fractured forearm.