2014 Washington Huskies football team

The 2014 Washington Huskies football team represented the University of Washington in the 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football season. Their head coach was Chris Petersen, in his first year at UW after eight seasons as head coach at Boise State. Washington was a member of the North Division of the Pac-12 Conference and the Huskies played their home games on campus at Husky Stadium, in the University District of Seattle. They finished the season 8–6, 4–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place in the North Division. They were invited to the Cactus Bowl where they lost to Oklahoma State.

2014 Washington Huskies football
Cactus Bowl, L 22–30 vs. Oklahoma State
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Division	North Division
2014 record	8–6 (4–5 Pac-12)
Head coach	Chris Petersen (1st season)
Offensive coordinator	Jonathan Smith (1st season)
Offensive scheme	Spread
Defensive coordinator	Pete Kwiatkowski (1st season)
Base defense	3–4
MVP	Dwayne Washington (O)
MVP	Shaq Thompson, Hau’oli Kikaha (D) Travis Feeney (ST)
Captain	Game captains
Home stadium	Husky Stadium (Capacity: 70,083)

2014 Pac-12 Conference football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team		W		L					W		L
North Division
No. 2 Oregon x$^		8	–	1					13	–	2
Stanford		5	–	4					8	–	5
Washington		4	–	5					8	–	6
California		3	–	6					5	–	7
Oregon State		2	–	7					5	–	7
Washington State		2	–	7					3	–	9
South Division
No. 19 Arizona x		7	–	2					10	–	4
No. 10 UCLA		6	–	3					10	–	3
No. 12 Arizona State		6	–	3					10	–	3
No. 20 USC		6	–	3					9	–	4
No. 21 Utah		5	–	4					9	–	4
Colorado		0	–	9					2	–	10
Championship: Oregon 51, Arizona 13
^ – College Football Playoff participant $ – Conference champion x – Division champion/co-champions Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Huskies had a breakout season in 2013, winning more games than they had in the previous twelve seasons, which included a win against BYU in the Fight Hunger Bowl. The offense ended the 2013 season as the most prolific in program history. Junior running back Bishop Sankey broke the school single-season rush yards record as well as the career rushing touchdowns record. Fifth-year senior quarterback Keith Price solidified his spot in the Washington record books as he finished 2013 with career totals of nearly 9,000 passing yards and 75 touchdowns. The off season saw significant change throughout the program as head coach Steve Sarkisian left Washington for USC. Less than a week after Sarkisian's departure Washington announced that Chris Petersen, the highly sought after and respected head coach from Boise State, had been hired as the programs 28th head coach. All but one of Sarkisian's assistants left the program following Petersen's arrival.

Personnel

Coaching staff

Source:[1]

Name	Position	Seasons at Washington	Alma Mater
Chris Petersen	Head coach	1st	UC Davis (1988)
Pete Kwiatkowski	Defensive Coordinator	1st	Boise State (1990)
Jonathan Smith	Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks	1st	Oregon State (2001)
Bob Gregory	Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers	1st	Washington State (1987)
Chris Strausser	Associate Head Coach/Offensive Line	1st	Chico State (1989)
Keith Bhonapha	Running Backs/Recruiting Coordinator	1st	Hawaii (2003)
Jeff Choate	Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Line	1st	Western Montana (1993)
Jimmy Lake	Defensive Backs	1st	Eastern Washington (2000)
Jordan Paopao	Tight Ends	4th	San Diego (2006)
Brent Pease	Receivers	1st	Montana (1987)

Roster

2014 Washington Huskies football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE 85 David Ajamu  Fr OL 70 James Atoe  Sr OL 60 Shane Brostek Jr HB 18 Derrick Brown  Jr TB 24 Jessie Callier  Sr QB 11 K.J. Carta-Samuels Fr OL 76 Dexter Charles  Jr TB 22 Lavon Coleman  Fr TB 32 Deontae Cooper  Sr OL 55 Dane Crane  Fr OL 78 Mike Criste  Sr WR 15 Darrell Daniels So OL 62 Ross Dolbec  Jr TB 34 Jomon Dotson Fr OL 52 Jake Eldrenkamp  So OL 69 Cory Fuavai  So WR 16 Marvin Hall Jr TE 84 Michael Hartvigson  Sr OL 72 Micah Hatchie  Sr OL 63 Taylor Hindy  So OL 71 Matt James Fr FB 35 Ralph Kinne  Fr OL 73 Andrew Kirkland  Fr OL 67 Michael Kneip  So WR 81 Brayden Lenius Fr QB 5 Jeff Lindquist  So TB 30 Gavin McDaniel Fr WR 4 Jaydon Mickens Jr QB 10 Cyler Miles  So WR 86 Taelon Parson So TE 82 Joshua Perkins  Jr WR 87 Dante Pettis Fr OL 68 Morgan Richey Fr WR 80 Max Richmond Fr OL 59 Ben Riva  Sr WR 1 John Ross III So WR 89 Neel Salukhe So TE 88 Drew Sample Fr OL 79 Coleman Shelton  Fr OL 75 Jessie Sosebee Fr OL 64 Colin Tanigawa  Sr TB/WR 23 Kendyl Taylor  So OL 65 Siosifa Tufunga  Jr OL 74 John Turner Fr TB 12 Dwayne Washington  So WR 2 Kasen Williams Sr QB 3 Troy Williams  Fr	Defense Pos. # Name Class S 32 Budda Baker Fr CB 9 Brandon Beaver  So LB 25 Keishawn Bierria  Fr DE 96 Shane Bowman Fr DB 40 Aaron Chapman Fr CB 35 Brian Clay  Jr LB 34 Sean Constantine  Fr DE 98 Will Dissly Fr CB 26 Travell Dixon  Sr LB 54 Ronnie Espedal  Fr LB 41 Travis Feeney  Jr DE 95 Jarett Finau  Jr DT 99 Greg Gaines Fr CB 3 Darren Gardenhire Fr CB 31 Naijiel Hale Fr DE 80 Evan Hudson  Sr DE 92 Jaylen Johnson Fr CB 24 Sidney Jones Fr CB 6 Jermaine Kelly  Fr DE 8 Hau'oli Kikaha  Sr CB 20 Kevin King So DB 37 Jonathan Kwon Sr DT 97 Lawrence Lagafuaina  Sr LB 47 Scott Lawyer  Jr CB 19 Brandon Lewis Fr LB 16 Drew Lewis Fr LB 42 Cory Littleton Jr DE 5 Joe Mathis So DL 58 Kaleb McGary Fr S 14 Joseph McIntosh Fr S 38 Kyle Nelson  Fr LB 29 Connor O'Brien  Fr CB 21 Marcus Peters  Jr LB 54 Matt Preston Fr DT 11 Elijah Qualls  Fr LB 53 Eric Rauch  Fr DB 14 Hayden Schuh So DL 57 Drew Schultz Sr DL 71 Danny Shelton Sr DE 22 Josh Shirley  Sr CB 43 Caleb Taylor  Fr LB 7 Shaq Thompson Jr LB 10 John Timu Sr DL 90 Taniela Tupou  Jr DT 66 Damion Turpin  So DL 50 Vita Vea Fr LB 36 Azeem Victor  Fr S 39 Thomas Vincent  Jr S 27 Trevor Walker So LB 53 Jake Wambaugh Fr S 15 Lavon Washington Fr LB 28 Psalm Wooching  So	Special teams Pos. # Name Class LS 49 Weston Blackburn Jr P 45 Korey Durkee Jr LS 51 Luke Hutchinson  Fr PK 49 Mitch Johnson  So LS 77 Ryan Masel Jr PK 48 Cameron Van Winkle So P/PK 43 Tristan Vizcaino Fr	Head coach Chris Petersen    1st year at Washington    Alma mater: UC Davis Coordinators/assistant coaches Keith Bhonapha    Running Backs/Recruiting Coordinator    1st year at Washington    Alma mater: Hawaii Jeff Choate    Special Teams Coordinator/Defensive Line    1st year at Washington    Alma mater: Western Montana Bob Gregory    Assistant Head Coach/Linebackers    1st year at Washington    Alma mater: Washington State Pete Kwiatkowski    Defensive Coordinator    1st year at Washington    Alma mater: Boise State Jimmy Lake    Defensive Backs    1st year at Washington    Alma mater: Eastern Washington Jordan Paopao    Tight Ends    4th year at Washington    Alma mater: San Diego Brent Pease    Receivers    1st year at Washington    Alma mater: Montana Jonathan Smith    Offensive Coordinator/Quarterbacks    1st year at Washington    Alma mater: Oregon State Chris Strausser    Offensive Line    1st year at Washington    Alma mater: Chico State Tim Socha    Strength & Conditioning Coach Mike McHugh    Director of Football Operations Rich Rasmussen    Director of Player Personnel Gerald Alexander    Graduate Assistant D'Andre Goodwin    Graduate Assistant Conor Knowles    Graduate Assistant Joshua Taufalele    Graduate Assistant Ben Thienes    Graduate Assistant Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: October 1, 2013

Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Budda Baker Defensive Back	Bellevue, WA	Bellevue High School	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	177 lb (80 kg)	Feb 4, 2014
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K.J. Carta-Samuels Quarterback	San Jose, CA	Bellarmine Prep	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	218 lb (99 kg)	Jan 22, 2014
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Kaleb McGary Offensive Tackle	Tacoma, WA	Fife High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	270 lb (120 kg)	Feb 3, 2014
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Naijiel Hale Defensive Back	Bellflower, CA	St. John Bosco High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Feb 1, 2014
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Shane Bowman Defensive End	Bellevue, WA	Bellevue High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	243 lb (110 kg)	Jan 20, 2014
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Jomon Dotson Running Back	American Canyon, CA	American Canyon High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	Jan 22, 2014
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Greg Gaines Defensive Tackle	La Habra, CA	La Habra High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	290 lb (130 kg)	Jan 19, 2014
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Darren Gardenhire Safety	Long Beach, CA	Cabrillo High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Dec 16, 2013
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Matt James Offensive Tackle	Coeur d'Alene, ID	Coeur d'Alene High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	278 lb (126 kg)	Jul 30, 2013
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Jaylen Johnson Defensive End	Corona, CA	Centennial High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Jan 28, 2014
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Sidney Jones Cornerback	West Covina, CA	West Covina High School	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jan 27, 2014
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Brayden Lenius Wide Receiver	West Hills, CA	Chaminade High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	214 lb (97 kg)	Feb 5, 2014
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Brandon Lewis Cornerback	Elk Grove, CA	Pleasant Grove High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	Jan 8, 2014
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Drew Lewis Safety	Sammamish, WA	Eastlake High School	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	Jun 29, 2013
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Joseph McIntosh Safety	West Hills, CA	Chaminade High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	Dec 17, 2013
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Dante Pettis Wide Receiver	San Juan Capistrano, CA	JSerra Catholic High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jan 23, 2014
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Lavon Washington Safety	Oakland, CA	McClymonds High School	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jun 29, 2013
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Drew Sample Tight End	Bellevue, WA	Newport High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Dec 22, 2013
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Jaimie Bryant Defensive Tackle	Olympia, WA	Tumwater High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	270 lb (120 kg)	Apr 25, 2012
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Tristan Vizcaino Kicker	Chino Hills, CA	Damien High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jan 20, 2014
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John Turner Offensive Tackle	Los Angeles, CA	Loyola High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	270 lb (120 kg)	Dec 27, 2013
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Jesse Sosebee Offensive Tackle	Huntington Beach, CA	Edison High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	295 lb (134 kg)	Jan 21, 2014
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Will Dissly Defensive End	Bozeman, MT	Bozeman High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	240 lb (110 kg)	Jan 26, 2014
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Devin Burleson Offensive Tackle	Palmdale, CA	Highland High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	260 lb (120 kg)	Feb 5, 2014
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Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: 35   Rivals: 37  247Sports: 37  ESPN: 45
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2014 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved February 4, 2014.

Schedule

Date	Time	Opponent	Rank	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
August 30	7:30 p.m.	at Hawaii*	No. 25	Aloha Stadium Honolulu, HI	CBSSN	W 17–16	36,411
September 6	12:00 p.m.	No. 2 (FCS) Eastern Washington*		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	P12N	W 59–52	62,861
September 13	1:00 p.m.	Illinois*		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FOX	W 44–19	62,325
September 20	3:00 p.m.	Georgia State*		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	P12N	W 45–14	64,608
September 27	1:15 p.m.	No. 16 Stanford		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FOX	L 13–20	66,512
October 11	3:00 p.m.	at California		Memorial Stadium Berkeley, CA	P12N	W 31–7	44,449
October 18	5:00 p.m.	at No. 9 Oregon		Autzen Stadium Eugene, OR (rivalry)	FS1	L 20–45	57,858
October 25	7:45 p.m.	No. 14 Arizona State		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	ESPN	L 10–24	64,666
November 1	10:00 a.m.	at Colorado		Folsom Field Boulder, CO	P12N	W 38–23	35,633
November 8	4:00 p.m.	No. 18 UCLA		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	FS1	L 30–44	65,547
November 15	12:30 p.m.	at No. 17 Arizona		Arizona Stadium Tucson, AZ	FOX	L 26–27	47,757
November 22	7:30 p.m.	Oregon State		Husky Stadium Seattle, WA	P12N	W 37–13	65,036
November 29	7:30 p.m.	at Washington State		Martin Stadium Pullman, WA (107th Apple Cup)	FS1	W 31–13	32,952
January 2, 2015	7:15 p.m.	vs. Oklahoma State*		Sun Devil Stadium Tempe, AZ (Cactus Bowl)	ESPN	L 22–30	35,409
*Non-conference game Homecoming Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game All times are in Pacific time

Rankings

Further information: 2014 NCAA Division I FBS football rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	Final
AP	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
Coaches	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR
CFP	Not released									NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	Not released

Game summaries

@ Hawaii

	1	2	3	4	Total
#25 Huskies	7	10	0	0	17
Rainbow Warriors	10	0	3	3	16

See also: 2014 Hawaii Rainbow Warriors football team

Eastern Washington

	1	2	3	4	Total
Eagles	14	17	14	7	52
Huskies	24	13	7	15	59

See also: 2014 Eastern Washington Eagles football team

Illinois

See also: 2014 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

Illinois (2–0) at Washington (2–0)

1 2 3 4 Total Fighting Illini 3 9 7 0 19 • Huskies 21 17 0 6 44 Date: September 13 Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle, WA Game start: 4:00 p.m. EST Game attendance: 62,325 Television network: FOX

Scoring summary Q1 10:16 WASH Callier 3 yard run (Van Winkle kick) WASH 7–0 Q1 5:47 ILL Zalewski 25 yard field goal WASH 7–3 Q1 5:34 WASH Ross 75 yard pass from Miles (Van Winkle kick) WASH 14–3 Q1 4:11 WASH Thompson 36 yard interception return (Van Winkle kick) WASH 21–3 Q2 14:53 WASH Washington 12 yard run (Van Winkle kick) WASH 28–3 Q2 11:27 ILL Safety WASH 28–5 Q2 10:33 WASH Thompson 52 yard fumble return (Van Winkle kick) WASH 35–5 Q2 1:17 ILL Allison 60 yard pass from Lunt (Zalewski kick) WASH 35–12 Q2 :00 WASH Van Winkle 20 yard field goal WASH 38–12 Q3 7:34 ILL Allison 27 yard pass from Lunt (Zalewski kick) WASH 38–19 Q4 14:54 WASH Van Winkle 25 yard field goal WASH 41–19 Q4 6:21 WASH Van Winkle 51 yard field goal WASH 44–19

[2]

Georgia State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Panthers	0	14	0	0	14
Huskies	0	0	21	24	45

See also: 2014 Georgia State Panthers football team

Stanford

	1	2	3	4	Total
Cardinal	3	10	0	7	20
Huskies	0	13	0	0	13

See also: 2014 Stanford Cardinal football team

@ California

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	14	14	0	3	31
Golden Bears	0	0	7	0	7

See also: 2014 California Golden Bears football team

@ Oregon

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	6	0	7	7	20
#9 Ducks	7	21	7	10	45

See also: 2014 Oregon Ducks football team and Oregon–Washington football rivalry

Arizona State

	1	2	3	4	Total
#14 Sun Devils	0	10	0	14	24
Huskies	0	0	7	3	10

See also: 2014 Arizona State Sun Devils football team

@ Colorado

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	7	10	14	7	38
Buffaloes	10	10	3	0	23

See also: 2014 Colorado Buffaloes football team

UCLA

	1	2	3	4	Total
Bruins	14	17	10	3	44
Huskies	3	7	10	10	30

See also: 2014 UCLA Bruins football team

@ Arizona

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	7	10	9	0	26
#17 Wildcats	7	14	0	6	27

See also: 2014 Arizona Wildcats football team

Oregon State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Beavers	0	7	6	0	13
Huskies	14	3	6	14	37

See also: 2014 Oregon State Beavers football team

@ Washington State

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	7	7	10	7	31
Cougars	0	0	0	13	13

See also: 2014 Washington State Cougars football team and Apple Cup

Cactus Bowl

	1	2	3	4	Total
Huskies	0	0	14	6	20
Cowboys	14	10	3	3	30

See also: 2014 Oklahoma State Cowboys football team and 2015 Cactus Bowl

Notes

• February 6, 2014 – Cyler Miles and Damore’ea Stringfellow were suspended indefinitely for violating team rules[3]

References

1. "Football Coaches". University of Washington Athletics. 2014. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
2. "Thompson Leads Huskies to 44-19 Rout of Illini". ESPN. September 13, 2014. Retrieved September 15, 2014.
3. Caple, Christian (February 6, 2014). "UW Football Players Cyler Miles, Damore'ea Stringfellow Suspended Indefinitely". The Bellingham Herald. Archived from the original on February 13, 2014. Retrieved August 3, 2014.

External links

• Official website
• Coverage of Washington Huskies athletics from The Seattle Times
• Coverage on ESPN